BAFTA Longlists Revealed: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie’ & ‘Killers Of Flower Moon’ Lead Way As ‘Napoleon,’ ‘Ferrari,’ ‘The Killer’ Fizzle In Main Categories
deadline.comThe BAFTA Film Awards have unveiled this year’s longlists for 24 categories, and in the lead are Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon. Scroll down for the lists in full. The heavyweight trio is tied with 15 longlist nods apiece.
All three films pop up in best film, director, and the respective screenplay categories: Killers and Oppenheimer in adapted screenplay, while Barbie sits in original screenplay.
The haul of 15 longlist mentions equals last year’s record showing from Edward Berger’s war feature All Quiet on the Western Front.
Chasing the leading pack are Yorgos Lanthimos’s Golden Lion winner Poor Things with 14 and Bradley Cooper’s musical biopic Maestro with 12.Both films netted longlist mentions in best film, cinematography, director, and respective screenplay categories.
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