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01/23/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/23/2025 08:40

The Walt Disney Company Earns 15 Academy Award® Nominations

The Walt Disney Company proudly announces 15 nominations for the 97th Academy Awards® across The Walt Disney Studios (including from 20th Century Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios), content brands (National Geographic Documentary Films), and platforms (Disney+ and Hulu).

The Oscars® will air live on ABC and for the first time stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red-carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The ceremony will stream on Disney+ internationally and air on broadcast outlets globally.

Searchlight Pictures received 10 nominations, with eight for A Complete Unknown - including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. The studio also earned two nods for A Real Pain, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. Searchlight Pictures has now amassed 23 Best Picture Academy Award nominations and a grand total of 205 Academy Award nominations.

Pixar Animation Studios' Inside Out 2, the highest-grossing film of 2024, was nominated for Best Animated Feature. 20th Century Studios received two nods for Best Visual Effects across Alien: Romulus and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

National Geographic Documentary Films captured its fifth nomination in seven years in the Documentary Feature Film category for Sugarcane. Disney Branded Television received its second nomination in two years with "Never Too Late" from Elton John: Never Too Late up for Best Original Song.

Disney's streaming platforms are home to seven nominations, with Best Animated Feature nominee Inside Out 2 now streaming on Disney+ and A Real Pain on Hulu receiving nods for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.

The Walt Disney Company's total nominations are as follows:

Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) hits the recording studio in A Complete Unknown.

A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
 8 Nominations
 Now in Theaters

  • Best Picture - Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman
  • Best Director - James Mangold
  • Best Actor - Timothée Chalamet
  • Best Supporting Actor - Edward Norton
  • Best Supporting Actress - Monica Barbaro
  • Best Adapted Screenplay - James Mangold & Jay Cocks
  • Best Costume Design - Arianne Phillips
  • Best Sound - Ted Caplan, Tod A. Maitland, Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Donald Sylvester
Cousins Benji (Kieran Culkin) and David (Jesse Eisenberg) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother in A Real Pain.

A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
 2 Nominations
 Now in Theaters and Streaming on Hulu

  • Best Supporting Actor - Kieran Culkin
  • Best Original Screenplay - Jesse Eisenberg
Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny) blasts a Xenomorph in Alien: Romulus.

Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
 1 Nomination
 Now Streaming on Hulu

  • Best Visual Effects - Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan
Disney Legend Elton John takes a moment to enjoy his final concert tour performance at Dodger Stadium on November 20, 2022, in Elton John: Never Look Back.

Elton John: Never Too Late (Disney Branded Television)
 1 Nomination
 Now Streaming on Disney+

  • Best Original Song - "Never Too Late," Disney Legend Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin
Anxiety (center) isn't the type to take a back seat, which makes Riley's core Emotions -Disgust, Sadness, Joy, Anger, and Fear - more than a little uncomfortable in Inside Out 2.

Inside Out 2 (Pixar Animation Studios)
 1 Nomination
 Now Streaming on Disney+

  • Best Animated Feature Film - Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
Sylva (Eka Darville) roars in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
 1 Nomination
 Now Streaming on Hulu

  • Best Visual Effects - Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke
Julian Brave NoiseCat and his father, Ed Archie NoiseCat, look down at the Williams Lake Stampede from the top of "Indian Hill" on their roadtrip to St. Joseph's Mission in Sugarcane.

Sugarcane (National Geographic Documentary Films)
 1 Nomination
 Now Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu

  • Best Documentary Feature Film - Nominees to Be Determined