Maria

Klara and the Sun

Suggestion for next year: maybe total wins instead of just BP?

I think my team with just Dune would still win though lol. If I win, you can call me Jose Altuve.

SNL 1975
Long Day’s Journey

Tempted to throw my pick away on a blockbuster, but I think The End is a solid play here

The Apprentice

Hard Truths

Final teams

Flava'd vs the World
Dune 2

MadGez
Blitz
Conclave
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Untitled Noah Baumbach
SNL 1975
Long Day's Journey Into Night

Shack
Queer
Here
Emilia Perez
Anora
Eden
Klara and the Sun
The End

Rev
Juror #2
Joker: Folie a Deux
Sing Sing
Fly Me to the Moon
The Room Next Door
Maria
The Apprentice

Riggs
Kinds of Kindness
Gladiator 2
Mother Mary
Hedda
We Live In Time
The Piano Lesson
Hard Truths

Draft order is based on who had the most picks not released in 2024. MadGez (Untitled Noah Baumbach and Long Day's Journey Into Night) and Riggs (Mother Mary and Hedda) both have two. Both of Riggs picks were higher so he will get 1st pick. I have one (Klara and the Sun) and Rev has none giving me the 3rd pick.

1. MadGez
2. Shack
3. Rev
4. Riggs

5. Riggs
6. Rev
7. Shack
8. MadGez

Due to its perceived strength if you draft The Brutalist, you do not get a Round 2 pick

Possible picks (you don't have to pick from this list):

The Brutalist

Stars: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones
Directed by: Brady Corbet (He made that Vox Lux movie)

Plot: Post WWII jewish architect makes some deal

Rottentomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 88

A Complete Unknown

Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Ed Norton, Elle Fanning
Directed by: James Mangold

Plot: Bob Dylan biopic

The Substance

Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley
Directed by: Coralie Fargeat

Rottentomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 78

Plot: Body horror/satire

September 5

Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro
Director: Tim Fehlbaum

Plot: Journalists during 1972 Munich crisis

Rottentomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 72

Babygirl

Star: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickenson, Antonio Banderas
Director: Halina Reijn

Plot: CEO affair thriller

Rottentomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 82

A Real Pain

Stars: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg
Directed by: Jesse Eisenberg

Plot: Cousins feel good road trip after grandma dies

Rottentomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 84

The Order

Stars: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult
Directed by: Justin Kurzel

Plot: Neo nazis thriller

Rottentomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 72

The Fire Inside

Stars: Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry
Directed by: Rachel Morrison (written by Barry Jenkins)

Plot: First black female gold medalist boxer inspirational story

Rottentomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 78

No explanation needed:

Challengers (88% RT, 82 MC)

The Wild Robot (98% RT, 85 MC)

Wicked: Part 1

Mufasa: The Lion King

Random foreign shit:

All We Imagine as Light (India) - Roommates with one having estranged husband and other having boyfriend (100% RT, 91 MC)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Iran) - Paranoid judge thriller (93% RT, 84 MC)
I'm Still Here (Brazil) - Husband disappears thriller (91% RT, 79 MC)
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand) - Man takes care of grandma to get her inheritance (100% RT, 82 MC)

Since Riggs isn't around, I changed the order so his pick is last

The Brutalist

Challengers

September 5

A Complete Unknown & A Real Pain

Sorry for the delay.

The Brutalist

It got picked already

The Wild Robot

Wicked

Adding the replacement picks and removing the dead or moved (metascore in black)

Flava'd vs the World
Dune 2 79

MadGez
Blitz 71
Conclave 79
Nickel Boys 89
The Brutalist 88
Nosferatu

Shack
Emilia Perez 71
Anora 91
Challengers 82
Wicked: Part 1 73

Rev
Sing Sing 84
The Room Next Door 69
September 5 71
The Wild Robot 85

Riggs
The Piano Lesson 69
Hard Truths 87
A Real Pain 85
A Complete Unknown

Babygirl

The Brutalist pickers don't get Round 2.

You're a fascist, Shack!

Can I trade my 2026 first rounder and pick up The Substance?

Is it too late to draft Wicked?

We did bonus rounds where I got it. I think the internationals won't vote for it enough to win BP, though.