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Marvel gets its first Best Picture nom with ‘Black Panther’

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Marvel Studios picked up its first Best Picture Oscar nomination this morning, when Black Panther and producer Kevin Feige were nominated for the coveted award.

Black Panther picked up six other nominations, with nods for Costume Design, Production Design, Original Song, Original Score, Sound Mixing and Sound Editing.

Meanwhile, Avengers: Infinity War also picked up a nomination, for Best Visual Effects. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse was nominated for Best Animated Feature.

The Favourite and Roma lead the awards nominations with ten apiece. A Star Is Born and Vice each have eight nominations.

Spike Lee picked up his first Best Director nomination, among six noms for BlacKkKlansman. Meanwhile, Amy Adams received her sixth nomination (no wins so far) for Vice.

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Tom Hiddleston and Michael Fassbender to talk about their respective villains at ACE Comic Con Glendale

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ACE Comic Con has released its schedule for next weekend’s event in Glendale, Arizona, and Tom Hiddleston is once again closing the event talking about Loki — and seemingly without a host.

In addition, X-Men stars Michael Fassbender, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp will be at the event, alongside Jessica Jones actors Krysten Ritter and David Tennant, Daredevil‘s Charlie Cox, and Kingsman‘s Taron Egerton.

In the schedule posted on their website, ACE has the following key panels listed:

Saturday, January 12th:

  • 1:00pm – X-Men: Dark Phoenix – The X-Men are here! Michael Fassbender (Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto), Tye Sheridan (Scott Summers / Cyclops), and  Alexandra Shipp (Ororo Munroe / Storm) all on one stage! Hosted by Angélique Roché.
  • 3:30pm – Krysten Ritter & David Tennant: Jessica Jones – Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and David Tennant (Killgrave/Purple Man) talk about their roles on the hit show Netflix series, Jessica Jones. Hosted by Angélique Roché.
  • 4:45pm – Charlie Cox: Daredevil – The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil) hits the stage to talk about his Netflix series, Daredevil! Hosted by Angélique Roché.

Sunday, January 13th:

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  • 1:00pm – Taron Egerton: Robin Hood – Taron Egerton examines his iconic characters from Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Kingsman: The Secret Service and the recent hit, Robin Hood. Hosted by Angélique Roché.
  • 3:30pm – Tom Hiddleston: Loki – Tom Hiddleston discusses his legendary role as Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.