Kristen Stewart’s chances at awards nominations for Seberg may be dashed as screeners for the film mistakenly play the wrong movie
First there was the infamous envelope mix-up at the 2017 Academy Awards, and now this.
According to numerous awards voters, screener Blu-rays for the new Kristen Stewart film Seberg mistakenly play another awards contender — the Adam Driver/Annette Benning drama The Report — instead.
As seen in a tweet from Hollywood Reporter awards columnist Scott Feinberg, three individuals with voting rights in the Oscar and BAFTA Awards races discovered that the wrong movie plays when they were getting ready to watch the Benedict Andrews-directed biographical film, with Stewart playing the titular role of actress Jean Seberg.
Uh-oh: According to numerous awards voters, screener Blu-rays for the new Kristen Stewart film Seberg mistakenly play another awards contender instead
‘I have now heard from three awards voters — Academy and BAFTA — that they popped in their SEBERG screener only to have it play THE REPORT,’ Feinberg tweeted on Friday.
‘Presumably this is just the tip of the iceberg, as far as a big f-up by the shipping house.’
The next day, he updated the situation with a subsequent tweet:
‘The shipping house (all screeners must go through an Academy-approved one) has apologized to Amazon for the screw-up and is working to rectify the situation,’ his message included.
The film in question: Three individuals with voting rights in the Oscar and BAFTA Awards races discovered that the wrong movie plays when they were getting ready to watch the biographical film, with Stewart playing the titular role of actress Jean Seberg
Attached was a screenshot of a message from the shipping house itself, which in part stated, ‘We have been advised that there was a technical error when our facility duplicated the Seberg Blu-ray discs. A subset of AMPAS [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the Oscars] members may have the incorrect film on the disc.’
‘We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and we will be shipping a corrected copy of Seberg by the end of this week,’ the message continued.
The holidays, beginning around Thanksgiving, are said to be a major window of time during which Academy voters watch awards contenders and cast their votes, which means the mixup may very well effect the film’s chances of gaining recognition.
Golden Globe nominations were already announced last Monday, with awards season beginning to ramp up in earnest leading up to the February 9th Oscars.
Leading lady: Kristen appeared in support of the film at a special screening event this week in Los Angeles
While both Seberg and The Report are released by Amazon Studios, just The Report is available to stream on Amazon Prime — Seberg can only be seen in select movie theaters after its release this past Friday, as well as on screeners mailed directly to voters.
The film, which recounts Jean Seberg’s struggles as a target of the Hoover-era FBI due to her involvement with the Black Panthers and Civil Rights Movement, also stars Anthony Mackie, Zazie Beetz, Vince Vaughn and Margaret Qualley.
Seberg debuted this summer at the Venice Film Festival, and has made the festival rounds throughout Europe and North America before its theatrical release this week.
Based on a true story: The film recounts Jean Seberg’s struggles as a target of the Hoover-era FBI due to her involvement with the Black Panthers and Civil Rights Movement
Into the void: Seberg debuted this summer at the Venice Film Festival, and has made the festival rounds throughout Europe and North America before its theatrical release this week
