Ryan Coogler’s The bluesy vampire epic “The Sinner” On Thursday, the film led all films at the 98th Academy Awards with 16 nominations, setting a record for the most nominations in Oscar history.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters scored an unprecedented number of nominations for “The Sinner,” breaking the record of 14 nominations set by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.” In addition to Best Picture, Coogler was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and double star Michael B. Jordan received his first Oscar nomination, Best Actor.
The revolutionary legend of Paul Thomas Anderson and his daughter “One battle after another” Most popular nomination, ranked second with 13 nominations. Four of the actors—— leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del travel and Sean Penn were nominated, but newcomer Chase Infiniti missed out on the best actress nod.
In these two top nominees, the Motion Picture Academy fully supports two heartfelt, uplifting and original American epics, each relevant to a fraught national moment. Coogler’s Jim Crow-era film — the rare horror movie to win over the Academy — conjures mythical allegories of black life. In “Fight After Fight,” a dormant rebellious spirit is resurrected in a police state out of control.
Both are Warner Bros. productions. in the midst of a contentious sale. Netflixthe 102-year-old studio received its best Oscar nomination ever. With the future of Warner Bros., which Netflix acquired for $72 billion, facing an uncertain future amid the challenge from Paramount Skydance, Hollywood is bracing for the biggest shakeup in the history of the film industry.
The 10 films nominated for Best Picture are “Bagnia,” “F1,” “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “The Fight,” “Spy,” “Sentimental Value,” “The Sinner” and “Train.”
Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” each received nine nominations.
Timothée Chalamet, 30, received his third best actor nomination among nine awards for “Marty Supreme,” after narrowly missing out last year for “Unknown.” Along with Jordan and Chalamet, nominees include Leonardo DiCaprio for “One Fight”, Ethan Hawke for “Blue Moon” and Wagner Moura for “The Secret Service.”
Nominated for Best Actress are favorites Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Kate Hudson (Blue Song), Renate Reinswey (Sentimental Value), and two-time winner Emma Stone (nominated for the sixth time for Bugnia).
The first category read by hosts Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman is Supporting Actress. Nominees include Elle Fanning and Inga Ibdot Lillias for “Sentimental Value,” Amy Madigan for “Arms,” Umi Mossaku for “The Sinner” and Teyana Taylor for “Fight After Fight.”
For supporting actor, nominees include Jacob Elordi for “Frankenstein”, Sean Penn for “The Good Fight”, Stellan Skarsgård for “Sentimental Value”, Benicio del Toro for “The Good Fight” and Delroy Lindo for “The Sinner.”
This year, the Oscars launched New categories of casting. This new honor helps The Sinner and Fight After Fight improve their already impressive numbers. In addition to these two films, nominees include “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “The Secret Service.”
“Sinners” also appears in the original song nominees: “Golden” from “Kpop Demon Hunters”, “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”, “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”, “I Lied To You” from “Sinners” and “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
The 98th Academy Awards will be held on March 15 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on ABC and gourd. YouTube’s new deal exclusive air It won’t take effect until 2029. This year, Conan O’Brien will return as host.