The recent past has not seen any superhero movie winning an Oscar Award despite the fact that they are among the most expensive (and most watched) film productions.
Two films from the superhero genre have been shortlisted for the hair
and makeup category at the upcoming Academy Awards.
The recent past has not seen any superhero movie winning an Oscar Award despite the fact that they are among the most expensive (and most watched) film productions.
Therefore, it comes as a surprise that two films from the superhero genre, namely Deadpool and Suicide Squad, are potential Oscar contenders for the 2017 ceremony.
Ryan Reynolds-starrer Deadpool has also clinched double Golden Globe nomination in the categories of Best Comedy and Best Lead Actor.
Though the Oscar buzz is restricted to the Hair and Makeup category, it is a start.
Besides these two superhero films, other contenders in this particular category include names like The Dressmaker, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hail, Caesar!, A Man Called Ove and Star Trek Beyond.
Like every year, the experts who make up the Academy voters will watch 10-minute long clips from all of these seven movies and then make a decision. At this point it’s difficult to say which three films will make it to the final category.
According to Vanity Fair, the Academy could very well decide to officially nominate film transformations that have been Oscar-friendly.
“Meryl Streep’s dowdy makeover in Florence Foster Jenkins or Tilda Swinton playing twin gossip columnists in Hail, Caesar!” could make the cut.
“But this particular category has a flair for inclusions (think Norbit, The Lone Ranger, Click, Bad Grandpa, and more), so the gnarly burns on Ryan Reynolds and the glistening scales on Suicide Squad’s Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje could very well prevail,” adds Vanity Fair.
As far as the fate of comic-book film(s) is concerned, it is hard to say what chances, if any, they have of winning. “The Academy has awarded some more traditional Swinton and Streep films like The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Iron Lady,” says Vanity Fair experts. “But genre films like Mad Max: Fury Road, The Wolfman, and, oh yes, Star Trek (2009) have also won in the past. So maybe it’s not the burns and scales that we should be looking out for, but, rather, the bumps that rendered Idris Elba unrecognizable in Star Trek Beyond. That makeup may have been a crime against his handsome features, but it could just win the Star Trek franchise another statue.”
