‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Producers Guild Award. Is Oscar Next?
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📌 Key Takeaways
'One Battle After Another' won the Producers Guild Award, continuing its awards-season momentum
The film has previously won the Directors Guild Award and other major awards
The PGA winner has historically gone on to win the best-picture Oscar most years
'Sinners' is the main potential challenger for the best-picture Oscar
Anderson's acceptance speech referenced the Warner Bros. acquisition by Paramount
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Paul Thomas Anderson's film 'One Battle After Another' won the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Saturday night, March 1, 2026, extending its impressive awards-season streak and positioning it as the frontrunner for the best picture Oscar at the upcoming March 15 ceremony. In his acceptance speech, Anderson shared the award with Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who greenlit his movie along with fellow PGA nominees 'Sinners' and 'Weapons,' before making an oblique reference to Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros., telling the studio chiefs, 'Long may you wave. Whatever the future holds, it is one battle after another.' The Producers Guild Award is considered the strongest bellwether for the best-picture Oscar, as many members belong to both the guild and the academy; in the 17 years since the two groups adopted a preferential ballot and expanded their best-film categories, the PGA winner has gone on to win the best-picture Oscar all but three times. 'One Battle After Another' has dominated this awards season, taking top prizes from the Directors Guild, Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and BAFTA, though it may face a challenge from the vampire drama 'Sinners,' directed by Ryan Coogler, which set a record last month for the most Oscar nominations ever and could gain additional momentum if it wins the Screen Actors Guild's ensemble prize the following night.
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Awards Season, Oscar Race, Hollywood Industry, Film Recognition
The Producers Guild of America Awards were originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) as the Golden Laurel Awards, created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern, in order to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion pic...
One Battle After Another is a 2025 American black comedy action-thriller film produced, written, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. The film's ensemble cast is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana T...
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, his accolades include two Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Critics Choice Awards, and nominations for fourteen Academy Aw...
Annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Ac...
Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The Projectionist After Producers Guild Awards, Can ‘One Battle After Another’ Be Beaten? The Paul Thomas Anderson film also took the top Directors Guild prize as well, a good sign for the movie’s best picture prospects at the Oscars. Listen to this article · 3:12 min Learn more Share full article By Kyle Buchanan March 1, 2026, 1:34 a.m. ET The Producers Guild of America awarded its top prize to “ One Battle After Another ” on Saturday night, extending an awards-season hot streak for the film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. In his acceptance speech, Anderson said he would share the award with the Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who greenlit his movie as well as fellow PGA nominees “Sinners" and “Weapons.” Then, obliquely referring to Paramount’s deal to acquire Warner Bros. — a move that has rattled Hollywood — Anderson told the studio chiefs, “Long may you wave. Whatever the future holds, it is one battle after another.” This award is considered the strongest bellwether for the best-picture Oscar, largely because many members belong to both the guild and the academy. In the 17 years since the two groups adopted a preferential ballot and expanded their best-film categories beyond five nominees, the PGA winner has gone on to win the best-picture Oscar all but three times. “One Battle After Another” has amassed quite the war chest this season, taking top prizes from the Directors Guild , Golden Globes , Critics Choice Awards and BAFTA . If there remains any film that can still challenge it for the best-picture Oscar at the March 15 ceremony, that is probably the vampire drama “Sinners,” directed by Ryan Coogler. After setting a record last month for the most Oscar nominations ever, “ Sinners ” could earn more momentum at the Actor Awards that will be held by the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday night. Winning that guild’s ensemble prize would put “Sinners” in the company of past...
