BAFTA 2024 nominations: Oppenheimer sweeps the board

Oppenheimer appears set to brush the board on the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards after receiving 13 nominations. 

Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic about atomic bomb creator J Robert Oppenheimer dominated the principle classes when nominations had been introduced on Thursday, with nods for Best Film and for Nolan in Best Director. 

In comparability, Oppenheimer’s field workplace rival Barbie obtained simply 5 nominations and was notably snubbed within the Best Film class. 

Cillian Murphy, 47, obtained his first ever BAFTA nomination for his portrayal of titular character Oppenheimer and can go head-to-head with fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, 31, for Saltburn within the Best Actor class. 

They will battle it out with Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers and Teo Yoo for Past Lives. 

Murphy’s co-stars Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr are additionally nominated within the Supporting classes.

The 2024 BAFTA nominations had been introduced by former EE Rising Star nominees: Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir from the humanities charity’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly, London on Thursday. 

The star-studded ceremony might be hosted by David Tennant on the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, February 18 and can air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. 

Oppenheimer, which was a field workplace juggernaut when it was launched in cinemas final 12 months on the identical day as Barbie – sparking the Barbenheimer phenomenon – may very well be a career-changing movie for British filmmaker Nolan, who has by no means gained the Directing BAFTA.

He faces competitors from All Of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh, Anatomy Of A Fall’s Justine Triet, The Holdovers’ Alexander Payne, Maestro’s Cooper and Jonathan Glazer for The Zone Of Interest.

For Best Film, Oppenheimer will compete in opposition to Yorgos Lanthimos’s gothic fairytale Poor Things, which scored 11 nods and is the second most nominated movie this 12 months. 

Also within the operating is French courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall, Martin Scorsese’s western crime thriller Killers Of The Flower Moon and The Holdovers, a few cranky prep faculty trainer pressured to stay on campus over the vacations with a troubled pupil.

Notably absent from the class is Barbie, which was the highest-grossing movie of 2023, whereas Greta Gerwig was additionally snubbed from the Best Director class.

Gerwig is, nevertheless, recognised within the Original Screenplay class alongside her husband and co-writer Noah Baumbach.

Barbie star Margot Robbie is up for Best Actress and can compete in opposition to Poor Things’ Emma Stone, Maestro’s Carey Mulligan, Anatomy Of A Fall’s Sandra Huller, The Colour Purple’s Fantasia Barrino and Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah.

German actress Huller can also be nominated in a second class, and can battle it out for Supporting Actress for The Zone Of Interest, alongside Oppenheimer’s Blunt, Saltburn’s Rosamund Pike, The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Colour Purple’s Danielle Brooks  and All Of Us Strangers’ Claire Foy.

Oppenheimer’s Downey Jr, might be hoping to proceed his successful streak after being nominated within the Supporting Actor class. He has already gained a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award for his efficiency as Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. 

Yet he faces stiff competitors from Robert De Niro for Killers Of The Flower Moon, Jacob Elordi for Saltburn, Ryan Gosling for Barbie, Paul Mescal for All Of Us Strangers and Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers for the supporting actor prize.

The contenders for excellent British movie are All Of Us Strangers, How To Have Sex, Napoleon, The Old Oak, Poor Things, Rye Lane, Saltburn, Scrapper, Wonka and The Zone Of Interest.

David Tennant is ready to host the awards ceremony subsequent month.

The Doctor Who star, 52, takes over the coveted spot from final 12 months’s hosts Alison Hammond and Richard E Grant. 

While David is not any stranger to the ceremony, having beforehand introduced an award on the BAFTA Television Awards in May, this might be his internet hosting debut.

Speaking about his internet hosting stint, the Good Omens star stated: ‘I’m delighted to have been requested to host the EE BAFTA Film Awards and assist have fun the perfect of this 12 months’s movies and the various good individuals who deliver them to life.’

BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip added that the academy was ‘over the moon’ that David could be internet hosting the Film Awards. 

She stated: ‘He is deservedly beloved by British and worldwide audiences, alike. 

‘His heat, allure and mischievous wit will make it a must-watch present subsequent month for our friends on the Royal Festival Hall and the hundreds of thousands of individuals watching at dwelling.’

Last 12 months, performing veteran Richard graced the stage because the BAFTAs host, and through his opening monologue referenced the infamous 2022 Academy Awards second when film star Will Smith, 54, slapped presenter Chris Rock throughout the face after he jested about Will’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith.

Richard advised the star-studded crowd: ‘Nobody on my watch will get slapped tonight – besides on the again.’

In 2022, Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids actress Rebel Wilson made risque jokes in regards to the royal household, Vladimir Putin, the gender pay hole, her flop movie Cats and her current weight reduction.

Richard added: ‘So I used to be shocked…and I assumed as a result of I used to be so unashamedly enthusiastic throughout the awards circuit 4 years in the past, once I was nominated for (a BAFTA).

‘(BAFTA organisers) should know that I’m going to be a celebratory particular person slightly than anyone who’s there to roast different actors so hopefully, that is (going to) work out, I do not know but.’