After the Oscars: What the Nominees Are Doing Next (2025)

Now that the gold dust is settling on a long awards season, it is time to look forward to what’s next.

For Kieran Culkin that means heading to Broadway for the most recent staging of Glengarry Glen Ross, while this summer is likely occupied with filming on the third Dune movie for Timothee Chalamet. Elsewhere, awards break-outs like Anora’s Mikey Madison and Yura Borisov have yet to announce their next projects but are getting a lot of interest from studios and directors.

Here’s what the best actor and actress nominees have coming up.

Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)

Next up for Barbaro is the second season of the Netflix action comedy series FUBAR and the Don Winslow film adaptation Crime 101 at Amazon MGM.

One of the biggest stars in Russia, he has three TV series and a movie in postproduction with several on deck in his native country, but he hasn’t revealed his next English-language production.

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Brody is looking at indie The Bookie & the Bruiser, in which he stars opposite Vince Vaughn in the post-World War II drama.

Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

He’ll be seen in Josh Safdie’s A24 movie Marty Supreme as a 1950s ping-pong ace, and he’s prepping for the next Dune movie, now eyeing a summer shoot start.

Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

After landing Emmys for Succession and perhaps an Oscar for the Jesse Eisenberg-directed family drama, he’s heading to the stage for a Glengarry Glen Ross revival with Bob Odenkirk.

Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

He’s cast in the Michael Jackson biopic playing father Joe Jackson and has set a feature directorial debut with a Nat King Cole biopic that he’ll also star in. He’ll also be in Steven Spielberg’s next film, The Dish, alongside Josh O’Connor and EmilyBlunt.

Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

Outside of Oz (Wicked: For Good is due out this year), she is set to star in the adaptation Children of Blood and Bone from Gina Prince-Bythewood and the screen adaptation of Prima Facie.

Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)

Next up is 28 Years Later, the latest movie in Danny Boyle’s zombie apocalypse series, followed by the thematically opposed Sony Pictures Classics World War I period dramaThe Choral.

Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)

While Gascón signed with UTA following her film’s Cannes debut, that was before old social media posts surfaced where she decried Muslim immigration, among other topics. She has yet to have an announced follow-up.

Ariana Grande (Wicked)

While Grande’s only upcoming project is Wicked: For Good, Hollywood is eager to get her back on the big screen, with offers for everything from a Spaceballs sequel to a wedding comedy.

Mikey Madison (Anora)

Madison may not have announced her post-Oscars project just yet, but her name is at the top of studios’ and directors’ wish lists, with offers for a Colleen Hoover adaptation and interest from the likes of Greta Gerwig.

Demi Moore (The Substance)

Next up for Moore is Boots Riley’s newest genre-bending movie, I Love Boosters, with an A-list ensemble that includes Keke Palmer and LaKeith Stanfield. And there’s a long-awaited St. Elmo’s Fire sequel.

While Norton’s name has been bandied about for several A-list packages (Cannes is only a couple of months away, after all), thefour-time Oscar nominee has yet to announcehis next role.

Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

He will reteam with his Prometheus director, Ridley Scott, on The Dog Stars, joining Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin, and is set for Netflix’s Keira Knightley-fronted mystery The Woman in Cabin 10.

Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Rossellini is on board for the Miramax rom-com Silent Retreat and the indie dramedy Temptations of Gracie with Isla Fisher and Andie MacDowell. She is also set to star in the Wallis Simpson biopic The Bitter End.

Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

She has several Avatars coming up and a likely third season for the Taylor Sheridan juggernaut Lioness.

Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Stan will be back as MCU character Bucky Barnes in The Thunderbolts, after which he is set for a couple of indie projects: the horror thriller Let the Evil Go West with Pam & Tommy co-star Lily James and Fjord with A Different Man co-star Renate Reinsve.

Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

The Succession star is set to play Bruce Springsteen manager Jon Landau in Deliver Me From Nowhere and will reunite with director James Gray on the crime drama Paper Tiger.

Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

The Brazilian actress has a legion of social media fans who will eagerly embrace her next project when it’s announced.

This story first appeared in the Feb. 26 issue ofThe Hollywood Reportermagazine. To receive the magazine,click here to subscribe.