The King's Speech leads Oscar 2011 betting
It has not yet been released in the UK and Ireland but already Tom Hooper’s The Kings Speech is being hotly tipped to win Best Picture at the 83rd Academy Awards.
The movie, which tells the story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and his speech difficulty, is now just 11/8 with
Paddy Power to win Best Picture having been slashed from an opening 14/1 in September.
Paddy Power also make British actor Colin Firth, who plays the stammering King, their 1/3 favourite to win Best Actor.
The full list of Oscar nominations will not be released until January 25 but interest surrounding the major categories has been fierce and Paddy Power have now identified the early hot favourites to walk away with a golden statue!
In other categories, The Social Network’s David Fincher is the 6/4 favourite to win Best Director; Helena Bonham Carter is the 15/8 favourite to win Best Supporting Actress for her impressive portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech while US actress Annette Bening is tipped to pick up the Best Actress accolade at 13/8.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power told Bettingpro: “Oscar buzz has already begun. All the chat seems to be for The King’s Speech but it is worth remembering that the Oscars are never straight forward - this time last year it was Avatar that was hotly tipped to win the Oscar for Best Picture only to lose out to The Hurt Locker in the end!”
OSCARS – FEBRUARY 22ND 2011
Best Picture
11/8 The King's Speech
7/2 The Social Network
8/1 True Grit
9/1 Inception
10/1 Toy Story 3
10/1 Black Swan
12/1 127 Hours
16/1 Another Year
16/1 The Kids Are All Right
16/1 The Way Back
18/1 Somewhere
20/1 Winter's Bone
25/1 Love and Other Drugs
25/1 The Fighter
25/1 Hereafter
33/1 Never Let Me Go
33/1 Get Low
33/1 Shutter Island
33/1 The Town
40/1 Miral
40/1 Fair Game
40/1 Secretariat
40/1 The American
40/1 Rabbit Hole
40/1 Made In Dagenham
50/1 Blue Valentine
50/1 Biutiful
Best Director
6/4 David Fincher (The Social Network)
4/1 Christopher Nolan (Inception)
4/1 Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
4/1 Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
5/1 Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
10/1 Mike Leigh (Another Year)
12/1 Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
12/1 Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
12/1 Sofia Coppola (Somewhere)
16/1 David O. Russell (The Fighter)
18/1 Peter Weir (The Way Back)
18/1 Clint Eastwood (Hereafter)
28/1 Martin Scorcese (Shutter Island)
33/1 Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)
33/1 Debra Granik (Winter's Bone)
33/1 Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right)
50/1 Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go)
Best Actor
1/3 Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
7/1 James Franco (127 Hours)
7/1 Jesse Eisenberg (Social Network)
10/1 Robert Duvall (Get Low)
10/1 Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
12/1 Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
14/1 Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
16/1 Jake Gyllenhaal (Love and Other Drugs)
18/1 Jim Broadbent (Another Year)
20/1 Sean Penn (Fair Game)
20/1 Michael Douglas (Solitary Man)
25/1 Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)
25/1 George Clooney (The American)
25/1 Matt Damon (Hereafter)
33/1 Ryan Gosling (All Good Things)
33/1 Leonardo Di Caprio (Inception)
33/1 Jim Sturgess (The Way Back)
33/1 Stephen Dorff (Somewhere)
Best Actress
13/8 Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
2/1 Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
9/2 Lesley Manville (Another Year)
8/1 Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
8/1 Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
10/1 Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs)
14/1 Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
14/1 Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)
16/1 Sally Hawkins (Made in Dagenham)
20/1 Diane Lane (Secretariat)
33/1 Carey Mulligan (Never Let me Go)
33/1 Julia Roberts (Eat, Pray, Love)
Best Supporting Actor
11/10 Christian Bale (The Fighter)
5/2 Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
5/1 Sam Rockwell (Conviction)
8/1 Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
8/1 John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
10/1 Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
10/1 Jeremy Renner (The Town)
14/1 Josh Brolin (True Grit)
16/1 Bill Murray (Get Low)
20/1 Justin Timberlake (The Social Network)
Best Supporting Actress
15/8 Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
2/1 Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
4/1 Dianne Wiest (Rabbit Hole)
9/2 Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
6/1 Miranda Richardson (Made In Dagenham)
8/1 Dale Dickey (Winter's Bone)
12/1 Elle Fanning (Somewhere)
14/1 Sissy Spacek (Get Low)
14/1 Diane Keaton (Morning Glory)
16/1 Rosamund Pike (Made in Dagenham)
