Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is officially among the ten final candidates in five different categories for Oscar nominations. The Academy Awards of Merit announced their final pre-nominations today and Marvel Studios managed only two entries.
With the Oscars ceremony scheduled to take place on March 12 and official nominations on January 24, the newest installment of the Black Panther franchise has a long road before it can start collecting any hardware. It's the only MCU Phase 4 movie from 2022 to appear on more than one shortlist for the ten categories. Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which was released in May of this year, only managed to garner consideration in the Visual Effects Category.
The five categories Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was shortlisted for are the following: Sound - Competition is fierce for the best Sound award, with Babylon, The Batman, Avatar: The Way of the Water, and many more highly profiled movies entering the tight race. **Visual Effects -**MCU's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will compete with this Black Panther installment for the title of the movie with the best Visual Effects. The new Avatar movie, Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion will also stir up the competition. **Makeup and Hairstyling -**Elvis, Blonde, Amsterdam, and All Quiet on the Western Front are also considered alongside Black Panther: Wakanda Forever for having the most impactful Makeup & Hairstyling. Music - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever also entered the highly-contested shortlist for Best Original Score Music, composed of 15 entries. Rihana's "Lift Me Up" also put the movie in contention among the best 15 Original Movie Songs for 2022. https://twitter.com/bIackpwnther/status/1604277151578161152