The nominees for the golden Oscars will be revealed on Tuesday, and Hollywood seems to be waiting for the Academy to recognize the highest-grossing films, including the new installment of top gundarkroom saviors shunned during the pandemic.
The Tom Cruise-starring blockbuster appears to be in the running for the best picture Oscar, the most sought-after award in American cinema and beyond. Nominations must be announced by 13:30 GMT on Tuesday, before the grand winners party, scheduled for March 12.
An “uncertain” year
Behind the fighter jets top gun, Avatar 2: The path of water, Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverbut also the surreal and crazy Everything everywhere at once or the very personal The Fabelmans by Steven Spielberg compete for awards.
Others still cite Irish comedy. The Banshees of Inisherinthe biopic about the king Elvisand the ART with Cate Blanchett.
In short, “this year is one of the most uncertain,” summarizes the specialized journalist Clayton Davis, from the magazine variety. He says he talked “more than any other year” with many sources among Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters to canvass their votes and try to find out.
“And I have never known so little in my entire career!” he added to AFP.
The predictions are further complicated by the recent influx of new members of the Academy from abroad, and to whom some credit, for example, the success of the South Korean film. Parasite in 2020.
“Foreign works have surpassed the mark in recent years, and I think it will continue to rise,” added Clayton Davis.
german feature film In the west, nothing is new arrives bolstered by British Bafta nominations, while the Indian action film RRRthat doesn’t bother with finesse, it also comes with a very strong support.
Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchet, Steven Spielberg sacred?
In the individual categories, Brendan Fraser (The whale), Colin Farrel (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Austin Butler (Elvis) are already favorites for the Oscar for best actor.
Cate Blanchett, who has already won two statuettes, and Michelle Yeoh, for her role in Everything everywhere at onceShe should be in the running for the Oscar for best actress.
Actor Ke Huy Quan (Everything everywhere at once), which appeared as a child in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom almost forty years ago, it should mark his big comeback, and be listed in the best supporting role category.
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) is also expected to appear in the Best Supporting Actress category. She would thus become the first star of a Marvel movie to be nominated for an Oscar.
Steven Spielberg should be nominated in the best director category for his autobiographical film The Fabelmans.
Equally Distributed Appointments
Actors Riz Ahmed (goal soundl) and Allison Williams (Girls) will announce the list of Oscar contenders on Tuesday from Los Angeles starting at 5:30 am local time (1:30 pm GMT).
But television ratings for award shows, including the Oscars, have been on a downward trend, as the Academy has awarded awards in recent years to independent films less known to mainstream audiences, such as nomad land and CODA.
Many players in this industry hope that the nominations will be evenly distributed among the top films in 2022, which audiences are looking forward to post-pandemic. The second part of the James Cameron saga, Avatar: The Path of Waterit surpassed the symbolic $2 billion mark at the box office last weekend.
Y Top Gun: Maverick, which opened in May when the fate of theaters was still uncertain, grossed about $1.5 billion. It could “win the award for best picture”, estimated Clayton Davis.
This ceremony closes a year that has been put back under the sign of Covid-19 for the film industry, putting industry giants such as Cineworld, the second largest cinema operator in the world, in trouble, which presented a report this fall.
Source: BFM TV
