“Bombshell,” which depicts the sexual harassment scandal that ousted Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes, led the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Wednesday, boosting its Oscar hopes.
Lionsgate’s star-studded #MeToo drama secured acting nods for its lead Charlize Theron, who plays TV news anchor Megyn Kelly, as well as supporting actresses Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, and an overall cast nomination.
It narrowly beat divorce tearjerker “Marriage Story,” Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic “The Irishman” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which each secured three acting nominations.
But “Marriage Story,” which on Monday topped the Golden Globes nominations and added further individual nods for Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, surprisingly missed out on best cast —the SAG’s top award.
Instead the remaining best cast nominations went to Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit”—which also stars Johansson—and South Korean class warfare drama “Parasite.”Robert De Niro was again overlooked for his lead role in Scorsese’s three-and-a-half hour “The Irishman” after missing out on a Golden Globes nomination.
On the television side “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel,” Amazon’s story of a 1950s housewife-turned-standup comic, followed a strong showing at the Emmys by topping the SAG nominations with four.
Although less high-profile than the Golden Globes, the SAG awards are seen as more of an indicator of Oscars glory, since actors represent the largest branch of the roughly 10,000 voters for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The strong return for “Bombshell” throws the movie firmly back into Oscars contention, especially for best picture, after it managed just two nominations at the Golden Globes.
Elsewhere, acting frontrunners Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”) and Renee Zellweger (“Judy”) burnished their credentials by picking up further nominations.
Robert De Niro was again overlooked for his lead role in Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour The Irishman after missing out on a Golden Globes nomination.
On the television side The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Amazon’s story of a 1950s housewife-turned-standup comic, followed a strong showing at the Emmys by topping the SAG nominations with four.
Although less high-profile than the Golden Globes, the SAG awards are seen as more of an indicator of Oscars glory, since actors represent the largest branch of the roughly 10,000 voters for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The strong return for Bombshell throws the movie firmly back into Oscars contention, especially for best picture, after it managed just two nominations at the Golden Globes.
Elsewhere, acting frontrunners Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Renee Zellweger (Judy) burnished their credentials by picking up further nominations.
The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place on Jan. 19 in Los Angeles.
