How many Oscar nominations will "Fantastic Beasts" get?

[Daniel MontgomeryKeymaster Joined: May 14th, 2011 Topics: 277 Posts: 2454 View Predictions]

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I know, it’s still early to speculate, without seeing critical consensus or box office. But since it’s directed by “Harry Potter” veteran David Yates and written by author J.K. Rowling, let’s assume for a moment that its acclaim and box office are roughly equivalent to late-era “Potter” — which would be pretty great if it hits that level. How many Oscar nominations might it get?

No “Harry Potter” film got more than three nominations, and always in craft categories, but for some reason I could see this improving on that slightly. Visual Effects feels like a pretty safe bet, Production Design is a strong possibility just from the evidence of the trailer. The period setting could help put it in Costume Design as well. And then it could still show up in Sound, Score, Cinematography. I don’t think it will sweep those fields, but I think four or five total is a distinct possibility.

What do you guys think? How many nominations, and in which categories? And is there a chance for nominations outside of techs, crafts, and music?

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[Emil PetrovParticipant Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 61 Posts: 347 View Predictions]

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I think the maximum is 3

Production Design (very good)
Costume Design (good)
Visual Effects (good if reviews are good)

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[AMGParticipant Joined: Sep 20th, 2012 Topics: 154 Posts: 3900 View Predictions]

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I’d go with 4 maximum – Visual Effects, Production Design, Costume Design, Make Up & Hairstyling.

The Harry Potter franchise never won an Oscar, and their noms tallies weren’t the highest. No chance outside of tech and craft regardless of critical response.

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[AwardsConnectKeymaster Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3653 View Predictions]

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Right now, I’m predicting it in…

Makeup & Hairstyling
Production Design
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects

With Costume Design and Original Score a very real possibility too.

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[Brennan MeroneParticipant Joined: Oct 4th, 2016 Topics: 24 Posts: 100 View Predictions]

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I’m low-balling it and going with 2 (Production Design and Costume Design)

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 0 Posts: 726 View Predictions]

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i don’t see it getting any nominations tbh. at best i can imagine one or two nominations (production design, visual effects). mostly because i don’t think it will live up to the original series critically or commercially.

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[JackOParticipant Joined: Jun 2nd, 2011 Topics: 9 Posts: 2994 View Predictions]

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1 Visual Effects

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[Emil PetrovParticipant Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 61 Posts: 347 View Predictions]

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With the good critical reception that the movie is getting – i feel more optimistic in giving it three nominations: Production Design, Costume Design and Visual Effects.

PS: In what category does this movie submit for Screenplay? Original or Adapted?

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4301 View Predictions]

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I can see it getting at least three nominations: costume design, production design and visual effects.

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[AMGParticipant Joined: Sep 20th, 2012 Topics: 154 Posts: 3900 View Predictions]

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Emil Petrov wrote:

With the good critical reception that the movie is getting – i feel more optimistic in giving it three nominations: Production Design, Costume Design and Visual Effects.

PS: In what category does this movie submit for Screenplay? Original or Adapted?

Adapted. Fantastic Beasts is a book by JK Rowling.

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[kasperiihiParticipant Joined: Feb 2nd, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 22 View Predictions]

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AMG wrote:

Emil Petrov wrote:

With the good critical reception that the movie is getting – i feel more optimistic in giving it three nominations: Production Design, Costume Design and Visual Effects.

PS: In what category does this movie submit for Screenplay? Original or Adapted?

Adapted. Fantastic Beasts is a book by JK Rowling.

But the screenplay itself wasn’t adapted from it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is just a fictional textbook that they used at Hogwarts and Rowling decided to write and publish it for charity.

So this movie would be in the Original Screenplay category. Which I think it’s not gonna get in just because of Rowling’s name recognition.

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