The Academy nominations in multiple categories are being unveiled on Thursday. Films that are leading the Oscar race are Netflix's Emilia Perez, Wicked and The Brutalist.
Emilia Perez leads with 13 nominations, including the Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Actress in a Supporting Role and Production Design categories. The film is followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 nominations each.
Other films that made it to the Best Picture category are Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance.
Winner of the Jury Prize and Best Actress award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Emilia Perez, a Spanish-language musical crime comedy, revolves around the Mexican cartel leader Juan "Manitas" Del Monte, who undergoes sex-change surgery and transitions into a woman named Emilia Pérez. The film is about Emilia's journey, where she is trying to rekindle ties with her family with her new identity while battling her past as a cartel leader.
Adapted from Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the two-part origin film Wicked tells the story of the friendship between the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, and Glinda, the Good Witch, and how it turned into a bitter rivalry.
An international co-production between the US, UK and Hungary, The Brutalist is about a Hungary-born Jewish Holocaust survivor, played by Adrien Brody, who strives to achieve the American Dream after his migration before he chances upon a wealthy client.