The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced the Oscars this year will be bumping their Best Picture nominees from five to ten beginning with the upcoming 2010 Oscars President Sid Ganis announced today at a press conference in Beverly Hills.“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same – one Best Picture winner – but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.”
"Having 10 best picture nominees is going allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," Ganis said.
It's now being called 10 in 2010. Some are claiming that this decision was made under pressure from the studios, as it allows them to feature more great movies and include more advertising at the Oscars. Others are saying this will now water down the Oscars, since a nomination "used to be" a prestigious recognition.
The move is an obvious response to the recent discussion concerning "The Dark Knight’s" absence from the nominees for more art house style films such as "The Reader" and I would expect we can now look at Up as a serious contender for a Best Picture nominee when previous Pixar favorites "Ratatouille" and "WALL-E" were left in the cold.
This is interesting news indeed! More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Sources: First Showing, Rope of Silicon
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