The Oscars Fan Favorite Poll Sees Amazon’s Musical Take on ‘Cinderella’ in Lead

In an attempt to honor as many movies as possible at this year’s Oscars, the Academy Awards, in conjunction with Twitter, has created an unofficial popular movie category that will be announced during this year’s show.

The #OscarsFanFavorite poll has been running through social media and the results have been about as surprising as one would expect.In a report initially published by Deadline, currently the Amazon Prime Video musical reimagining of “Cinderella,” starring pop star Camila Cabello is in first place.

Other contenders that have been put forth include Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of “Justice League.” Snyder’s other film, the Netflix zombie feature “Army of the Dead” has also been receiving numerous votes via Twitter.The move is one that the Academy had hoped would quell irritation from fans and filmmakers about the lack of popular films being recognized at the Oscars, most notably last year’s Spider-Man feature,

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