Dune tells of a brilliant young man who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to secure the future of his family and people. The film has been nominated in ten categories.
Only the Netflix drama The Power of the Dog by director Jane Campion received more nominations: twelve in total. Musical remake West Side Story and the coming of age drama Belfast each received seven.
The first eight Oscars were awarded before the start of the big TV show. The Academy, which awards the prizes, hopes in this way to give the show a little more momentum to win back viewers. There was much criticism of this initiative beforehand. Many Academy members called it disrespectful to the creators to divide their Oscars outside of the live broadcast.
