‘F1: The Movie' — Instant Oscar predictions
With strong reviews and a massive marketing push from Apple, F1: The Movie seems to be speeding toward the finish line for first place at the weekend box office. But could the summer tentpole make a showing at the end of the year in the Oscar race?
The movie's pedigree certainly suggests it could follow the route of another high-velocity hit of recent years. With Joseph Kosinski in the director's chair and Jerry Bruckheimer producing, Top Gun: Maverick is an easy parallel to draw for how the Brad Pitt-led vehicle could make an impact in awards season.
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But in which categories could it be competitive? The lightning in a bottle magic of Maverick seems to be missing from the reactions to F1 thus far, so Screenplay and Picture seem like a stretch at the moment. But with some familiar names below the line, several craft categories could definitely be within reach.
A three-time nominee, editor Stephen Mirrione previously won in the category for cutting Steven Soderbergh's multi-thread drug epic, Traffic, back in 2001. Since then, he's been the go-to editor for Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, earning nominations for both Babel and The Revenant — in addition to working on the director's Best Picture-winning Birdman.
Top Gun: Maverick's cinematopher, Claudio Miranda, made the leap over to F1 with Kosinksi. Miranda wasn't nominated for the high-flying shots of Tom Cruise and company, but he is a previous winner, for his work on Ang Lee's The Life of Pi. He was also nominated for Best Cinematography with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
F1's score is by Hans Zimmer. Heard of him? The 12-time nominee and two-time winner is another carry-over from Top Gun: Maverick. He most recently won in 2022, when his now-iconic howls from the Dune: Part 1 soundtrack took home Best Score. His first win came all the way back in 1995 for The Lion King.
A previous nominee on behalf of Top Gun: Maverick, production visual effects supervisor Ryan Tudhope is among the VFX team on F1. A nomination in this category will likely come down to competition, as the end of the year will bring near-guaranteed heavy-hitters like Wicked: For Good and Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Maverick's one Oscar win from its six nominations came in the Best Sound category. That film's supervising sound editor and sound editor, Al Nelson, is the only member of that team to make the leap to F1. Still, with all of those revving engines, its difficult to imagine a tentpole release with more sound this year.
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