As previously noted, the Oscar crafts contenders embrace a wide range of genres, periods, subjects, themes, and settings this season, with a particular emphasis on the movies, music, and political/social activism.
This definitely affects the production design race, in which world building is so integral and sci-fi and superhero films figure prominently.Matt Reeves’ noirish “The Batman” (Warner Bros.) is the early frontrunner, along with Baz Luhrmann’s delirious biopic “Elvis” (Warner Bros.), from two-time category winner Catherine Martin, the director’s wife and creative partner.
Martin competes with four other Oscar winners, previously recognized for their work in immersive fantasy realms and recreations of our own world: Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther”), Eugenio Caballero (“Pan’s Labyrinth”), Rick Carter, and Rick Henrichs (“Sleepy Hollow”).
This year, they join a field of hopefuls transporting moviegoers to Gotham, Valhalla, the oceanic depths of Pandora, the ancient Middle East, a dazzling Greek island,
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