• Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' received a record 16 Oscar nominations.
• 'One Battle After Another' follows with 13 nominations.
• New category for casting introduced at the Oscars this year.
• The Oscars will take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre.
• Michael B. Jordan earns his first Oscar nomination for 'Sinners'.

Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic, Sinners, has set a new milestone with a historic 16 nominations for the 98th Academy Awards, making it the film with the most nominations in Oscar history. This surpasses the previous record of 14 nominations held by classics such as All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land, according to SCMP, Al Jazeera, and Le Monde.

Released earlier than the traditional autumn contenders, Sinners has been heralded as a pivotal piece of cinema, blending horror with a deep racial allegory amid Jim Crow themes. Following closely is One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which received 13 nominations. The latter film focuses on a father-daughter dynamic within a politically charged narrative, a testament to the current socio-political climate, as noted by SCMP and Le Monde.

The Academy will introduce a new category this year for casting, which contributed to the impressive tally of nominations for Sinners and One Battle After Another. This year’s ceremony will include a broad array of categories reflecting the changing landscape of film, with nominees for various performances spanning multiple genres, according to Al Jazeera and Le Monde.

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony is set to take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and will feature Conan O’Brien as the host for this exciting night in cinema. This year will be particularly significant as Warner Bros., which is tied to both leading films, approaches a sale to Netflix worth $72 billion, marking a transformative moment for Hollywood, according to SCMP and Le Monde.