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Update: January 23, 2018
LOGAN Becomes First Superhero Movie to Land Oscar Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
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After decades of comic book stories, Wolverine has reached a height no other superhero has before.
Logan has become the first superhero movie to land an adapted screenplay nomination at the Oscars, with Scott Frank, director James Mangold and Michael Green sharing the honor. (In 2004, The Incredibles scored an original screenplay nomination for Brad Bird.)
The R-rated movie served as a swan song for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, the character he'd played through nine films over 17 years, as well as for Patrick Stewart's Prof. X. It ended up being the most successful of the Wolverine solo films, with $616.7 million worldwide at the box office and plenty of critical acclaim.
After a particularly strong 2017 for superhero films, fans wondered if Logan or Wonder Woman would break through in awards season. In the end, Wonder Woman was shut out of the Oscars; however, non-superhero but still geeky films fared well. Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water led the pack with 13 nominations, including for best picture, best original screenplay (Del Toro and Vanessa Taylor) and best director and acting nominations for Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer. Writer-director Jordan Peele's horror hit Get Out earned nominations for best picture, director, original screenplay and best actor (Daniel Kaluuya).
And though it wasn't for a superhero movie, The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan finally landed a best director nomination with Dunkirk. He's previously been nominated for screenwriting (Memento and Inception) and for producing a best picture nominee (Inception), but the directing nomination had eluded him, much to the frustration of the In Nolan We Trust faithful.
'Logan' Breaks Ground as First Superhero Movie to Receive Oscar Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
It should have got nominated for best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, best director, best up an coming actress or whatever it’s called for child actors. And then some.Update: January 23, 2018
LOGAN Becomes First Superhero Movie to Land Oscar Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
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After decades of comic book stories, Wolverine has reached a height no other superhero has before.
Logan has become the first superhero movie to land an adapted screenplay nomination at the Oscars, with Scott Frank, director James Mangold and Michael Green sharing the honor. (In 2004, The Incredibles scored an original screenplay nomination for Brad Bird.)
The R-rated movie served as a swan song for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, the character he'd played through nine films over 17 years, as well as for Patrick Stewart's Prof. X. It ended up being the most successful of the Wolverine solo films, with $616.7 million worldwide at the box office and plenty of critical acclaim.
After a particularly strong 2017 for superhero films, fans wondered if Logan or Wonder Woman would break through in awards season. In the end, Wonder Woman was shut out of the Oscars; however, non-superhero but still geeky films fared well. Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water led the pack with 13 nominations, including for best picture, best original screenplay (Del Toro and Vanessa Taylor) and best director and acting nominations for Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer. Writer-director Jordan Peele's horror hit Get Out earned nominations for best picture, director, original screenplay and best actor (Daniel Kaluuya).
And though it wasn't for a superhero movie, The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan finally landed a best director nomination with Dunkirk. He's previously been nominated for screenwriting (Memento and Inception) and for producing a best picture nominee (Inception), but the directing nomination had eluded him, much to the frustration of the In Nolan We Trust faithful.
'Logan' Breaks Ground as First Superhero Movie to Receive Oscar Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
<{cruzshake}>It should have got nominated for best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, best director, best up an coming actress or whatever it’s called for child actors. And then some.
Didn’t have enough black trannys fighting the racist homophobic white man to get more nominations.
I hope for the next instalment they make him a wee short horny fella who is always trying to sleep with peoples wives
It's a shame Jackman and Stewart didn't get nominated. Not that they would have won, but it would have been a nice send off for the characters.
Indeed, it does feel like theres been a bit of a barrier come up between the Oscars and superhero films, perhaps understandable but I get the feeling if this was a more conventional action/drama it would have done rather better.
Really hoping it wins, Logan was near perfect.
To be honest there aren't many comic book fans here judging by what I see on here.said no comic fan ever. shitty adaptation of a great comic character. Marvel will do it justice
To be honest there aren't many comic book fans here judging by what I see on here.