As was predicted, Warner Brothers has officially launched a ‘For your consideration…’ campaign for ‘Wonder Woman’ with an industry webpage. It is mainly expected that the hit summer flick’s best chances will be for Best Picture and Best Director for Patty Jenkins. Though the primary goal is consideration by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, a.k.a. the Academy Awards or Oscars, obviously it would be great to be acknowledged by any major outlets including the Golden Globes, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which precedes and often predicts the Oscars.
While big budget flicks like this often score in the technical categories, Warner Brothers is angling for recognition in some of the more high profile areas including Best Actress for Gal Gadot. Perhaps to cover their bases, they are also suggesting nominations for Best Supporting Actress (for Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen and Elena Anaya) and Best Supporting Actor (for Chris Pine, David Thewlis, Danny Huston and Ewen Bremner). Of course, these are just ideas put forth by Warner Brothers in hopes that a voting body will acknowledge these performances. They’re all– including Gadot– long-shots. (Hedging its bets, WB is also pushing Wright for Best Supporting Actress for ‘Blade Runner 2049’.)
A much more likely nomination would come for Jenkins. ‘Wonder Woman’ is now the highest-grossing film ever directed by a female. Only one other woman has won the Best Director Oscar– Katheryn Bigelow for ‘The Hurt Locker’ in 2010.
In addition, Warner Brothers is submitting in the technical categories:
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ALLAN HEINBERGStory byZACK SNYDER& ALLAN HEINBERGand JASON FUCHS
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MATTHEW JENSEN, ASC
- BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Production Designer
ALINE BONETTO
Set Decorator
ANNA LYNCH-ROBINSON
- BEST FILM EDITING
MARTIN WALSH, ACE
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN
LINDY HEMMING
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor
BILL WESTENHOFER
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor
FRAZER CHURCHILL
Visual Effects Supervisor
ALEX WUTTKE
Special Effects Supervisor
MARK HOLT
- BEST SOUND MIXING
Production Sound Mixer
CHRIS MUNRO, AMPS, CAS
Re-Recording Mixers
CHRIS BURDON
GILBERT LAKE
- BEST SOUND EDITING
Supervising Sound Editor
JAMES H MATHER
- BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLINGMakeup & Hair DesignerCHRISTINE BLUNDELL
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS
Warner Brothers is mounting campaigns for three additional films, ‘Blade Runner 2049’, ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’. For ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Dunkirk’, pushing for nods in the same categories as ‘Wonder Woman’ so WW may have a tough fight against more cerebral fare. But we’ll see.
Now, everything is in the hands of the voters. What do you think of Warner Brothers and ‘Wonder Woman”s chances?
Source: Warner Brothers
