There will be a major change to the Best Picture slate this year, with a fluctuating number of nominees in the category. Between five and ten Best Picture nominees will be in the running, changing every year based on the voting. A film now has to have at least 5% of the number one votes to contend for the big prize.
The Visual Effects, Animated Film and Documentary categories will also have changes as to how nominees are selected.
The Academy also announced 178 new members this week. Among the new voters for the Oscars are former nominees and winners Jesse Eisenberg, Tom Hooper, Ellen Page, Aaron Sorkin and a posthumous membership to filmmaker Tim Hetherington.
Among the winners at the Tony Awards last Sunday were Oscar winners Frances McDormand, Tim Chappell and Lizzie Gardiner, and Oscar nominee Trey Parker.
Review Round-Up
In the midst of Summer blockbusters, no possible Oscar contenders were released this week.
Oscar Box Office
Super 8, which some people were trying to position as a dark horse Best Picture nominee, was number one last weekend. Still, it drew in a disappointing $33 million.
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris expanded this weekend to over 1,400 screens, making it the widest release ever for a Woody Allen film. It’s intake of over $5 million last weekend was Woody’s biggest weekend ever.
Oscar Farewell
Laura Ziskin, the producer of such films as Oscar nominees Pretty Woman, Spiderman and Murphy’s Romance passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with lung cancer. Ziskin also spent two years as the producer of the Academy Awards ceremony.
Legendary cinematographer Gunnar Fischer passed away last weekend at the age of 100. Among Fischer’s films are Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal.
There will be a major change to the Best Picture slate this year, with a fluctuating number of nominees in the category. Between five and ten Best Picture nominees will be in the running, changing every year based on the voting. A film now has to have at least 5% of the number one votes to contend for the big prize.
Laura Ziskin, the producer of such films as Oscar nominees Pretty Woman, Spiderman and Murphy’s Romance passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with lung cancer. Ziskin also spent two years as the producer of the Academy Awards ceremony.
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