-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
- Thread starter Disney Analyst
- Start date
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
In case anyone is counting, Disney has the highest number of Oscar nominations today: 20 in total.
"Poor Things" (Searchlight Pictures)
11 nominations: Now in theaters:- Best Picture
- Best Director - Yorgos Lanthimos
- Best Actress - Emma Stone
- Best Supporting Actor - Mark Ruffalo
- Best Adapted Screenplay - Tony McNamara
- Best Cinematography - Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC
- Best Editing - Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE
- Best Production Design - James Price, Shona Heath
- Best Costume Design - Holly Waddington
- Best Makeup & Hairstyling - Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston
- Best Original Score - Jerskin Fendrix
"The Creator" (20th Century Studios)
2 nominations: Now streaming on Hulu- Best Visual Effects - Andrew Roberts, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper, Neil Corbould
- Best Sound - Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
"Bobi Wine: The People's President" (National Geographic Documentary Films)
1 nomination: Now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu- Documentary Feature Film
"Elemental" (Pixar Animation Studios)
1 nomination: Now streaming on Disney+- Best Animated Film - Peter Sohn, Denise Ream
"Flamin' Hot" (Searchlight Pictures)
1 nomination: Now streaming on Hulu and Disney+- Best Original Song - "The Fire Inside" Written by Diane Warren
"Guardians of The Galaxy, Vol. 3" (Marvel Studios)
1 nomination: Now streaming on Disney+- Best Visual Effects - Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Stephane Ceretti, Theo Bialek
"The Last Repair Shop" (Searchlight Pictures)
1 nomination: Now streaming on Hulu and Disney+- Best Documentary Short Film - Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" (Lucasfilm Ltd.)
1 nomination: Now streaming on Disney+- Best Original Score - John Williams
"Nai Nai & Wài Pó" (Disney+)
1 nomination- Best Documentary Short Film - Sean Wang, Sam Davis
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
We really counting Poor Things as Disney? Ok.
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
They own Fox Searchlight and there have been endless pages of discussion about it, so yes, we’re counting it. Disney is too:
The Walt Disney Company Earns 20 Oscar® Nominations - The Walt Disney Company
Nominations for the 96th Oscars® were announced today, with films from across The Walt Disney Company combining to earn 20 Academy Award® nominations. Congratulations …Read More
thewaltdisneycompany.com
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Ok. If those are the rules. Just wondering how much involvement the distributor, searchlight, had in actual production. Any at all?They own Fox Searchlight and there have been endless pages of discussion about it, so yes, we’re counting it. Disney is too:
The Walt Disney Company Earns 20 Oscar® Nominations - The Walt Disney Company
Nominations for the 96th Oscars® were announced today, with films from across The Walt Disney Company combining to earn 20 Academy Award® nominations. Congratulations …Read More
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Crazy how the combined number of nominations for All of Us Strangers, The Color Purple, The Iron Claw, Saltburn and May/December is...2. Wonka doesn't even get something like costume design.
For some of those, I think there's a point in the awards season where it's too late to release something.
Once again, a half dozen movies basically make up the entire nomination slate.
Last edited:
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
I don’t know how it works, but clearly, Disney themselves are bragging about it.
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
All of Us Strangers and The Iron Claw didn’t seem to mount much of an Oscar campaign, not sure why. Both were extremely worthy of awards consideration. Same for Saltburn and The Color Purple. They may have thought that Saltburn was just too sick. It is, but it’s still brilliant. They may have thought that they already had The Color Purple party in the 80’s. They did, but this new musical production was also brilliant. Haven’t seen May December yet. Wonka should have gotten a couple of noms.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Just reading reactions online, is this the most widely criticized Oscar nomination slate in a while?
Looks like people are mad for both making the wrong guesses and feeling there are a lot of genuine snubs.
Looks like people are mad for both making the wrong guesses and feeling there are a lot of genuine snubs.
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
For our friend on here who likes to talk about “Burbank”.
www.playbill.com
Burbank Play, Exploring Walt Disney's Fight Against Unionization, Sets Off-Broadway Return
The play's prequel, The Fairest , will also be available to stream.
www.playbill.com
American Fiction did pretty well with a late release.
TalkingHead
Well-Known Member
The internet corners I haunt were most irritated by Ferrera’s nomination. Smaller quibbles elsewhere but felt kinda like a safe slate of nominees overall to me.
Agree with your point about the industry not being helped by nominating a handful of movies for 80% of the top awards.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Not to minimize her role, but it's truly a head scratcher that she was nominated, but not the movie's star or director.
PiratesMansion
Well-Known Member
She got the big "why it's hard to be a woman" speech. So while I also would choose other people to nominate, giving Ferrera the nomination fits most squarely within what the Academy tends to value and look for.
I was really surprised about The Color Purple…Besides the Barbie snubs that was my next biggest surprise…I agree about All Of us Strangers and especially Iron claw with that release date which seemed primed for awards season. I would not be surprised if Saltburn had to do it all over again they would of mount more of a campaign…it has really taken off on streaming. I saw May/December it was good…but where I could of seen it getting awards consideration is the acting categories
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
I forget - did you see American Fiction yet?
Yes…I liked it…I actually found it pretty funny…and thought it made some great points
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
I have to see that. I was supposed to see The Zone of Interest tonight but I sprained my ankle on the treadmill at the gym today, so after the doctor, I just hobbled my way home instead, lol. Fun times!
Wow…for some reason I remember Gerwig getting a directors nod for Lady Bird…I must be remembering predictions
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
Whoops. You’re right. I read an article that had inaccurate information. I forget that we have to be careful about that kind of thing these days.