
Aside from editing and directing, it’ll face less competition for best cinematography, where Greg Fraser would have hoped to score a second win in the franchise.

As it stands, however, Villeneuve will have to wait until next year.įor the reasons mentioned above, “Killers of the Flower Moon” also stands to gain from “Dune: Part Two’s” delay.

Though “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve was famously snubbed for the first film, he could have been subject to a redemption arc if the sequel managed to surpass expectations. Film editing, on the other hand, will still likely be a tight race between “Oppenheimer” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” but at least they won’t have to compete with Joe Walker, who returned for the sequel after his Oscar win for “Dune.” Similarly, best director will now likely be awarded to Nolan or Scorsese. Sound seems like one category that has become a one-horse race after “Dune’s delay, while Ludwig Göransson no longer needs to compete with two-time winner Hans Zimmer in score. The Christopher Nolan biopic is surely in the running for each of the categories previously won by “Dune,” especially sound, score and editing. The easiest answer is “Oppenheimer,” which was poised to be “ Dune 2’s” direct competitor in the tech categories. Now that the flick is out of the running, it begs the question: which films stand to gain the most from “Dune Two’s” departure from the 2024 Oscar race? SEE ‘Dune: Part Two’ delayed to 2024 Before the announcement was made, our Gold Derby combined odds had “Dune: Part Two” in sixth for best picture, fifth in director, and fifth in adapted screenplay, with stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya as longshots for acting nominations and below-the-line categories not yet available on the site.
