The Oscars don’t respect animation. Why should we expect them to start next year?
There’s always the chance ‘The Wild Robot’ breaks through. But don’t hold your breath. PLUS: The first trailers for ‘The Acolyte’ and ‘Alien: Romulus,’ and are we getting a ‘Kick-Ass’ James Bond?
Happy Friday! There are a ridiculous number of trailers in this week’s edition of Popculturology, with previews of Star Wars: The Acolyte, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, House of the Dragon, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Fall Guy, Alien: Romulus, Monkey Man, Conan O’Brien Must Go, Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver (I’m sorry) and Harold and the Purple Crayon (I’m so sorry). But before we get to those, I have some thoughts on the Oscars and animation ...
Variety published their super, super early predictions for next year’s Oscar nominations last week. One pick that immediately stood out to me was the inclusion of The Wild Robot among their ten guesses at the Best Picture field.
What’s so surprising about that? you ask. You called the first trailer for The Wild Robot “absolutely beautiful” last week.
First off, thanks for reading last week’s newsletter. But second, the concept of an animated film getting a Best Picture nomination goes against everything the Academy has done for more than a decade — and pretty much an entire century.
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