Source: HindustanTimes | 2024.09.24
Deadpool & Wolverine makers aim for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Hugh Jackman; to pitch film in multiple categories

As per a Variety report, Disney, the company bankrolling the Marvel film, will campaign for it in major technical categories at next year’s Oscars, and even make a push for Hugh Jackman in the Best Supporting Actor category.

Variety reported, quoting sources that as far as Oscars are concerned, Deadpool & Wolverine will aim for nominations in technical categories, including production design, sound, and visual effects. But trade insiders are not sure if an Oscar nomination will materialise given the buzz around the film isn’t one of critical praise but commercial success.

The report also mentions that the film aims to position itself as a comedy and vie for all major awards at the Golden Globes, including Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for Ryan Reynolds and Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Jackman once again. The film is almost a certainty, Variety says, in the Golden Globes’ recently-introduced Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category, which celebrates films that have achieved both critical praise and commercial success.