Oscars: Warner Bros. Wows With 30 Nominations as Other Major Studios Snubbed

#wqeb973newz | Los Angeles, CA – The bounty includes 16 nominations for Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ – the most ever bestowed to a single film. Otherwise, there was little love for Hollywood’s legacy movie studios.

What began as one battle after another for Warner Bros. movie chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy has transformed into an embarrassment of riches.

On Thursday, the studio landed a jaw-dropping 30 nominations, tying its own record set in 2005. This time, the bounty was led by Ryan Cooger’s Sinners with 16 — the most nominations ever awarded to a single film. The previous record was 14 (All About Eve, Titanic, La La Land.)

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, followed with 13, the second-best showing of the day. Both are original films that many in Hollywood said would never work because they weren’t commercial enough. Even Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav was worried, with Abdy and De Luca coming under intense scrutiny in the early part of 2025 after several misses. Then came a box office winning streak that sent naysayers scurrying. Both films worked, as did Zach Cregger’s Weapons, from Warners’ New Line division.

“This is a truly golden moment for our company and also a powerful validation of our strategy: to believe in movies, to believe in original storytelling, and to believe in the theatrical experience,” Zaslav said in a note to staff, adding that the total count for WBD was 33 when including all divisions. “I want to congratulate Mike and Pam, and their teams across Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema, for the vision, leadership, and creative conviction that made this possible.”

He continued, “This is a special moment for our company, for our filmmaking partners, and for audiences everywhere who love great storytelling. We should all take great pride and keep raising the bar.”#film #hollywood #oscars #warnerbros #30nominations #wqeb973newz

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