Black Reel Awards Nominations Announced For 23rd Annual Ceremony; ‘The Woman King’ And ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Lead With 14 Nominations

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be released on Disney+ on February 1 for viewers to enjoy at home.The Marvel Studios movie became the sixth highest-grossing film of 2022 after making over $821 million worldwide.On opening weekend, the film had a $181 million domestic debut which landed it the second-biggest opening of the year after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, also a Marvel Studios film. Home viewing: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be released on Disney+ on February 1 Record breaker: The film became the sixth highest-grossing film of 2022 after making over $821 million worldwide at the box officeWakanda Forever took place after the death of King T'Challa as Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, and Okoye fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers.The film was the second Black Panther film to be made, following the original in 2018.

Many details have been coming out about the making of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” this week. Director Ryan Coogler has slowly been revealing details about the original version of the screenplay written before Chadwick Boseman‘s died—a version he was sadly too sick to read and never got the chance to do so.

Ryan Coogler has revealed the complicated backstory on what his film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was supposed to be before the tragic death of the original film’s star, Chadwick Boseman.

From comics to films, superhero stories have always had an impassioned audience. This Oscar season has seen new people donning the mantle of the heroes, which gives the costume designers the chance to elevate their design while still paying homage to the original comics.

On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its shortlists for 10 categories (excluding directing and acting) ahead of the official nominees announcement scheduled for January 24 and Oscars ceremony on March 12.The 10 categories (scroll down for full list) include documentary feature film, documentary short film, international feature film, makeup and hairstyling, original score, original song, animated short film, live action short film, sound, and visual effects.One of the most obvious snubs was Gina Prince-Bythewood's historical epic The Woman King starring Viola Davis, which landed on many critics top 10 lists and received a 94% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not including acting or directing! On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its shortlists for 10 categories (excluding directing and acting) ahead of the official nominees announcement scheduled for January 24 and Oscars ceremony on March 12Todd Field's critically-acclaimed cancel culture drama Tár starring Cate Blanchett as a problematic orchestra conductor was not on the list.Also missing but beloved by critics was Chris Smith's b&w intimate portrait Sr., which detailed the relationship between counterculture filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.

Could blockbusters rule at this year's Oscars?It certainly seems possible after an advance shortlist revealed on Wednesday that Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water are all in the running. Pop stars like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna also got one step closer to getting Oscar nominations.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Oscars, including documentary feature, international film, makeup and hairstyling, score, original song, sound, visual effects and shorts.Alejandro González Iñárritu´s "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" was along the 15 films shortlisted in the international film category, one of the most competitive. The category also includes already decorated films like "Holy Spider" (Denmark), "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germany), "Saint Omer" (France), "Corsage" (Austria), "EO" (Poland), "Return to Seoul" (Cambodia), "Decision to Leave" (South Korea), "Close" (Belgium) and "Argentina, 1985" (Argentina).

It has been apparent in talking to Oscar voters across many branches that the one title that keeps coming up at the top of their lists is Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, which is the German entry for International Feature Film. That it has strength across the board though is borne out with the Oscar shortlists in 10 categories released Wednesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Janelle Monáe has been set to receive the Critics Choice Association’s SeeHer Award, an honor that will be bestowed next month during the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards. She joins Jeff Bridges, who earlier this month was tapped to receive the group’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

AARP is out with the nominees for its 21st annual Movies for Grownups Awards for the best films, TV and filmmakers of 2022. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans leads with the way with six noms, followed by fellow awards-season favorites Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Woman King are next with five each, and Tár and She Said with four apiece.

Best Picture/Best Movie for GrownupsElvisEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansTárTop Gun: MaverickThe Woman King Women TalkingBest ActressCate Blanchett (Tár)Viola Davis (The Woman King)Lesley Manville (Mrs.

If you thought the Golden Globe nominations were eye-brow raising, well, just you wait, because in a “hold my beer” moment, the Critics Choice Association revealed the 28th Critics Choice Awards nominations where everyone seemingly gets a nod. Some categories have 11 nominees, others have 10, some have 7, others have 6.

The DGA today announced the winners of its 28th annual DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino & Women directors. The awards were created in 1995 “to address the severe underrepresentation of directors of color and women in feature filmmaking by honoring, encouraging and bringing attention to exceptional diverse directors in film schools and universities across the country.”

When Chadwick Boseman passed away a couple of years ago, there were folks talking about possible replacements for the actor in the role of T’Challa in the “Black Panther” franchise. A name that was brought up for that role, and really any sort of Wakandan role, was John Boyega.

In the wake of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity controversy, and their pursuit to increase representation, this year’s selection of diverse TV and film nominees in acting, songwriting, film score, directing and writing is actually up over last year’s: 30 to 26.

“Till” star Danielle Deadwyler will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards on Jan. 5, Palm Springs International Film Festival organizers announced Monday.The award will be presented at the Palm Springs Convention Center in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles, at the beginning of a film festival that will run through Jan.

**Spoilers below for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” You’ve been warned…** Though it’s unlikely Letitia Wright will get any major awards nominations for her performance in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” it isn’t for lack of quality and effort. The young actress clearly puts every bit of herself into her role as Shuri, the new Black Panther and protector of Wakanda.

Viola Davis closed out her weekend by receiving a prestigious honor, and she was joined by her family.The 57-year-old actress hit the red carpet with her 68-year-old husband Julius Tennon and their 12-year-old daughter Genesis at the Public Counsel's Annual William O. Douglas Award Dinner on Sunday night.The Fences actress was honored with the William O.

With just days left until what may be the biggest movie of 2022 - Avatar: The Way of Water - the box office hit a near new low for the year, as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever repeated on top for a fifth straight weekend.The Marvel Studios sequel dropped just 36.7% in its fifth weekend in theaters, taking in $11.1 million for an easy win, in a weekend where there were no new movies arriving in wide release.The $38.3 million cumulatively earned at the box office was the second lowest of the year (just ahead of the $34.87 million on January 28-30), though A24's critically-acclaimed indie The Whale did set a new 2022 for the best limited opening per-screen average of the year. Biggest?: With just days left until what may be the biggest movie of 2022 - Avatar: The Way of Water - the box office hit a near new low for the year, as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever repeated on top for a fifth straight weekend Sequel: The Marvel Studios sequel dropped just 36.7% in its fifth weekend in theaters, taking in $11.1 million for an easy win, in a weekend where there were no new movies arriving in wide release Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dropped 130 theaters in its fifth weekend to 3,725, with a per-screen average of just $2,979.This weekend's tally brought the superhero sequel's domestic tally over $400 million, with $409.8 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever co-writer/director Ryan Coogler joined Deadline’s Contenders LA3C panel to reflect on the impact of the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman and the sensitive display of Black motherhood.