The Critics’ Choice Award (CCA) will announce its nominations in all categories for the 31st annual Critics’ Choice Awards tomorrow. A special BTL Nominating Committee was created to provide shortlists for voting in 11 below-the-line categories, which helps with predictions this year. However, for the most part, there’s still some doubt about how tomorrow’s nominations will play out.
Will “Avatar: Fire And Ash,” which was only eligible through write-in votes after the initial ballots were already sent to the membership, have as good a day as the first two films did? Will the organization be as receptive towards “Wicked: For Good” as they were with last year’s “Wicked?” And what about all of the international titles in contention this year? Critics’ Choice has a history of mostly ignoring international films that go on to become eventual Oscar Best Picture nominees. “Drive My Car,” “The Zone Of Interest,” “Anatomy Of A Fall,” and last year’s “I’m Still Here” all failed to receive Best Picture nominations from CCA. So, this year, until proven otherwise, I’m expecting them to do the same, even if certain contenders (specifically from NEON) eventually go on to receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture and are nominated elsewhere tomorrow.
Notably, three new categories have been added to this year’s show on the film side: Best Stunt Design, Best Casting and Ensemble, and Best Sound, so expect a film such as “Sinners” or “One Battle After Another” to possibly set a new nomination record tomorrow, besting the previous CCA nomination record-holder, “Barbie” (18). Let’s take some guesses and and see where things end up tomorrow…
BEST PICTURE
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Everett Blunck – The Plague
Miles Caton – Sinners
Aidan Delbisa – Bugonia
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
It Was Just an Accident
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Weapons
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
In Your Dreams
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain
Zootopia 2
BEST COMEDY
Bugonia
Jay Kelly
The Naked Gun
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Susanne Scheel – A House of Dynamite
Nina Gold – Hamnet
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another
Francine Maisler – Sinners
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet
Darius Khondji – Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet
Colleen Atwood – One Battle After Another
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
Małgorzata Karpiuk – The Testament of Ann Lee
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good
BEST EDITING
Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite
Stephen Mirrione – F1
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin – No Other Choice
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
28 Years Later
Frankenstein
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter – Avatar: Fire And Ash
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good
BEST SCORE
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Max Richter – Hamnet
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
BEST SONG
“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
“No Place Like Home” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
BEST SOUND
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Ballerina
F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1
How to Train Your Dragon
Mickey 17
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
FINAL NOMINATION TALLY
Sinners – 17
One Battle After Another – 15
Hamnet – 11
Frankenstein – 10
Marty Supreme – 10
Wicked: For Good – 9
Bugonia – 6
Jay Kelly – 6
Sentimental Value – 6
Avatar: Fire And Ash – 5
Train Dreams – 5
F1 – 4
It Was Just an Accident – 3
The Testament of Ann Lee – 3
Weapons – 3
28 Years Later – 2
A House of Dynamite – 2
KPop Demon Hunters – 2
Left-Handed Girl – 2
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – 2
No Other Choice – 2
The Smashing Machine – 2
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – 2
Arco – 1
Ballerina – 1
Elio – 1
How to Train Your Dragon – 1
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – 1
In Your Dreams – 1
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain – 1
The Naked Gun – 1
The Plague – 1
The Secret Agent – 1
Sirāt – 1
Zootopia 2 – 1
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