• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Deadpool Could Actually Get a Best Picture Oscar Nomination

Status
Not open for further replies.
D

Dalek

Member
Deadpool Could Actually Get a Best Picture Oscar Nomination

No one takes the Golden Globes seriously. So when the awards show nominated Deadpool for Best Musical or Comedy Film, it was seen as fun nod for fans with no real weight. But the film has been lauded by multiple critics groups, it's been nominated for a Writers Guild Award and won a Critics' Choice Award. Today, Deadpool was one of 10 films nominated by the prestigious and influential Producers Guild of America.

This all means Deadpool has a real shot at getting a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

There are a few reasons to say that. First, look at the other films selected by the PGA that Deadpool is up against: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight. All much more traditional ”awards movies." It even got in over favorites Jackie and Silence. Then there's the fact many of the people who vote on the Oscars are part of these guilds. Their opinions don't change in the next few weeks. Traditionally, they vote on similar movies for everything.

Deadpool is also a very easily accessible film right now. It's on HBO, Blu-ray—if you want to see it you can. Most of the other films are either still in theaters, or only available to Academy members via screener, which maybe they have or maybe they don't.

In 2009, the Academy Awards upped the potential nominees for Best Picture from five to 10. The reason? People were disappointed that The Dark Knight, a critical and financial success released the previous year, wasn't nominated for Best Picture, thereby drawing in viewers with a big blockbuster, populous hit. Everyone figured from then on, they'd get six or seven more traditional movies, then three or four bigger, more popular movies, to get audiences watching the show. That has not happened. But maybe Deadpool will be the one.

It certainly fits the bill. The film is offbeat, well-written and acted, and a massive hit. I'm not even that big a fan of it but I recognize that it's a film with some real creative merit. Apparently, in a year many consider to be weak for awards films, that kind of audacity is standing out.
Click to expand...

Vanity Fair:
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/pga-nominations-2017-deadpool-oscars

It's official: come hell, high water, or any objections by the American Society Against Fourth-Wall Breaking, Deadpool is on the road to an Oscar nomination.

The latest evidence comes courtesy of the Producers Guild of America, which announced the nominees for its annual awards Tuesday. You probably won't be surprised to see most entries on the list of films selected to compete for the ceremony's top prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award; longtime awards-season front-runners La La Land, Moonlight, and Manchester by the Sea are all represented. But what's that lurking in second place on the (alphabetical) list, nestled snugly between Arrival and Fences?

That would be Deadpool, the exuberantly naughty, R-rated superhero movie that ended 2016 as the year's sixth-highest-grossing film—and has been gradually racking up citations on year-end best lists and award nominations ever since. Though the film ended up losing out at the Golden Globes Sunday, it's still up for several prestigious guild prizes, including an ”Eddie" from the American Cinema Editors' association and a Writers Guild of America award.

With this latest nod from the P.G.A., Deadpool seems to be sitting prettier than ever—its apparently deep well of support bodes especially promisingly for the upcoming Oscar nominations, which will be announced January 24.
Click to expand...

Slate:
Deadpool Is Among the 10 PGA Nominees for Best Picture, Making It a Legitimate Oscar Contender

The apparently robust campaign for Deadpool to emerge as an Oscar player scored another victory as the Producers Guild of America (PGA) named the film among its Top 10 of the year. The guild, which crosses over significantly in membership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, tends to be one of the better Oscar predictors—it's only missed one Best Picture nominee in each of the last three years—and considering Deadpool also netted a surprise WGA nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay last week, its selection certainly positions the film as a serious (if still relatively unlikely) contender.

Of course, since producers determine the nominees, the PGA often favors this kind of big-budget franchise fare, which the Oscars tend to ignore. (Examples include Skyfall, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and fellow comic book adaptation The Dark Knight.) And outside of Deadpool, the guild mostly stuck to the script. The PGA kept the momentum going for Golden Globe champs and Oscar frontrunners La La Land and Moonlight, and rounded out the field with various other heavy-hitters this season: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, Lion, and Manchester by the Sea.

Considering the group rarely matches up perfectly with the Academy, all hope is not lost for those contending films looked over by the PGA. They include Jeff Nichols' historical drama Loving, which was cited by the WGA; Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford's stylish thriller which received boosts this week from the Golden Globes and BAFTA; and Silence, Martin Scorsese's well-received religious epic, which has struggled to gain traction with awards groups thus far. However, since the Academy can choose anywhere from five to 10 films for its Best Picture lineup, it's safe to say that those not shortlisted here have an uphill climb.
Click to expand...

Deadpool-Oscar-campaign-600x749.jpg
 
H

HStallion

Now what's the next step in your master plan?
Oh man if Deadpool of all the comic book movies gets a best picture nomination it would be glorious.

Its the best comic book movie we've gotten in years.
 
T

TAJ

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I'm ok with this.
 
T

Trance

Member
I didn't even like Deadpool much and I'll still be happy to see it nominated. For the reasons stated in the OP, there is an actual chance now.
 
P

Palmer_v1

Member
Imagine if it won, then Deadpool just ran around in DP2 with an Oscar statue dangling from his belt, or around his neck like a giant necklace.

Like never actually comment on it, but it's there.
 
B

Back-In-Black

Banned
Deadpool was a fun enough ride but no way is it a Best Picture level film, it's not even the best comic book movie counting the last three years.
 
S

Sephzilla

Member
If anything, I do feel like this kind of necessitates the need for the Oscars to break Best Picture out into two categories kind of like the Golden Globes does. Comedies feel like they're generally boxed out from major awards like because of dramas and Oscar bait
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

How To Train Your Dragon | Official Teaser Trailer
22
1K
Durien replied
Call him Sir Christopher Nolan after he receives he's knighthood
2
53
2K
near replied
Deadpool & Wolverine | Rotten Watch
Community
29
3K
Durien replied
Netflix's "Society of The Snow" is one of the best survival movies I've ever seen, and arguably the best movie they've made
33
9K
Represent. replied
Fallout Show Nominated For 16 Emmy Awards, Including Best Actor For Walton Goggins
News
49
2K
Natsuko replied
Top Bottom