01/04/2020
Cinema » The Golden Globes will open the film award season in Hollywood on Sunday. With 34 nominations in total between cinema and television, Netflix is in pole position to win the bet.
The streaming giant, which started producing original content only six years ago, wants to take the opportunity to establish its reputation definitively alongside the major studios. His film Marriage Story, which follows the tumultuous divorce between an actress played by Scarlett Johansson and her husband director, played by Adam Driver, topped the nominations. He’s just ahead of another Netflix-stamped feature, The Irishman, political-mafia thriller of the legendary Martin Scorsese, with five nominations.
Netflix is still in control with The Two Popes, imaginary meeting between Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) and his successor François (Jonathan Pryce) produced by the Brazilian Fernando Meirelles, vying in four categories. “Netflix has had a really good year. I think it’s going to be okay, “predicts Tim Gray, who follows the award season for the magazine. Variety. According to him, the streaming giant could not only win a Golden Globe but also has “five or six films likely to be nominated for the Oscar for best film”.
In total, Netflix snatched 17 nominations for cinema. “I am not surprised by this domination. I’m surprised how massive it is, “said Lorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, whose members are on the Golden Globes jury, after the nominations. The Golden Globes are among the most coveted awards in American cinema: they are a major indicator of films and actors with a good chance of winning an Oscar.
Netflix also dominated television appointments with 17 caps, up from 15 for historic rival HBO. The British Royal Family series The Crown Defend the colors of Netflix in four categories. ATS
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