Oscars to Keep Twitter Fan Vote for Favorite Film of the Yr

Maybe “Spider-Man: No Means Home” acquired’t be absolutely 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 — Best Picture nominee or not — until March 3, with the film receiving primarily essentially the most votes being acknowledged in the midst of 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 be held with the hashtag #OscarsCheerMoment, which may allow followers to select their favorite scenes from motion pictures in 2021 with the best vote-getters being featured in the midst of the telecast and 5 voters receiving a prize pack that options free movie tickets for a yr and streaming subscriptions.

The fan vote acquired’t embrace its private Oscar for the profitable film, which was considered by the Academy for the 2019 ceremony in an effort to boost rankings nevertheless was dropped after swift backlash from Academy members and the film commerce at huge.

Nonetheless the Oscars are on the lookout for 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 higher than 50% remaining yr. This yr’s nominees have moreover largely drawn little curiosity from most people — not lower than with reference to searching for theater tickets — with sci-fi blockbuster “Dune” accounting for 56% of the $191 million grossed by this yr’s Best Picture contenders and never one of many nominees nonetheless in theaters grossing over $1 million this earlier weekend.