The first Wicked film received 10 Oscar nominations and went on to win two. So it’s an extraordinary fall from grace for its sequel to have got zero.
This was largely expected, however. Wicked: For Good was far less well received than its predecessor – something it shares with the original musical.
The second act of the stage show is widely considered weaker than the first, partly because all the big hits appear before the interval.
But it was still thought that Wicked: For Good could get into a couple of categories, with many predicting a best original song nomination for The Girl in the Bubble, a track performed by Ariana Grande that was newly added for the film adaptation.
There was better news for another blockbuster, Avatar: Fire and Ash, which at least managed a couple of technical nominations for visual effects and costume design.
Some of the most mainstream films can instead be found in the animated category. That’s where we find the $1.7bn-grossing Zootopia 2 (known as Zootropolis 2 in the UK) and viral streaming hit KPop Demon Hunters.
