Timothée Chalamet has received some high praise for his role in A Complete Unknown and it's even earned him an Oscar nomination. The 29-year-old film star plays Bob Dylan in the movie, which tells the story of the singer-songwriter's early career.

Mangold, by contrast, is a Hollywood veteran. He directed the best picture-nominated “Ford v Ferrari” (2019) and made history when “Logan” (2017) became the first superhero film nominated for a major Oscar prize for adapted screenplay. That industry respect could work in his favor.

Now that the Academy Award nominations have been announced, the real conversations can begin. Because prior to the nominations being read aloud on Thursday morning, all we had were educated guesses by “experts” who read tea leaves,