“Everything Everywhere All at Once” leads all Oscar nominees with 11 total including best picture, director, screenplay, actress, supporting actor and supporting actress — and it just got a step closer to Academy Award glory.

Directing duo the Daniels — Daniel Kwan and Alabama native Daniel Scheinert — won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday night.

The pair beat out Steven Spielberg (”The Fabelmans”), Todd Field (”Tár”), Joseph Kosinski (”Top Gun: Maverick”) and Martin McDonagh (”The Banshees of Inisherin”). Kwan and Scheinert are also the third duo to win the DGA award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for “West Side Story” (1961) and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “No Country for Old Men” (2007).

The win puts them in the driver’s seat to win the Oscar for best director. As The Associated Press reports, in the past 10 years, all but once has the DGA winner gone on to win at the Academy Awards. (In 2020, Sam Mendes won at the DGA for “1917,” while Bong Joon Ho won the Oscar for “Parasite.”) Last year, Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”) won at each. In 75 years, only 10 times have the DGA winner and the Oscar winner not aligned.

It leads all nominees with 11 total, including: Best picture, director, actress (Michelle Yeoh), supporting actor (Ke Huy Quan), supporting actress (Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu), original screenplay, film editing, costume design, original score, original song. Read the full list of nominees.

Among the film’s Oscar nominees are Alabama natives Scheinert (who co-wrote and co-directed the movie with his filmmaking partner Daniel Kwan; they form the “Daniels” duo) and Paul Rogers (nominated for best film editing).

With so much love from the Academy, the Daniels’ movie stands a good chance to win multiple Oscars, including the top prize in best picture.

The best part of all: You can watch the movie right now. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is currently streaming on Showtime Anytime and Paramount+ (with a Showtime subscription).

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is one of the best-reviewed movies of the year. The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95%. The consensus says, “Led by an outstanding Michelle Yeoh, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ lives up to its title with an expertly calibrated assault on the senses.”

The film has also earned $107 million at the global box office, making it the highest grosser in distributor A24′s history.

The film follows an aging Chinese immigrant (Michelle Yeoh) swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Co-writer/director Daniel Scheinert was born in Birmingham, where he attended Oak Mountain Elementary and Middle Schools before going to high school in Shades Valley. His parents, Ken and Becky, now live in Guntersville. His dad said Scheinert got into filmmaking through local competitions and musical theater during high school.

The film’s editor, Paul Rogers (also nominated), was born in Birmingham.

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