Clayton Davis

We needed more police and we needed more community violence intervention.

So in the city of Detroit, we did both.

Aside from define genre expectations, this is a horror movie, a period piece.

It produced the most black artists from a single film nominated for an Oscar 10 across all categories.

It was just a love fest for a movie that came out last April.

I think looking at this now, we have an Academy that's open to new types of films, but I think more so really points the knee to original filmmaking.

We live in a very big IP-driven world, and yet Sinners, One Battle After Another, F1, Hamnet, you know, original films by really career-driven auteurs need an avenue to make their movies, and the Academy is recognizing that.

Huge fan of Wagner Mora, myself, and my personal favorite lead performance of the year is him.

And anything that has subtitles always has a disadvantage going into any Oscar race, especially trying to get mainstream attention.

Jessie Buckley in Hamnet, when I watched her, it was one of those moments that I said, this is an all-timer.

What will I be doing?

What do you wish to do, Hamlet?

I got that feeling like, OK, it's over.

Best actress, it's over.

In many ways, it feels like the swan song for Warner Brothers.

Like, if you're Warner Brothers, you're like, listen, whatever happens, happens.

We win either way, but we're just going to represent the filmmakers the best we can.