Apple TV+ movies scored 13 Academy Award nominations right this moment, forward of the Oscars ceremony to be held on March 10.
Martin Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon led Apple’s haul, together with the celebrated Greatest Image nod and Lily Gladstone for Greatest Actress. Ridley Scott’s Napoleon scored nominations for costume design, manufacturing design and visible results.
Apple made historical past as the primary streaming service to win the Greatest Image award, due to CODA’s win in 2022. It didn’t obtain a lot awards recognition for movie in 2023, because it didn’t have a powerful slate for that season (Emancipation’s award possibilities had been destroyed by the actions of its star, Will Smith).
Nonetheless, throughout 2023, Apple Unique Movies launched two big-budget status theatrical options, with Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon, with the previous specifically receiving a lot important acclaim.
Each of those movies had been first launched extensive in cinemas, as a part of Apple’s new distribution technique for options. Killers of the Flower Moon is now streaming on Apple TV+, Napoleon is at the moment in a video-on-demand window to purchase or hire, and can seemingly stream on TV+ in February.
Notably, with Lily Gladstone’s nomination for her portrayal of Mollie in Killers of the Flower Moon right this moment, she turns into the primary native actress of American descent to obtain recognition from the Academy.
Right here’s all of Apple’s Oscar nominations for the 2024 ceremony:
Killers of the Flower Moon Nominations
- Greatest Image
- Lily Gladstone, Actress in a Main Function
- Robert De Niro, Actor in a Supporting Function
- Martin Scorsese, Directing
- Movie Modifying
- Cinematography
- Manufacturing Design
- Costume Design
- Music (Unique Rating)
- Wahzhazhe (A Tune for My Folks), Music (Unique Tune)
Napoleon Nominations
- Manufacturing Design
- Costume Design
- Visible Results
We’ll need to see on March 10 what number of of those nominations Apple can convert into trophies.
In key classes, Killers of the Flower Moon faces stiff competitors from the likes of Barbie and Oppenheimer, which had been each critically acclaimed and a shock field workplace success of final 12 months. Gladstone is at the moment anticipated to win Greatest Actress, however Poor Factor’s Emma Stone can also be a frontrunner.
