Disney Shines with 15 Academy Award Nominations!

Disney Shines with 15 Academy Award Nominations! oscars-academy-awards-logo

The Walt Disney Company announced that they’ve received 15 nominations for the 97th Academy Awards® across The Walt Disney Studios (including from 20th Century Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios), content brands (National Geographic Documentary Films), and platforms (Disney+ and Hulu).



The Oscars will air live on ABC and, for the first time, stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The official red carpet show will air live at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The ceremony will be streamed on Disney+ internationally and air on broadcast outlets globally.

Here’s the breakdown of The Walt Disney Company’s nominations:



A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
8 Nominations
Now in Theaters

  • Best Picture — Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman
  • Best Director — James Mangold
  • Best Actor — Timothée Chalamet
  • Best Supporting Actor — Edward Norton
  • Best Supporting Actress — Monica Barbaro
  • Best Adapted Screenplay — James Mangold & Jay Cocks
  • Best Costume Design — Arianne Phillips
  • Best Sound — Ted Caplan, Tod A. Maitland, Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Donald Sylvester

A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
2 Nominations
Now in Theaters and Streaming on Hulu

  • Best Supporting Actor — Kieran Culkin
  • Best Original Screenplay — Jesse Eisenberg

Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Hulu



  • Best Visual Effects — Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan

Elton John: Never Too Late (Disney Branded Television)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Disney+

  • Best Original Song — “Never Too Late,” Disney Legend Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin

Inside Out 2 (Pixar Animation Studios)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Disney+



  • Best Animated Feature Film — Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Hulu

  • Best Visual Effects — Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke

Sugarcane (National Geographic Documentary Films)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu



  • Best Documentary Feature Film — Nominees to Be Determined
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