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

Probably “Spider-Man: No Method Residence” gained’t be completely 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 pick 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 essentially the most votes being acknowledged all through the ABC telecast on March 27.

In addition to, the fan vote will operate a sweepstakes with three winners getting flown out to Los Angeles in 2023 to operate a presenter for subsequent yr’s awards. One different sweepstakes shall be held with the hashtag #OscarsCheerMoment, which is ready to allow followers to choose their favorite scenes from motion pictures in 2021 with the very 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 rankings nonetheless was dropped after swift backlash from Academy members and the film commerce at huge.

Nonetheless the Oscars are in search of new strategies to get people to tune in, significantly after the COVID-19 pandemic and a shortage of curiosity inside the nominees led to rankings plummeting by better than 50% ultimate yr. This yr’s nominees have moreover largely drawn little curiosity from most people — a minimal of 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.