Kings Speech For Oscar?

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last couple of months you will undoubtedly be aware of the phenomenal success of Brit flick The Kings Speech and it’s incredible clean up of awards all over the world. And with Golden Globes, BAFTA’s and Screen Actors Guild statuettes all going their way, there’s only one big one left and that’s the Oscar.

Having been nominated for 12 of them, the most for any single film, The Kings Speech is up against some incredible films for the coveted Best Picture award, including The Social Network, True Grit and Black Swan and despite it’s obvious odds on chances of winning, the Oscars are known to throw a spanner in the works when it comes to this award – anyone remember ‘Crash’ in 2004???

Colin Firth has bagged 26 awards around the world for his portrayal of King George VI and is almost certainly a guarantee for the Best Actor category but anything can happen on the night so if you think it’s a sure bet then the latest and best odds are below for you to have a punt on…

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