The 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards announced nominations for the combined 2016 ceremony on Monday and Warner Bros.' Mad Max: Fury Road paced the film race with 13 nominations, while FX's Fargo led TV series noms with eight.
Weinstein Co.'s Carol, and two big Fox pics, The Martian and The Revenant, scored nine noms apiece in voting by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.
Open Road's Spotlight tallied eight; Paramount's The Big Short, seven; TWC's The Hateful Eight, six; Disney-DreamWorks' Bridge of Spies, Fox Searchlight's Brooklyn, Focus Features' The Danish Girl, Universal's Jurassic World, and Lionsgate's Sicario each earned five; and A24's Room nabbed four.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association is returning to the Critics' Choice name after splitting the awards into two ceremonies in 2010, and adding movie and TV to the shows' titles.
Especially in an unpredictable year, pre-Oscar awards are watched closely. However, comparisons between Oscar and the Critics' Choice are limited, since the categories differ so much. For example, Mad Max is up for best picture, but also nominated for best action movie and best sci-fi/horror film.
However, in the all-important best-picture race, the Critics' Choice winners are watched more carefully than the nominations, since they have been the same in 11 of the past 15 years.
Because the awards are part of a buildup to the Academy Awards, films get disproportionate attention. But the TV races are just as jam-packed with interesting contenders. ABC, HBO and FX Networks led with 14 nominations apiece, followed by Fox with 12. Topping the list of nominated series is Fargo (FX) with eight. The Leftovers (HBO) and Transparent (Amazon) earned six each; The Wiz Live! (NBC), five; and Black-ish (ABC), Mr. Robot (USA) and Penny Dreadful (Showtime) have four apiece.
Previously, TV awards were handed out in June. Because of the new combined format, only television shows airing primarily within the seven months from June 1 to Dec. 31 were eligible for nomination.
The Broadcast Film Critics Assn. consists of nearly 300 reviewers from TV, radio and online. The Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. was begun a few years ago as an offshoot, with its first TV ceremony held in June 2011. There are about 100 voters. In the new configuration, movie critics will vote on the film awards, while TV reviewers will vote on TV.
BFCA/BTJA president Joey Berlin enthused, This is a new Golden Age in Hollywood, with a dazzling array of spectacular, delightful and illuminating films and programs to choose from.
The ceremonies, hosted by T.J. Miller, will be held on Jan. 17 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. They will air simultaneously on A&E, Lifetime and LMN. The three-hour event will be preceded by one-hour red-carpet coverage. The 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards will be produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment.
Here are the nominations for the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards:
MOVIE
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
ACTOR
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Johnny Depp - Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone - Creed
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
RJ Cyler - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore - Dope
Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay - Room
ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo
DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes - Carol
Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu - The Revenant
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland - Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley - Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay - The Big Short
Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
Drew Goddard - The Martian
Emma Donoghue - Room
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol - Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Martian - Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Brooklyn - Fran ois S guin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
Carol - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson
The Martian - Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
EDITING
The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Martian - Pietro Scalia
The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight - Tom McArdle
COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol - Sandy Powell
Cinderella - Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan
HAIR & MAKEUP
Black Mass
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk
ANIMATED FEATURE
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