Oscars to Preserve Twitter Fan Vote for Favorite Film of the 12 months

Maybe “Spider-Man: No Method Residence” gained’t be totally shut out of the Oscars. On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched that it is partnering with Twitter to hold a fan vote and sweepstakes for viewers to decide on their favorite film of the yr.

Movie followers can use the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite to vote for his or her favorite film of the yr — Most interesting Picture nominee or not — until March 3, with the film receiving most likely probably the most votes being acknowledged all through the ABC telecast on March 27.

In addition to, the fan vote will perform a sweepstakes with three winners getting flown out to Los Angeles in 2023 to perform a presenter for subsequent yr’s awards. One different sweepstakes will most likely be held with the hashtag #OscarsCheerMoment, which is ready to allow followers to select their favorite scenes from films in 2021 with the best vote-getters being featured all through the telecast and 5 voters receiving a prize pack that options free movie tickets for a yr and streaming subscriptions.

The fan vote gained’t embody its private Oscar for the profitable film, which was considered by the Academy for the 2019 ceremony in an effort to boost scores nevertheless was dropped after swift backlash from Academy members and the film enterprise at big.

Nonetheless the Oscars are searching for new strategies to get of us to tune in, significantly after the COVID-19 pandemic and a shortage of curiosity throughout the nominees led to scores plummeting by higher than 50% remaining yr. This yr’s nominees have moreover largely drawn little curiosity from most people — at least within the case of buying theater tickets — with sci-fi blockbuster “Dune” accounting for 56% of the $191 million grossed by this yr’s Most interesting Picture contenders and never one of many nominees nonetheless in theaters grossing over $1 million this earlier weekend.