We’ll know soon enough if Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast can match the Best Picture nomination earned by its animated counterpart in 1992.
Logan has a very good shot, with spectacular reviews so far and a leading man (Hugh Jackman) with Academy cred.
Jackman might also power The Greatest Showman into the race, as the P.T. Barnum biopic also boasts music by the La La Land songwriters, Pasek and Paul.
Is this the year that a superhero movie cracks through the glass ceiling at the Oscars?