The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released shortlists in 12 categories on Tuesday, and “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s tale of vampires in the Jim Crow South, and “Wicked: For Good,” the follow-up to last year’s smash, both made strong showings, appearing in eight of the categories, including the new casting one.
“One Battle After Another,” the Paul Thomas Anderson epic considered a front-runner, made it into five categories, while international films like “The Secret Agent” and “Sentimental Value” also did well.
The shortlist for the inaugural casting Oscar shed some light on whether that category will default to best-picture front-runners or go in a unique direction. Most of the films that made the lineup were indeed major Oscar contenders like “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “Sentimental Value,” but there were two gratifyingly unexpected inclusions in the horror hit “Weapons” and the raver survivalist odyssey “Sirat,” the latter of which features a cast made up almost entirely of nonprofessional actors.
Surprising snubs in this early round of shortlists include “The Testament of Ann Lee,” a Shaker musical that failed to make both the song and score lineups. None of the three Marvel Studios films released this year — “Captain America: Brave New World,” “Thunderbolts” and “The Fantastic Four” — made the visual-effects shortlist. And though “Weapons” made the casting list, it was left off the shortlist for hairstyling and makeup. (Aunt Gladys surely won’t like that.)
The Oscars will be handed out on March 15. Here is a look at some of the key categories. For the complete list, go to Oscars.org.
Casting
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirat”
“Weapons”
“Wicked: For Good”
Cinematography
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“Die My Love”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirat”
“Song Sung Blue”
“Sound of Falling”
“Train Dreams”
“Wicked: For Good”
Documentary
“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cover-Up”
“Cutting Through Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni”
International Feature
Argentina, “Belén”
Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
France, “It Was Just an Accident”
Germany, “Sound of Falling”
India, “Homebound”
Iraq, “The President’s Cake”
Japan, “Kokuho”
Jordan, “All That’s Left of You”
Norway, “Sentimental Value”
Palestine, “Palestine 36”
South Korea, “No Other Choice”
Spain, “Sirat”
Switzerland, “Late Shift”
Taiwan, “Left-Handed Girl”
Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Alto Knights”
“Frankenstein”
“Kokuho”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Wicked: For Good”
Score
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Bugonia”
“Captain America: Brave New World”
“Diane Warren: Relentless”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Hedda”
“A House of Dynamite”
“Jay Kelly”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirat”
“Train Dreams”
“Tron: Ares”
“Truth and Treason”
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Wicked: For Good”
Original Song
“As Alive As You Need Me to Be” from “Tron: Ares”
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Dream as One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Drive” from “F1”
“Dying to Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead”
“The Girl in the Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest”
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from “Sinners”
“No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”
Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“The Electric State”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Wicked: For Good”
Kyle Buchanan is a pop culture reporter and also serves as The Projectionist, the awards season columnist for The Times.
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