“One Battle After Another” Is Successful Because Of Its Great Cast – Producer

One Battle After Another

“One Battle After Another” has been named the year’s best movie by organizers of the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards. The film recently won Best Picture over fellow nominees Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams and Wicked: For Good.

Reacting, Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed and produced the movie, revealed that his amazing cast deserves all of the praise because he had a great time making the film.

Paul added that a lot of great movies were produced in 2025, so he is proud to be recognized as one of the best.

His words, “This is really fantastic, fantastic news. We’ll take it. A lot of great films. It’s great to be in this room. It’s great to be a part of all of this. It’s great to have this cast behind me.

I’d say this is the best time I ever had making a movie, and I feel like it shows. It’s just a testament to being with people that you love. Because as somebody said earlier, this is fine and this is fun, but it really is about the people that you work with. That’s all that there is at the end of the day.”

WOW.

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