Jordan Peele also earned himself a couple of individual nominations for his work, scoring a Best Director and Best Original Screenplay nomination. As far as the overall nominations go, The Shape of Water leads the pack with 13 nominations.Įlsewhere, Get Out was also nominated in the Best Actor category, with Daniel Kaluuya scoring a nod, marking his first ever Oscar nomination. The Academy has the ability to allow for as many as ten movies to be nominated in the Best Picture category each year, but they went with nine this year. The other movies nominated in the category include Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Especially since the movie was completely shut out of The Golden Globes. The hit horror flick has been a favorite throughout awards season, but it was still a big question mark as to whether or not the movie would manage to secure a nomination in the Best Picture category. ![]() Yet, here we are, as Jordan Peele's "social thriller" has defied the odds and done just that. If we were to rewind the clock to just a year ago, it would seem very unlikely that a horror movie that was going to be released in February, coming from the guy best known for his sketch comedy show Key and Peele, would wind up getting nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Facebook and Twitter have propelled the two into comedic legend status and their online influence is sure to be something that changes how sketch comedy is distributed to the masses.Get Out has officially earned four Oscar nominations. The online format fit them so perfectly because we live in a “bite-sized” world we love things in small, quick, funny doses and they delivered that in spades with their sketches. The film is due out Apand some are already saying it’s posed for cult status. The two will team up again for the feature length comedy Keanu, about two friends who come up with a hair-brained scheme to get a stolen cat back by posing as a couple of drug dealers for a local street gang. Since then the two have landed multiple television roles, Jordan will be on CBS’ upcoming comedy Life In Pieces and Keegan has a recurring role on USA’s hit comedy playing house. Many consider them this generations Abbot and Costello, that go-to comedy duo that’s almost guaranteed to make us laugh. In the end both Key and Peele got what they ultimately wanted out of the show and that was grand exposure. You could say Key and Peele has become one of the most successful web series in history, yet it’s Comedy Central airings got some of the lowest ratings the network has ever had. The “Substitute Teacher” sketch got 80 million views on YouTube which is a stark contrast to how many people actually watched the episode in which it came from (a mere 1.16 million). The online video archive giant might be the ones responsible for the comic duos mega success over the past couple years. ![]() ![]() It’s a sad, sad day for all us fans, but even more so for YouTube. ![]() Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele will both say goodbye tonight on the series finale of their show Key and Peele. Another one of Comedy Central’s landmark shows will come to an end.
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