Vampire movie ‘The Sinner’ breaks record

Vampire horror film The Sinner has broken the record for most Oscar nominations for a single film after receiving 16 nominations for Hollywood’s most coveted honors.

The film broke the previous record of 14 nominations and moved ahead of this year’s closest competitor, Leonardo DiCaprio’s thriller “One Piece,” which scored 13 nominations.

Contenders for “The Sinner” include star Michael B. Jordan and his British co-stars Umi Mossaku and Delroy Lindo.

Other big names vying for the trophy include Timothée Chalamet, who is hoping for third time lucky after two nominations, and Irish actress Jessie Buckley, who is the frontrunner for best actress for “Hamnet.”

However, her co-star Paul Mescal, who starred opposite Buckley as William Shakespeare in “Hamnet,” didn’t stand a chance. And Wicked: Forever and its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande completely missed out.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Hollywood on March 15.

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• Sinner – 16
• One battle after another – 13
• Marty Supreme – 9
• Frankenstein-9
• Sentimental value – 9
• Hamnet – 8

sinner exceeded expectations and bucked a trend that usually means horror movies don’t do well at awards shows.

It broke the previous record of 14 nominations set by “La La Land” in 1951, “Titanic” in 1998 and “La La Land” in 2018.

Michael B. Jordan He was nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of twin brothers who return to their hometown in Mississippi to open a jukebox bar in the 1930s, only to be attacked by blood-sucking vampires.

Other “The Sinner” actors nominated include British-Nigerian actress Fumi Mosaku and co-stars Delroy LindoThe pair, who grew up in London, carry Britain’s hopes of winning acting awards this year.

Ryan Coogler Nominated for directing, writing and producing “The Sinner,” which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

BBC Radio 1 film critic Ali Plumb said: “The last time a horror film won Best Picture was The Silence of the Lambs in the early 1990s. That was a long time ago.”

He said it was great to see Sinners receive “a range of widespread accolades and accolades from across the industry”.

He added that it was “more than just a terror”. “While it’s clear vampires are involved, there’s more going on.”

Katie Razzall, BBC Culture Editor: “In my opinion, this is the perfect combination of a revenge thriller and a sexy, decadent musical journey about race in America, good versus evil, the power of music, and redemption.

“Who knew combining vampires, racist Ku Klux Klansmen, ex-gangster twins (both played by Michael B. Jordan), Mississippi Delta folklore and blues history would have such stunning payoffs?”

While The Sinner deals with the specter of racism in the American South, one battle after another An analysis of America’s current chaotic political climate.

leonardo dicaprio Nominated for Best Actor for his role as a revolutionary fighting an American dictatorship whose past haunts him.

The film also received a supporting actor nomination Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Teyana Taylorand the director Paul Thomas Anderson.

It’s considered the favorite for best picture throughout the awards season so far, and it’s still likely to beat The Sinner for the top trophy in March.

The frontrunners in nominations don’t always end up being the big winners of the night. Over the past 21 years, the most-nominated film has won Best Picture just six times.

Either way, the nomination is good news for Warner Bros., which produced The Sinner and Fight After Fight. in the process of saleprobably Netflix.

DiCaprio and Jordan will face stiff competition Timothée Chalametwho is expected to win his first Oscar for his role in the table tennis movie Marty Supree.

At 30, he became the youngest person to receive three acting nominations after Marlon Brando.

This year’s Best Actor category consists of Ethan HawkeBrazilian actor nominated for fifth Oscar for “Blue Moon” Wagner Moura (Secret Agent).

At the age of 37, Emma Stone After gaining recognition for “Bugonia,” she became the youngest woman to be nominated for seven Oscars.

She is listed as Best Actress along with Best Actress Kate Hudson (Song Songlan), Rose Byrne (If I had legs I would kick you) and Norway Renate Reinsf (Sentimental Value) – But Barkley was considered the clear favorite in that game.

Maura and Reinsoff are among a record four non-English acting nominations – the others are Swedish Stellan Skarsgård and norwegian actress Inga Ibsdot Lilliasthey all fall into the support category of sentimental value.

fan favorite Korean Demon Hunter Also recognized in Oscar nominations. Netflix’s animated hit “Golden” leads the way for best animated feature and best song.

Mark Sonnenblick, who co-wrote the song, told BBC Newsbeat’s Naomi de Souza that Thursday’s Oscar recognition was “the icing on the cake”.

“The only reason what happened this morning (in Los Angeles), regardless of the quality of the song or the movie or whatever, is just because fans responded to it and told other people to watch it and retweet it and make fan videos,” he said.

However, there is no room for a sequel to Wicked .

This time last year, the first film had 10 nominations, and the follow-up was widely expected to join Golden in the best song race (Girl in the Bubble) and be nominated in categories like best costume and makeup. But it missed.

Elsewhere in the music category, Nick Cave Nominated for Best Song for the title track of “Train Dreams” and serves as Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood Nominated for Best Original Score for “Battle After Battle.”

Other British nominees include composer Nicholas Pikewho will win the best original song “Viva Verdi!” “; while the Northern Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell Nominated for a Screenplay Award for adapting the novel “Hamnet” with the director Zhao Ting.

Zhao became the second woman after Jane Campion to receive multiple Oscar nominations for Best Director. Zhao won the award in 2021 for Nomadland.

Meanwhile, the best documentary categories include No one is against Mr Putinco-produced by BBC Storyville.