When the nominations for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards had been introduced on December 9, one shock stood out among the many pack — Squid Recreation.
The Netflix phenomenon earned only one nod, Greatest Tv Collection — Drama, going up in opposition to The Day of the Jackal, The Diplomat, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Gradual Horses, and the presumed frontrunner, Sh?gun.
Nonetheless, followers had been stunned to see the South Korean dystopian survivalist thriller earn a nod for a season that wasn’t even accessible for public viewing on the time.
X customers took to social media with confused reactions like: “How can Squid Recreation be nominated? Reallly?” and: “Hasn’t it been like two years since Squid Recreation premiered?!” in addition to: “SQUID GAME????? The primary season got here out a century in the past, and the second season hasn’t been launched but.”
The second season of Squid Recreation finally arrived on Netflix on December 26, greater than two weeks after its nomination was introduced, and has obtained constructive evaluations just like its groundbreaking premiere season.
The follow of exhibits and movies incomes nominations earlier than being launched for the general public is not unusual, although. Oftentimes, members of critics teams and voting our bodies for awards such because the Globes, the primary main awards ceremony of the season.
Netflix, like different manufacturing corporations, implements strict practices to invoke a degree of privateness amongst these receiving early screeners, resembling watermarks, lock codes, and embargoes on evaluations.
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It isn’t uncommon for exhibits and films to earn nominations earlier than they’re out to the plenty, quite a lot of this 12 months’s nominees among the many movies particularly, like Babygirl and The Brutalist, had been launched in theaters in the USA days after their nominations had been revealed.
© Alamy Inventory PictureNonetheless, movies typically precede theatrical releases with competition runs and flashy premieres weeks, typically months, upfront. Babygirl premiered on the Venice Movie Pageant in August, as did The Brutalist the day after.
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The Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, nonetheless, faucets into the identical Squid Recreation scenario. It wasn’t launched as a part of the competition circuit in any respect, internet hosting its world premiere the day after the Globes nominations had been introduced, on December 10. It went into large launch on December 25. Screeners had been despatched upfront for Globes voters.
© Noh Juhan | NetflixA number of main awards contenders are timed to be launched as near the vacation season and, in flip, awards season as potential, like The Brutalist, A Full Unknown, Babygirl, and Depraved. There has additionally been precedent set for movies not even in large or competition launch profitable on the Globes.
Again in 2019, 1917 held its world premiere on December 4 on the 2019 Royal Movie Efficiency in London. Simply 5 days later, it was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and on the ceremony on January 5, 2020, it gained two prizes, together with Greatest Movement Image — Drama and Greatest Director.
© Alamy Inventory PictureIt did not enter theaters in the USA till December 25, 2019, and within the UK till January 10, 2020, 5 days after it gained Greatest Image. Whereas it was odd on the time seeing a movie emerge victorious you could’t even look ahead to your self, it gave the movie some much-needed momentum, taking it to the ten Oscar nominations and three wins it earned that February.
