The Academy Awards will air live March 15th on ABC and Hulu.
Preview:
- The 2026 Academy Award nominations have been announced.
- ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ and ‘Hamnet’ are all up for trophies.
- This year’s award ceremony is dated for March 15.
There are other awards ceremonies, but few can match the dominance of the Academy Awards.
And the time for the 98th Oscars ceremony is fast approaching with the Academy employing actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman to read the list of nominees, which this year include ‘One Battle After Another,’‘Sinners’ and ‘Hamnet.’
“Some search for battle, others are born into it…”
Release Date: Sep 26, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 42 min
Budget: $175,000,000
Also nominated? Movies including ‘Bugonia,’‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘The Secret Agent.’ Who will win? We’ll find that out on March 15th.
2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Who Will Be Nominated?
Here is the full list of nominations:
PICTURE
Leonardo Di Caprio as Bob Ferguson in ‘One Battle After Another.’ A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.
DIRECTOR
(L to R) Leonardo Di Caprio and Director/Writer/Producer Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of ‘One Battle After Another.’ A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Merrick Morton.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’. Photo: A24.
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes in director Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Stellan Skarsgård in ‘Sentimental Value’. Photo: Kasper Tuxen Andersen.
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Madigan as Gladys in New Line Cinema’s ‘Weapons,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Quantrell Colbert. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
(L to R) Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Zootopia 2’. © 2025 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
A still from ‘Forevergreen.’
CASTING
(L to R) Jayme Lawson as Pearline, Wunmi Mosaku as Annie, Michael B. Jordan as Smoke, Miles Caton as Sammie Moore, and Li Jun Li as Grace Chow, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Sinners,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
FILM EDITING
A scene from Apple Original Films’ ‘F1’, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original Films. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier in ‘Train Dreams’. Cr: Netflix © 2025.
COSTUME DESIGN
(L to R) Jacobi Jupe stars as Hamnet, Bodhi Rae Breathnach as Susanna and Olivia Lynes as Judith in director Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Wagner Moura in ‘The Secret Agent.’ Photo: Neon.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Andrea Gibson in ‘Come See Me in the Good Light,’ now streaming on Apple TV.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Lou Bopp in ‘All The Empty Rooms.’ Photo: Netflix © 2025.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
‘A Friend of Dorothy’. Photo: Filthy Gorgeous Productions.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Dwayne Johnson stars in ‘The Smashing Machine’. Photo: A24.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Emma Stone stars as Michelle in director Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Bugonia’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved.
ORIGINAL SONG
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’. ©2025 Netflix.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
(L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
SOUND
A scene from ‘Sirāt’. Photo: Neon.
- ‘F1’ – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
- ‘Frankenstein’ – Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
- ‘One Battle after Another’ – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
- ‘Sinners’ – Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
- ‘Sirāt’ – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
VISUAL EFFECTS
Varang (Oona Chaplin) in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
- ‘F1’ – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
- ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ – David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
- ‘The Lost Bus’ – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
- ‘Sinners’- Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Director Paul Thomas Anderson attends a special screening and Q&A of ‘One Battle After Another’. Photo Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Shutterstock for Warner Bros. Copyright: Copyright ©2025 Jay L. Clendenin.
- ‘Bugonia’ – Will Tracy
- ‘Frankenstein’ – Guillermo del Toro
- ‘Hamnet’ – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- ‘One Battle after Another’ – Paul Thomas Anderson
- ‘Train Dreams’ – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Director Ryan Cooler at the New York Premiere of ‘Sinners’. Photo: Warner Bros.
- ‘Blue Moon’ – Robert Kaplow
- ‘It Was Just an Accident’ – Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
- ‘Marty Supreme’ – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- ‘Sentimental Value’ – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- ‘Sinners’ – Ryan Coogler
When and where can I watch the 2026 Oscars?
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony, to be hosted again by Conan O’Brien, will be broadcast on the ABC network on March 15th.
The 95th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
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