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Oscars 2026 Predictions : Travis Told You

March 12, 2026·33 min·2 clips

Sean Penn in One Battle After Another is described as “the performance of the year.”

1. GeekVerse Podcast’s Oscars 2026 predictions episode focuses on the major acting, directing, and craft races for March 12, 2026. 2. Host Travis opens the discussion as the main predictor, and he says he is drawing on a draft-like Oscar pool and what he has actually watched. 3. The episode asks which nominees will win versus which performances he personally thinks are strongest. 4. Best Supporting Actor starts with Sean Penn in One Battle After Another, Benicio del Toro in One Battle After Another, Delroy Lindo in Sinners, Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein, and Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value. 5. Travis says Sean Penn created “Lockjaw” as a special character and calls it the performance of the year. 6. He also argues that voters may punish an “unlikable character,” which he does not think should matter if the acting is strong. 7. The same category turns into a prediction problem because Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn may split support while Stellan Skarsgård can benefit from a career-recognition vote. 8. He adds that Delroy Lindo is a possible surprise because his nomination itself was unexpected. 9. Best Actor becomes a four-way discussion around Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme, Michael B. Jordan in Sinners, Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another, and Warwick Thornton in The Secret Agent. 10. Travis says Chalamet is still his win pick even after online backlash around comments about theater, ballet, and dance. 11. He rejects the idea that those comments should outweigh the actual Marty Supreme performance. 12. He also argues that Michael B. Jordan’s work in Sinners benefits from playing twins, including the vampire version of the twin. 13. Best Actress centers on Jesse Buckley in Hamnet, Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue, Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and Emma Stone in Bugonia. 14. Travis says Rose Byrne is his personal favorite because of how much she carries in the film, but he thinks Jesse Buckley is the safer win. 15. Best Supporting Actress becomes a three-way race between Amy Madigan in Weapons, Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another, and Rumi Hiiragi? in Sinners, with Léa Seydoux? and others named from Sentimental Value. 16. He describes the category as a close one and says Amy Madigan feels like the safe choice while Teyana Taylor remains his gut pick. 17. The episode is conversational, fast-moving, and heavily self-reflective, with Travis repeatedly shifting between “want to win” and “will win” predictions. 18. The format mixes casual banter, personal watching notes, and long Oscar-category breakdowns with frequent side comments about patron support and the Discord pool. 19. Best for listeners who track Oscars, performances, and prediction pools. 20. Skip if you want short, spoiler-free movie coverage only.

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