The King’s Speech to repeat BAFTA success at the Oscars? Visit SkyBet Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 14 Feb 2011 Tweet Colin Firth looks set for Oscar success for his role in The King's Speech Related Articles See all Oscars news Share it Pin It The King's Speech swept the board at the BAFTAs but will it do the same at the Oscars?The King’s Speech ruled supreme at last night’s BAFTAs, scooping seven awards and it has consequently strengthened further as favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars with Sky Bet slashing the odds to 1/6 from 1/4.One of the few categories in which The King’s Speech missed out was direction and Tom Hooper has been lengthened to 5/4 by Sky Bet (from 4/5) to be honoured at the Oscars, while The Social Network helmsman David Fincher has been cut to 8/13 (from 10/11).Sky Bet’s Oscars betting expert Helen Jacob told Bettingpro: “After winning the Directors Guild award, Tom Hooper’s odds of following up at the Oscars took a nose dive as they are a very reliable barometer but now that he has missed out at the Baftas his odds have drifted. The Social Network’s David Fincher is in pole position once again and it looks as though we may see the top two Oscars split between the two films.”Geoffrey Rush, who plays King George VI’s unorthodox speech therapist in The King’s Speech, caused an upset by beating Christian Bale to the best supporting actor gong and the veteran Australian actor has been cut to 7/2 (from 9/2) to take the top honour on February 27. The King’s Speech won all the acting categories in which it contended but Helena Bonham Carter remains a 7/1 shot for Oscar glory, with Melissa Leo, who was not shortlisted for the BAFTA, 1/3 short priced favourite to add the Oscar to her Golden Globe and SAG awards. Read our SkyBet review Get a £10 free bet (no deposit) plus £50 free (cash match) at Skybet Like Like Post to wall 541 Reads All Entertainment News Recent Entertainment Articles Oscars 2013 Betting – The Hunger Games an early runner25 Mar 2012The Hunger Games is an early runner to win the Best Picture award at next year's Oscars, according Oscars 2012 Betting – The Artist fancied for clean sweep25 Feb 2012‘The Artist’ is just 2/1 to pick up more than five Oscars on Sunday night, according to Ladbrokes. Oscars 2012 Betting – Bookies suspend Beckham betting25 Feb 2012Bookmakers William Hill have been forced to suspended the betting on the winner of the Best Actress Oscars 2012 betting - The Artist huge favourite to win Best Picture24 Feb 2012Sky Bet make The Artist just 1/16 to win Best Picture at the Oscars with Jean Dujardin leading the Oscars 2012 odds - The Artist set to sweep the 2012 Oscars23 Feb 2012The bookmakers odds indicate that The Artist will be the big winner at the 2012 Oscars with the fil 2012 Oscars Betting – Meryl Streep odds continue to drift22 Feb 2012Meryl Streep may not have as iron a grip on the Oscar for Best Actress as first thought, bookmakers More Stories Recent Articles Euro 2012 warm-up fixtures live streamed this weekend25 May 2012There are lots of international football games being played this weekend, with bet365 live streamin USA v Scotland live stream preview25 May 2012Craig Levein takes his Scotland team to Florida for an international friendly with the USA on Sunda WTA Brussels final live stream25 May 2012Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep will face off in the final of this year’s Brussels Open Francesca Schiavone v Alize Cornet - WTA Strasbourg Final live stream25 May 2012Francesca Schiavone will face the challenge of Alize Cornet in the final of the 2012 Internationaux Agnieszka Radwanska v Simona Halep - WTA Brussels Final live stream25 May 2012Agnieszka Radwanska will take on Romania’s Simona Halep in the final of this year’s Brussels Open Carl Froch v Lucian Bute Money Back Special at Paddy Power25 May 2012Paddy Power have confirmed a money back special for Saturday’s big boxing match between Carl Froch More Stories Tags Baftas, Oscar Betting, Oscars 2011, Sky Bet, The King's Speech
