These movies just saw their Oscar chances plummet

nypost.com:

Gladiator II” was snubbed from the American Film Institute’s top 10 films of 2024 list, an important early arbiter of Best Picture Oscar fortunes.One day earlier, the “Alien” visionary got a glimmer of hope when the Roman Colossequel starring Paul Mescal snuck onto the National Board of Review’s year-end roster.

But that won’t matter. The film has virtually no shot of being nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Yes, there have been instances when an AFI blackball didn’t matter.

Back in 2009, neither the AFI nor the NBR honored “Avatar.” But “Gladiator II” sure ain’t “Avatar.” It’s also not “Gladiator.”The Oscars aren’t going to nominate “Gladiator II” and the infinitely better “Dune: Part Two.”87-year-old Scott, then, would almost definitely not snag a Best Director slot either.

Since 2010 — and not counting the two instances in which the director of a Best International Film nominee was included in the category — just one director of a movie that was not nominated for Best Picture has received a nod.