This Year's Best Pic Noms Have Roots In Movies Of Yesteryear

"I really wanted to do '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' because what we had in mind was really kind of gross and cool and wet and steampunk," said Fincher in a recent interview with Letterboxd.

RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel beat out runners-up "Anora" and "All We Imagine as Light," the latter of which did score Best Director and Best Foreign-Language Film.

Saldaña has spent over a decade starring in the "Avatar" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" films, but starring in a musical from Jacques Audiard was the first challenge she'd had in a while.

Culkin and Ruffalo shared the stage in Playwright Horizons' 2000 production of James Lapine's "The Moment When."

Zendaya and Jolie recently spent time together for THR's Actress Roundtable, discussing their Golden Globe-nominated roles in "Challengers" and "Maria."

Baena, who was married to Aubrey Plaza, also co-wrote "I Heart Huckabees" with David O. Russell.