Chapter 421

*Interstellar* didn't have that many advantages.

"The main reason is that it's a sci-fi film — for a sci-fi film to get nominations for these two awards is already quite difficult."

"The judges are a bunch of old fogies who are naturally resistant to sci-fi."

Ivanka was rather helpless.

It was precisely upon learning this news that Xu Can wanted to reinvest in shooting a hardcore sci-fi film, and have this sci-fi film win the Oscar for Best Picture!

Slap these judges hard across the face!

This sci-fi film will star Emma Stone, with Xu Can writing, directing, and starring in it himself!

*Gravity*!

In his previous life, an Oscar-winning sci-fi film that took home multiple reboots of heavyweight awards including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing!

If *Interstellar* doesn't win any awards this year, next year you'll have to double up and deliver my little golden men back to me!

Right after the Oscars, I can try to start production on *Gravity*,

Also a sci-fi subject, helpful for the *Three-Body* project later.

After planning out the subsequent arrangements, Xu Can turned his attention back to the Oscars.

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The 2010 Oscars were equally fiercely competitive. Apart from those technical awards being swept up by *Interstellar*,

In the contest for the heavyweight awards, *Interstellar* was under considerable pressure.

The Best Cinematography nominations included:

*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, *Interstellar*, *Inglourious Basterds*, *The Hurt Locker*, *The White Ribbon*

Best Actress nominations:

*The Blind Side* — Emma Stone, *The Last Station* — Helen Mirren, *Zhu Li & Julia* — Meryl Streep, *Precious* — Gabourey Sidibe, *An Education* — Carey Mulligan……

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After last year's fierce Best Actress battle, Emma Stone once again ran into her biggest rival — Auntie Mei. 【】

As a ceiling-tier Hollywood actress, Meryl Streep was indeed formidable,

Even Stone Sister didn't have too much confidence this time.

Fortunately, Xu Can had done a magical revision of *The Blind Side*, wrapping the original inspirational story in a layer of realist reversal.

Filling the story with satirical undertones, along with the racial elements the Oscars love to see.

At the start of the film, Stone Sister's character was a devoted, loving foster mother — pure positive energy.

But in the male lead Michael Oher's flashbacks, Stone Sister's character became a profit-hungry vampire,

Training him to become a football player just to make money, treating him terribly in daily life.

Similar to *Oppenheimer*'s dual-narrative structure, cross-cutting, and switching between black-and-white and color shots, the entire film was filled with complexity.. 0

With this boost, Stone Sister's odds of winning the Oscar for Best Actress were still quite high.

*The Blind Side* would be released three days before the Oscar ceremony, which could further impress the judges.

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Oscar Best Actor nominations:

*Dying to Survive* — Xu Can, *The Hurt Locker* — Jeremy Renner "Hawkeye", *Invictus* — Morgan Freeman, *Up in the Air* — George Clooney, *Interstellar* — Xu Can……

Last year Xu Can won the Oscar for Youngest Best Actor with *La La Land*,

*Dying to Survive*, due to its Oscar campaign release being too late, failed to make the Oscars and could only be pushed to the 82nd Oscars in 2010.

The result was a situation that left one not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Xu Can had to PK himself!

Due to the foreign-language film restriction, *Dying to Survive* only received a few nominations.

Including Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture,

Among them, the competition for Best Actor Xu Can faced was quite fierce.

He had to compete against himself, as well as against heavyweight opponents like Morgan Freeman, George Clooney, and Hawkeye!

Xu Can had the chance to become the third hall-of-fame-level player in Oscar history to win back-to-back Best Actor awards!

The first back-to-back Best Actor winner was an early-20th-century Best Actor, Spencer Tracy;

The second male star to win back-to-back Best Actor was currently a frontline Hollywood representative — Tom Hanks!

He won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars in 1993 and 1994 with *Philadelphia* and *Forrest Gump*.

If Xu Can take home the little golden man this time, he'd have a shot at becoming the third person in history!

He himself also knew that this Best Actor competition would face enormous resistance!

Fortunately, Xu Can had two nominations — *Interstellar* and *Dying to Survive* — which would boost his odds considerably.

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The 82nd Oscars Best Director nominations included:

*The Hurt Locker*, *Avatar*, *Interstellar*, *Dying to Survive*, *Up in the Air*,

Likewise, 4.3 was Xu Can fighting himself,

James Cameron's threat wasn't that big; the only one with real competitiveness was *The Hurt Locker* director Kathryn Bigelow.

After all, she was the previous-life Oscar Best Director.

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The contest for Best Picture at this year's Oscars was exceptionally fierce!

A total of 10 works received nominations!

Almost creating a historical record!

"The Hurt Locker," "Avatar," "Interstellar," "Dying to Survive," "Up," "Up in the Air," "Precious," "An Education," "The Blind Side," "A Serious Man"…

Among them, Xu Can's Starlight Entertainment has three entries!

"Interstellar," "Dying to Survive," and "The Blind Side" — internal showdown!

Xu Can's true opponent is not "Avatar," nor any other nominated film, but the previous-life winner "The Hurt Locker"!

In the previous life, "Avatar" couldn't beat "The Hurt Locker,"

This time Xu Can is entering the competition with three heavyweight blockbusters,

He is confident he can defeat this opponent!

If one film can't win, I'll throw all three into the ring at once!

If you can gang up on someone, who'd be dumb enough to fight one-on-one?

One week before the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, Xu Can is brimming with confidence!.