Sinners sets Oscars record with 16 nominations; One Battle After Another gets 13

The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were dominated by two studio films: Sinners, a 1930s-set horror fantasia rooted in Black culture, received a record 16 nominations, and One Battle After Another earned 13 nods. Acting nominees named included Michael B. Jordan, Kate Hudson, Timothée Chalamet and Teyana Taylor.

Both Sinners and One Battle After Another collected nominations in most major categories, including picture, director, actor, supporting actress, supporting actor, cinematography and screenplay. Sinners has sold $368 million in tickets and One Battle After Another $206 million. Both films were produced by Warner Bros., the studio that Netflix and Paramount Skydance are contesting to purchase, the Times reported.

Other films in the best picture race include Hamnet (eight nominations), Sentimental Value (nine), The Secret Agent, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Bugonia, F1: The Movie, Marty Supreme and Train Dreams. The article notes the academy expanded the best picture field to 10 in 2022 and highlighted a mix of high-budget studio fare and lower-budget specialty cinema among the nominees.

Major acting nominees listed include Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Ethan Hawke and Wagner Moura for best actor, and Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Renate Reinsve and Emma Stone for best actress.

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