Awards season is finally winding down after the Oscars last night, which went off with only a few surprises. Still, as the dust is settling, fans are already looking ahead at what to expect next from this year’s winners. While they hopefully will take a well-deserved break, most are hitting the ground running with their next projects. Let’s take a look at what’s to come for these recently crowned winners.
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Nearly freezing to death and climbing inside a horse carcass paid off for Leonardo DiCaprio, who took home his first Oscar last night, putting the endless memes to death for good. DiCaprio doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, as he’s signed on as producer for a number of projects, and has four films on deck, including The Devil in the White City with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese (Oscar #2?) and The Ballad of Richard Jewell with Clint Eastwood.
Best Actress
Brie Larson, Room
After sweeping the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and a host of other awards, Brie Larson was the shoo-in to take home the Best Actress award for her devastatingly good turn in Room. Larson is currently working on the King Kong origin story, Kong: Skull Island, with Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson, and will soon be portraying author Jeannette Walls in the upcoming biopic, The Glass Castle.
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Mark Rylance followed up his BAFTA win by taking home Oscar gold for his role as Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies. Rylance seems set to continue his winning streak, starring in Spielberg’s next film, The BFG, and appearing in Christopher Nolan’s WWII film, Dunkirk.
Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
While arguably a co-lead in The Danish Girl, Alicia Vikander finished off a stellar awards season by taking home the Best Supporting Actress trophy. Vikander had a banner year in 2015 (do yourself a favor and watch Ex Machina), and currently has four films in development, including the upcoming Jason Bourne sequel and sure to be devastating The Light Between Oceans with fellow Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender.
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Following up his win last year for Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu became the first director to win back-to-back in 65 years with The Revenant. (The last person to do so was Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won for All About Eve and A Letter to Three Wives.) After the grueling creation and promotion of The Revenant, Iñárritu has yet to sign on to his next directorial project.
Best Original Screenplay
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Singer, a first-time nominee, and McCarthy, who had been previously nominated for Up, made quite an impression with Spotlight, which also took home the top prize of Best Picture. Singer is currently working on the screenplay for First Man, a biopic about Neil Armstrong, while McCarthy has three scripts in development.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
First-time collaborators Charles Randolph and Adam McKay crafted a whip-smart script for The Big Short, and were rewarded for their efforts with the Best Adapted Screenplay award. Randolph has yet to announce his next project, while McKay is writing the screenplay for Marvel’s Ant-Man and Wasp and re-teaming with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly for Border Guards.
