or a middling affair that doesn’t make it through the primaries (rememberJosh Brolin’sW.?).

Regina King inShirley

Glen Wilson/Netflix

History.

Netflix’sShirleyhas all the makings of an Oscar contender on paper.

Awardist collage of Angelina Jolie in Maria; Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie a Deux; Zendaya in Challengers; Kingsley Ben-Adir in Bob Marley: One Love; Regina King in Shirley; Timothee Chalamet in Dune: Part Two

Early 2025 Oscars contenders include Regina King, Angelina Jolie, ‘Dune: Part 2,’ Lady Gaga, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Zendaya.Paramount; Netflix; Warner Bros; Getty Images

Mike Faist, Zendaya, and Josh O’Connor in ‘Challengers’

Mike Faist, Zendaya, and Josh O’Connor in ‘Challengers’.Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

DUNE: PART TWO

Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler in ‘Dune: Part Two’.Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures

Sebastian Stan and Donald Trump

Sebastian Stan; Donald Trump.Andreas Rentz/Getty

Angelina Jolie in the biopic ‘Maria’

Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’.Pablo Larraín

Regina King as Shirley Chisholm in Shirley

Regina King in ‘Shirley’.Glen Wilson/Netflix

Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love from Paramount Pictures.

Lashana Lynch and Kingsley Ben-Adir in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’.Chiabella James/Paramount Pictures

Wicked - First Look

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in ‘Wicked’.Universal Pictures/ Youtube