Pursuits
Fortress-Backed New Regency Seeks Oscar Three-Peat in `Revenant'
- Such streaks are rare in an industry with so much competition
- DiCaprio revenge drama will also see a boost at the box office
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The filmmakers with most to gain from a best picture Oscar victory this weekend have already taken home Hollywood’s top prize -- for two years in a row.
New Regency Productions Inc. could score a rare three-peat at the 88th Academy Awards Sunday with a win for “The Revenant,” the frontier drama featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. The company, along with distributor 20th Century Fox, already holds the last two best-picture Oscars with 2015’s “Birdman” and “12 Years a Slave” from 2014. In addition Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu could grab the directing award for the second straight year.