Throughout this year's Award Season,
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri became the favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
It was announced so by Vulture! It cleaned up at the Golden Globes and the SAG awards, earned a butt load of BAFTA nominations, and the film's director Martin McDonagh earned a DGA (Director's Guild of America) nomination. The film was on a fast track to sweep at the Academy Awards come March. But then the Academy Award nominations were announced and a funny thing happened, the film lost its front runner status. It may not seem like it to the layman.
Three Billboards earned a bunch of nominations like Best Picture, Best Actress, two Best Supporting Actors nods, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing. However, the one key nomination
Three Billboards failed to earn was Best Director; Martin McDonagh was not nominated for Best Director.
