Here’s Why “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Won’t Be Nominated For an Oscar in 2022

The 2022 Oscar nominations are nearly right here, and the suspense has us all questioning which titles will probably be as much as snag awards this 12 months. So far as animated motion pictures are involved, many might have Disney’s “Encanto” on the high of their lists, proper together with its large report “We Do not Discuss About Bruno.” However do not get your hopes up as a result of, sadly, the movie’s hit tune is not eligible for an Oscar this 12 months.

Per the Academy’s set deadline, all tune submissions that want to be thought-about for nominations ought to’ve been despatched in by Nov. 1, 2021. However “Encanto” was launched on Nov. 24 and hadn’t been screened by critics at that time, so there was no approach for Walt Disney Studios to know that audiences would rave over “We Do not Discuss About Bruno” the way in which they did. The breakout tune nearly instantly grew to become a success with viewers and rapidly grew to become the highest-charting tune from a Disney animated film in over 25 years. It even beat out “Frozen”‘s Oscar-winning hit tune “Let It Go.” As of Feb. 7, the tune has topped the Billboard Sizzling 100 for the second week in a row.

The blame cannot be put solely on Walt Disney Studios on this scenario. Predicting which tune will take off forward of the Oscars with out strong suggestions is a dangerous factor to wager on. And a few might argue that the studio additionally held again on submitting “We Do not Discuss About Bruno” — which was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda — for the Oscars as to not cut up up the votes amongst Miranda’s different eligible songs from “Within the Heights” and Netflix’s “Vivo.” The Academy’s guidelines say, “Not more than two songs from anyone movie by the very same writers could also be shortlisted. If greater than two songs from a movie by the very same writers are in rivalry, the 2 songs with essentially the most votes will advance to the shortlist.”

This is not the primary time in movie historical past {that a} large tune missed the mark on getting an Oscar nomination the 12 months it was launched. In accordance with “Selection,” “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” which launched in February 2021, bumped into an identical subject. Though Lionsgate submitted two songs for Oscar consideration — “I Love Boobies” and “Welcome to Palm Vista” — “Edgar’s Prayer,” sung by Jamie Dornan, turned out to be the actual showstopper.