Disney Preps for Black Panther Oscar Push

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While there won’t be a new popular film category (in which Black Panther was a likely candidate for nomination) at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, Disney is on a mission for Oscar voters to consider Marvel’s Black Panther for 16 major categories. That adds up to every major category that’s available for a live-action domestic feature film except Best Actress.

Disney launched a “For Your Consideration” website for Academy voters, listing out their candidates for potential nominations.

Best Picture: Kevin Feige, p.g.a.

Best Director: Ryan Coogler

Best Adapted Screenplay: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman

Best Supporting Actor: Michael B. Jordan, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, and Angela Bassett

Best Cinematography: Rachel Morrison

Best Film Editing: Michael P. Shawver and Debbie Berman, ACE

Best Production Design: Production Designer: Hannah Beachler; Set Decorator: Jay Hart

Best Costume Design: Ruth Carter

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Joel Harlow, Camille Friend, and Ken Diaz

Best Sound Mixing: Re-Recording Mixers: Steve Boeddeker and Brandon Proctor; Sound Mixer: Peter Devlin

Best Sound Editing: Supervising Sound Editors: Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boedekker

Best Visual Effects: Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick

Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson

Best Original Song: “All The Stars,” written by K. Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears, Al Shuckburgh, and Solan Rowe; Performed by Kendrick Lamar, SZA

Disney and Marvel’s Oscar strategy for the film includes a significant awards season budget, something new for Marvel. While the Academy is holding off creating a Best Popular Film category, the companies are moving forward with their Best Picture campaign for Black Panther.

The Oscar campaign will reportedly play on the personal nature of director Ryan Coogler’s accomplishment, and what the film has meant to audiences worldwide, particularly to artists and audiences of color that are underrepresented.

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