Angela Bassett has earned her second career Golden Globes nomination for her performance in the 2022 Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The nominations for the 80th Golden Globe Awards were announced on Dec. 12 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, with Bassett receiving a Best Supporting Actress Performance in a Motion Picture nomination for her reprisal of Ramonda, the Sovereign Queen Mother of Wakanda, in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She will be competing against Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness) and Carey Mulligan (She Said) in the category. Bassett previously won the Golden Globes award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her performance in 1993's What's Love Got to Do with It.
Wakanda Forever also received a second Golden Globes nomination, Best Original Song in a Motion Picture, for Rihanna's lead single, "Lift Me Up," which serves as a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, who played T'Challa/Black Panther in the MCU. "Life Me Up" will be competing for the accolade against "Carolina" (Where the Crawdads Sing), "Ciao Papa" (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio), "Hold My Hand" (Top Gun: Maverick) and "Naatu Naatu" (RRR). Notably, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the only 2022 superhero film to receive nominations for the upcoming 2023 Golden Globes.
Avatar and Top Gun Sequels Fight For Top Honor
While Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was unable to earn a Best Picture nomination, there will still be some fan-favorite titles competing for Best Picture - Drama, specifically Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick. While Avatar: The Way of Water has not yet been released in theaters, the science-fiction sequel has screened for select audiences, with critics praising the film's visuals and character-driven story. The Way of Water is currently tracking to open between $150M to $200M during its opening weekend at the domestic box office.
Top Gun: Maverick, meanwhile, opened earlier this year to stellar reviews and an amazing box office haul, grossing $1.4 billion globally. The legacy sequel has also achieved several notable box-office milestones such as being star Tom Cruise's biggest opening and highest-grossing film ever. On top of that, Maverick is the first movie to be number one at the box office for both Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend. The Way of Water and Maverick will face off against Elvis, The Fabelmans and Tár in the Best Picture - Drama category.
Set after the events of 2019's Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever centers on the leaders of Wakanda fighting to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. In addition to Bassett, the MCU sequel stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Martin Freeman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Wakanda Forever is still playing in theaters.
The 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichael and air on NBC and Peacock on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Source: Golden Globes