Thor: Ragnarok
Walt Disney Pictures is mounting Oscar campaign for their Marvel Studios releasesThor : RagnarokandGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 . Marvel ’s already successful year at the movie box spot continues Friday with the release ofThor : Ragnarok , the thirdThorsolo film that the studio is touting as the"best reviewed Marvel movie of all clock time . “Beloved by critics and earning a star " fresh " rating of 93 percent by reexamination aggregatorRotten Tomatoes , the film is also destined to be a blockbuster hitting with audience worldwide , having already earnedmore than $ 100 million oversea last weekendand is projected to rive in more than$100 million+ domestically this weekend .
Thor : Ragnarokis total out a simple six months afterGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , which was one of the big winners at an otherwise sluggish summertime movie time of year boxful spot . Also praise by critics , the moving picture earned a solid 82 percent " new " rating on Rotten Tomatoes , and pulled in more than $ 863 million globally during its theatrical run .
With such high-pitched kudos from critics and receipt from audiences , Disney is proceeding with award season drive for bothThor : RagnarokandGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , and have established " For Your Consideration " Page for the movie on its officialAwards 2017website . The pages ask for condition of nomination by not only critics groups and industry guilds – such as the Screen Actors Guild , Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America – but for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which concludes every award time of year by handing out the Oscars .
ForThor : Ragnarok , Disney iscampaigning for several nominationsincluding Best Picture , Best Director for Taika Waititi , Best Adapted Screenplay , and several technical categories let in Best Visual Effects . In addition , Disney is pushing for a Best Actor nominating address for Chris Hemsworth , Best Supporting Actor for Tom Hiddleston , Mark Ruffalo and Jeff Goldblum , and Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett and Tessa Thompson .
Disney is also pushing for aBest Picture nominationforGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , along with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay nominating speech for James Gunn . In gain , the studio is also campaigning for Chris Pratt for Best Actor , along with Zoe Saldana , Karen Gillan and Pom Klementieff in the Best plunk for Actress family , and Dave Bautista , Michael Rooker , Sylvester Stallone , Kurt Russell , Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel for Best Supporting Actor . Like it ’s doing forThor : Ragnarok , Disney is also asking for voter to study nominations forGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 in several technical category .
It ’s hard to value the odds for nomination for either of the picture show , but given the Motion Picture Academy ’s stinginess for recognize sci - fi , repulsion and phantasy movies in the major Oscar categories ( generally , superhero motion picture nab realisation in the technological areas ) , they each could be face an uphill battle . This year could be a bite different , though , considering a two - time Oscar succeeder with Blanchett is in the mix forThor : Ragnarok ; and that Gunn and fellow filmmaker Kevin Smith made it known that they ’d love to see sieve ex-serviceman Rookerhonored with a Best keep going Actor nomination .
With Disney pledge supporting for bothThor : RagnarokandGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , the studio has made it trashy and light than every genre of film should be count for top honors , and you have to think at some breaker point , they will make a find . This year the Motion Picture Academy will have at least four superhero films view , given that Warner Bros. has started anawards season campaignforWonder WomanandFox sent out screener forLogan ; and impart the reception ofJustice League , perhaps even one more will enter the race .
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