Best Casting
Which film will win Best Casting?The Black Ball leads with a 64% market-implied chance on Polymarket, 23 points ahead of The Odyssey (41%).Biggest move this week: The Black Ball, up 15 points (now 64%).Kalshi has no 2027 winner market for Casting yet. Last season it opened one the day after nominations, on 23 January 2026. Kalshi's nomination market for Casting is open.
Odds movement
Market-implied chance to win for the 5 contenders with the highest average price now, Polymarket at the end of each day.Prices at the end of each day, New York time. A day without a new price keeps the day before’s. On a day a Kalshi market ends thin (nobody bidding, or more than 10¢ between buy and sell offers), its close is the last traded price.Days before 2 October 2026 come from each platform’s published price history; later days from the prices this site records.- The Black Ball64%
- The Odyssey41%
- Wild Horse Nine13%
- UNABOMBER5%
- Dune: Part Three4%
Show the numbers
| Day | The Black Ball · Polymarket | The Odyssey · Polymarket | Wild Horse Nine · Polymarket | UNABOMBER · Polymarket | Dune: Part Three · Polymarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2026 | 34% | 41% | 13% | 5% | 8% |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 49% | 39% | 6% | 6% | under 1% |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 31% | 43% | 13% | 9% | 3% |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 29% | 43% | 9% | 10% | 8% |
| 13 Sep 2026 | 24% | 50% | 12% | 8% | 4% |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 11% | 50% | 6% | 8% | 4% |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 12% | 52% | 4% | 10% | 4% |
| 23 Aug 2026 | 13% | 54% | 2% | 10% | 3% |
| 16 Aug 2026 | 11% | 56% | 15% | 7% | 4% |
| 9 Aug 2026 | 35% | 43% | 37% | 31% | 31% |
17 contenders
Each number is a market-implied chance: the price of a contract that pays $1 if the film wins, read as a percentage (49¢ reads as 49%).Under it: the change of the price over 24 hours, from the site’s saved prices, in percentage points, and the contract price in cents.The bar behind a row is its chance on a 0 to 100 scale. Beside the number: the volume traded on the platforms behind it.On wide screens, a small line shows the last 30 days and the change over the last 7.Ranked by the Polymarket price.Kalshi has no winner market for Best Casting yet.Podcast buzz
Most named on awards podcasts in the last 30 days
Talk vs price
Across: episodes that named it in the last 30 days.Up: its price on the market the switch names.Not a prediction or a recommendation.- 1Digger27 episodes · 4 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 2The Black Ball22 episodes · 4 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 3Wild Horse Nine15 episodes · 3 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 4The Odyssey14 episodes · 3 in the last 7 days
Latest: Awards Chatter · 5 Oct · John Leguizamo - 'The Odyssey' [LIVE](audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 5Fjord11 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 4 Oct · Episode 510 - NYFF64 Continues, Farewell Warner Bros., "Elsinore," "La Bola Negra," "Rose" & "Clarissa" Trailers(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 6The Invite9 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 7Dune: Part Three8 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: Circuit Gays · 5 Oct · Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
- 8Project Hail Mary5 episodes · 2 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
From what is said on 28 film and awards podcasts (an episode’s title and show notes until it is transcribed), updated daily (last checked 6 Oct). A mention means the film or person is named, whatever the category or context. It is not a prediction or a recommendation.
The 28 podcasts
The Next Best Picture Podcast · Frontrunners and Challengers · The Awards Watch Podcast · Awards Circuit · Prestige Junkie · Little Gold Men · The Big Picture · Screen Talk · The Awardist · Awards Radar: The Podcast · Awards Central Podcast · Oscars Outsider · Awards Chatter · The Envelope · Doc Talk · Kermode & Mayo’s Take · The Film Comment Podcast · Filmspotting · Team Deakins · Art of the Cut · Soundtracking with Edith Bowman · Scriptnotes · Mike, Mike, and Oscar · Lights Camera What’s The Action? · The Rolling Tape · Circuit Gays · Academy Watch · The Town
Market data, not advice.Prices are what traders paid on Kalshi and Polymarket, shown per platform or as their average; they are not predictions or recommendations.
