By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The Academy hasn’t shown any resistance to genre fare this year.
The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards have just been announced, and scary movies scored big, with 28 nominations for five films. For the first time in Oscar history, two fear features are up for Best Picture. Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS has set an all-time Academy record with 16 nominations, beating ALL ABOUT EVE, TITANIC and LA LA LAND, which got 14 each. Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN got nine noms. The full lists:
SINNERS:
- Best Picture (Produced by Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler)
- Best Director (Coogler)
- Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan)
- Best Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo)
- Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku)
- Best Original Screenplay (Coogler)
- Best Casting (Francine Maisler)
- Best Cinematography (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
- Best Production Design (Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne)
- Best Costume Design (Ruth E. Carter)
- Best Editing (Michael P. Shawver)
- Best Score (Ludwig Göransson)
- Best Song (“I Lied to You,” Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson)
- Best Hair and Makeup (Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry)
- Best Visual Effects (Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean)
- Best Sound (Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker)
FRANKENSTEIN:
- Best Picture (Produced by Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber)
- Best Supporting Actor (Jacob Elordi)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (del Toro)
- Best Cinematography (Dan Laustsen)
- Best Production Design (Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau)
- Best Costume Design (Kate Hawley)
- Best Score (Alexandre Desplat)
- Best Hair and Makeup (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey)
- Best Sound (Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern)
In addition, Amy Madigan scored a richly deserved Best Supporting Actress nod for playing WEAPONS’ Aunt Gladys, THE UGLY STEPSISTER scored a nom for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Thomas Foldberg and Anne Catherine Sauerberg), and JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH is up for Best Visual Effects (David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould). Best of luck to all of them when the Oscars are handed out on Sunday, March 15.
