Oscars 2024: What’s next for winners Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, more

Congratulations, you won an Oscar! Your next mission, should you choose to accept it: Stay golden.

It’s not as easy as it seems: just ask Jean Dujardin. Twelve years ago the French actor was defeated Brad Pitt And George Clooney in the Best Actor category for The artist. Except for a brief appearance in The Wolf of Wall Street, Nothing has been heard of him on this side of the Atlantic. Adrian Brody gave us one of the most memorable Oscar moments of all time in 2003 when he kissed Halle Berry after winning Best Actor; his leading roles have been few and far between since then.

And remember Three Six Mafia? They won Best Original Song in 2006 for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”; turns out it’s even harder to sustain a successful hip-hop career. (Let’s not even get started on the ’90s winners. Oh, Cuba Gooding Jr.)

This year’s winners will also face a lot of criticism. Although Robert Downey Jr. has been above the title for decades, Oppenheimer was a powerful reminder that his talents go far beyond Iron Man. Now he must transfer the momentum to an eclectic new project. Da’Vine Joy Randolph is no longer known as a semi-obscure supporting role in series like Only murders in the building. What will she do now that she is in the spotlight?

Let’s dig into all those Hollywood trade announcements and look at the calendar. Here’s a look at all the big winners of the 96th annual Academy Awards and their upcoming projects.

Best Actor

Winner: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Next one: 28 years later

What we know: After reaching the top of his field, Murphy heads back to where it all started. He is attached as executive producer of the just-announced sequel to the 2002 apocalyptic masterpiece 28 days later about a virus-induced societal collapse. While Murphy hasn’t officially signed on to reprise his character — a bike messenger hero who wakes from a coma to discover zombie chaos — he said in February that he is “available.” Co-Oscar winner Danny Boyle will return to directing.

Best actress

Winner: Emma Stone, Poor things

Next one: Types of kindness

What we know: Poor things and good things happen when Stone works with director Yorgos Lanthimos, so she gives it two more chances. Types of kindness, already shot and reportedly set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, is a contemporary three-part anthology also starring Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley And William Dafoe in multiple roles. Stone is also in talks for his remake of the South Korean fantasy comedy Save the green planetwhich centers on a man who captures and tortures a businessman he believes is part of an alien invasion.

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Next one: The sympathizer

What we know: Ask for a new project and you will receive it! HBO’s new seven-episode spy series (premiering April 14) stars Downey Jr. the master of disguise as he takes on different personas – each meant to represent different aspects of the American establishment. (Think a rising California congressman, a CIA operative, and a Hollywood film director.) The main story focuses on a spy for North Vietnam (Hi Xuande) who becomes embedded in LA’s refugee community in the 1970s.

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The survivors

Next one: Shadow power, bride hard

What we know: Well, season 2 of The idol is off. But Randolph does have two projects on her IMDB profile. The action thriller Shadow Power follows a man and woman (Kerry Washington And Omar Sy) who set out with their son to prevent him from being killed. For Bride Hard, Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid who springs into action when her best friend’s wedding is held hostage. Randolph’s roles are unknown in both films, but now that she’s hit awards season, we’re hoping she’ll land a leading role sooner rather than later.

Best director

Winner: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Next one: TBA

What we know: Unlike some writer-directors, Nolan is working at a fairly steady clip with twelve films in twenty years. And while he hasn’t announced his next film yet, if you ask him – and many outlets have! – he knows what he wants. “Ideas come from everywhere,” he said Variety in December. “I’m open to everything. But I need to feel like I own it completely. It has to pass through my fingers on a keyboard and only come out through my eyes.” A few weeks later he confirmed it Time, “I am attracted to working on a large scale.” But he did love Past lives!

Best Original Song

Winner: Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For” (with her brother, Finneas O’Connell)

Next one: New album, title to be announced

What we know: Since the release of her debut album, 2021’s Happier than ever, Eilish has achieved the ultimate side hustle by writing and singing beautiful ballads for hit films — and she just picked up her second Oscar to show for it. (All at the age of 22, mind you!) Now it’s back to business. The superstar shared a series of photos on Instagram on February 11 of her wearing a star-printed ski mask and jacket with the caption: “my album is mastered.” Note that she hasn’t revealed any other details, including the name and release.

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Justine Triet, Anatomy of a fall

Next one: TBA

What we know: A year ago a virtual unknown outside the exalted European cinephile circles, he is now a much sought-after screenwriter and director with a penchant for the unusual. So it makes perfect sense, according to an interview with the French magazine L’OBsshe has been offered to direct an adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel thriller, Monica, of Cate Blanchett in the title role. That said, she admits she “hasn’t taken up the offer, at least not yet.”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Cord Jefferson, American fiction

Next one: Just cause

What we know: The screenwriter-director is gone The right place Unpleasant Succession Unpleasant Watchmen Unpleasant Station Eleven to Oscar gold. There’s no way he’s going on hiatus now. Him and writer John Wells (ER, The West Wing) just signed to Amazon ‘s limited series thriller starring and executive produced by Scarlett JohanssoN. (The pair will co-write the first episode and also produce the series.) Loose plot, based on a novel: Johansson’s struggling reporter for a Florida newspaper is sent to cover the final days of a death row inmate .