Wicked: For Good is aiming to be the 11th direct sequel to be nominated for Best Picture and the fifth sequel to be nominated the year directly after its predecessor. Of the three Best Picture–nominated sequels in the last four years, there’s Top Gun: Maverick , a legacyquel to a movie that was seen as popcorn fare in the 1980s, and Avatar: The Way of Water and Dune: Part Two , sequels to previous Best Picture nominees that boasted both box-office success and dazzling visual filmmaking. In both cases, the franchises otherwise saw overall Oscars returns diminished. The Way of Water was nominated for four Oscars and won one, after the original Avatar was nominated for nine and won three. (James Cameron was not able to repeat his Best Director nomination for the sequel.) Mea

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