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.
— matheus webdivo (@bIackpwnther) December 18, 2022 It’s important to note these considerations aren’t synonymous with nominations. We’ll have to wait for a month to find out if Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will get nominated. Until then, it’ll be difficult to judge if the sequel has a chance of matching the three wins that the original Black Panther movie managed to obtain. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever retained its key crew members and cast except for Chadwick Boseman, who passed away two years ago. T’challa’s sister Shuri, who’s portrayed by Letitia Wright, will be the new Black Panther. But despite her best efforts, it’ll be hard to imagine that this installment could match the 7 Oscar nominations and $1,35 billion in box office revenue the original Black Panther movie achieved. Failing to get released in China is probably one of the reasons Wakanda Forever won’t join its predecessor as one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. But, hey, at least Black Panther: Wakanda Forever helped Disney post more than $4 billion in global box office revenue this year.
