NewsMarkets

Culture

Pedro Pascal Starring 'Behemoth!' to Close Newport Beach Film Festival Hot: Odds moved 13 points in 24 hours

The film will conclude the 27th annual festival on October 22, with director Tony Gilroy in attendance.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 1 Oct 2026 · updated 4h ago

The odds

How the odds moved · Pedro Pascal
0%50%100%34%30 Sept, 18:55 UTCnowVariety: ‘Behemoth!,’ Starring Pedro Pascal, to Close Newport Beach Film Festival · 1 Oct, 19:15 UTCThe A.V. Club: Tony Gilroy says he's never written a character like Pedro Pascal's in Behemoth! · 2 Oct, 19:27 UTC

Each tick is a source publishing on this story

Price data
TimeChance of yes
now34%
2 Oct, 22:09 UTC34%
2 Oct, 21:05 UTC38%
2 Oct, 19:50 UTC31%
2 Oct, 16:57 UTC33%
2 Oct, 06:30 UTC30%
2 Oct, 02:49 UTC31%
2 Oct, 01:33 UTC31%
1 Oct, 21:59 UTC21%
30 Sept, 18:55 UTC20%

The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 1 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 1 October at 19:15 UTC; The A.V. Club followed 24h 12m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 2 October at 19:27 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The A.V. Club.

One prediction market prices this story:

  • Pedro Pascal — the market puts it at 34%, with $639 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 31 Dec 2027. The market resolves to Yes if Pedro Pascal receives a nomination for Best Actor at the 99th Academy Awards. Otherwise, it resolves to No. Readers often mistake the film's festival premiere or release date for the nomination deadline.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. ‘Behemoth!,’ Starring Pedro Pascal, to Close Newport Beach Film Festival Variety ·
  2. Tony Gilroy says he's never written a character like Pedro Pascal's in Behemoth! The A.V. Club

Markets on this story

  • Kalshi Pedro Pascal 34% +13 $639 24hends 31 Dec 2027

    Does the market have this right?

    Wrong market?

Have your say

Your call. How does this end?

Free, no money involved. Calls are scored against the market's price when you make them, so backing an underdog that wins scores most. Leaderboard · Your calls

Email me when the odds move

We email a link to confirm first. At most one alert email every six hours; unsubscribe in one click. Privacy

In this story

  • Pedro Pascal
  • Tony Gilroy
  • Newport Beach Film Festival
Embed this story

Paste this into any web page to show the live odds, with a link back here.