The Oscar Nominations 2024 are in as Zazie Beetz [Deadpool 2, Joker, Invincible] and Jack Quaid [Lower Decks, My Adventures With Superman, The Boys] announced the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards this morning. A number of the major nominees are relevant to the Sci-Fi audience, notably Barbie, fantasy with a message; and Oppenheimer, an examination of very real world science and ethics; Poor Things, the fantastical story of a young woman brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist.
John Williams is nominated again, this time for the original score of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Sneaking in the Short Film (Live Action) category is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, a Roald Dahl story starring Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The Crafts categories are full of films that were otherwise snubbed:
Visual Effects
THE CREATOR
- Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
- Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
- Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
Sound
THE CREATOR
- Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
The nomination for Best Animated Feature Film is not quite the Disney shut-out that the Annie nominations were this year, with Elemental having made the cut – but Wish did not.
THE BOY AND THE HERON
- Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
ELEMENTAL
- Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
NIMONA
- Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
ROBOT DREAMS
- Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
- Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
But meanwhile, here are the heavy hitters for the Imagination Generation:
BARBIE
- Best Picture [including Margot Robbie, who is not up for Actress in a Leading Role but she is still represented]
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
- Actor in a Leading Role, Ryan Gosling,
- Actress in a Supporting Role, America Ferrera.
- Costume Design, Jacqueline Durran
- Music (Original Song} “I’m Just Ken” Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
- Music (Original Song} “What Was I Made For?” Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
- Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
OPPENHEIMER
- Best Picture
- Directing, Christopher Nolan
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Christopher Nolan
- Actor in a Leading Role, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.
- Actress in a Supporting Role, Emily Blunt
- Cinematography, Hoyte van Hoytema
- Costume Design, Ellen Mirojnick
- Film Editing, Jennifer Lame
- Makeup and Hairstyling, Luisa Abel
- Music (Original Score), Ludwig Göransson
- Production Design, Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
- Sound, Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell
POOR THINGS
- Best Picture
- Directing, Yorgos Lanthimos
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Tony McNamara
- Actor in a Leading Role, Mark Ruffalo
- Actress in a Leading Role, Emily Blunt
- Cinematography, Robbie Ryan
- Costume Design, Holly Waddington
- Film Editing, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Makeup and Hairstyling, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
- Music (Original Score), Jerskin Fendrix
- Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath
- Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
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