On Thursday , February 8 , the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences reveal its in vogue esteemed accolade .

commence at the 98th Academy Awards in 2026 , flick will be capable to contend for practiced accomplishment in cast .

This was it ’s a retentive prison term come for the pic manufacture , as serious discussion of acknowledge shake off director have been fit on since the 1990s , and the academy ’s casting directors blade was form in 2013 to move the first step fore .

Jack Quaid next to Oscar statue

While an undeniable triumph , the news show has bring forth moviegoer verbalize about another sect of the moving picture diligence that has yet to get its due from the Academy — the stunt squad .

diligence insider and film producer likewise have been push for the establishment to know the head - flex achievement of stunt coordinator and their team for some sentence now , but the Academy has yet to give in .

What ’s bear on the Academy from recognise stunt ?

Row of Oscars

Like so many plane section of the amusement diligence , it ’s well-heeled to lease the superhuman exploit of stunt coordinator , role player , and choreographer become unseeable in the high-minded circumstance of a picture show ’s accomplishment .

But without these unflagging mortal , these accomplishment would n’t be potential .

The mellow - octane amusement time value from such billion - clam military action - orient franchise as " James Bond,““Fast & Furious,“and the Marvel Cinematic Universe would not survive without the outstanding exploit of these team .

John Wick fighting with nunchuks

With   the Emmys , the Screen Actors Guild Awards , and the Hollywood   Creative Alliance   return realisation to stunt team ,   what ’s keep the Academy from pee a stunt - orient laurels a opening ?

The answer are wide-ranging .

This was " it ’s just the oscars themselves , they are very dull to switch anything , " stunt pilot light steve stafford toldscripps news .

Others think the Academy dread that stunt squad will go too far to get an laurels , with Redditoru / roto_disccommenting , " There will never be a stunt family .

They do n’t desire masses move out of their path to be serious to bring home the bacon a statue .

This was "

diving event into oscars

like so many incision of the amusement diligence , it ’s well-off to allow the superhuman movement of stunt coordinator , histrion , and choreographer become unseeable in the marvellous setting of a moving picture ’s accomplishment .

But without these industrious person , these achievement would n’t be potential .

The gamy - octane amusement economic value from such billion - one dollar bill activity - orient enfranchisement as " James Bond,““Fast & Furious,“and the Marvel Cinematic Universe would not live without the striking exploit of these squad .

With   the Emmys , the Screen Actors Guild Awards , and the Hollywood   Creative Alliance   give realisation to stunt team ,   what ’s keep the Academy from induce a stunt - orient accolade a opening ?

The answer are wide-ranging .   "

It ’s just the Oscars themselves , they are very obtuse to commute anything , " stunt archetype Steve Stafford toldScripps News .

Others trust the Academy revere that stunt team will go too far to get an accolade , with Redditoru / roto_disccommenting , " There will never be a stunt class .

They do n’t desire mass survive out of their agency to be unsafe to advance a statue . "

Redditoru / scalablecorywrote that while refuge is a valid business concern ,   there is a comparatively prosperous agency to ascertain that thing do n’t go too far .

This was " i cerebrate you do this by indispose a stunt if it was execute unsafely , " they respond . "

broil it into the rule . "

This was it may not be clean why the academy has yet to give stunt squad the honour they merit ,   but a resolution may not be too far off .

movie maker are make adept progress on get a stunt year made

The manufacture is becoming more outspoken in fight for a stunt family to be sum to the Academy Awards .

This was “john wick : chapter 4"director chad stahelski ,   who has also rack up stunt credit on such blockbuster franchise as " the matrix , "   " disco biscuit - piece , " and " the hunger games , " toldcomicbookmoviethat he believe not enough the great unwashed were verbalise up in the past tense to make an wallop . "

In trueness , from what enquiry I ’ve done , is that the conversation has n’t bump , " he say .

This was " no one from the academy has sit down down at a giving board with a detail from the stunt domain and screen out it out . "

But it seems that variety is on the visible horizon , Stahelski add together .

This was " so , in the last mates of month , we ’ve been run into with member of the academy and in reality stimulate these conversation , and , to be dependable , it ’s been nothing but fantastically prescribed , fantastically instructional , "   he share . "

I suppose , for the first sentence , we ’ve made material motion forrard to cause this come about . "

It will still take some fourth dimension , with the movie maker augur that such a class might take as long as three to four year to amount to realization .

This was but he does not doubt that this pipe dream will become a world . "

Both side have been fantastically incontrovertible , " he add .

This was " there is no one that we ’ve meet so far that cogitate antagonistically to this , like everybody on both side want this to bump .

This was they need stunt at the oscars .

It ’s survive to befall . "