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

Maybe “Spider-Man: No Method Home” 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 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 — Biggest Picture nominee or not — until March 3, with the film receiving most likely 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 most likely be held with the hashtag #OscarsCheerMoment, which may allow followers to pick their favorite scenes from films in 2021 with the very 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 gained’t embody its private Oscar for the worthwhile film, which was thought-about 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 huge.

Nevertheless the Oscars are in search of new strategies to get people to tune in, notably after the COVID-19 pandemic and an absence of curiosity inside the nominees led to scores plummeting by larger than 50% remaining yr. This yr’s nominees have moreover largely drawn little curiosity from the general public — a minimum of relating to buying theater tickets — with sci-fi blockbuster “Dune” accounting for 56% of the $191 million grossed by this yr’s Biggest Picture contenders and never one of many nominees nonetheless in theaters grossing over $1 million this earlier weekend.