We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The Harry Potter franchise has been a winner for Warner Bros. That’s not especially true with the Oscars, but the films have done decently well. Other than the 2nd and 5th films, the rest of the films received anywhere from 1 to 3 nominations. With the Fantastic Beasts series of films, the prospects became a little brighter thanks to the period setting. This was borne out with the first film, which not only scored two Oscar nominations, but became the first in the franchise to win. The award went to Colleen Atwood for Costume Design, something that wasn’t guaranteed for the film.

Luck wasn’t on the series’ side, though, as the second film, The Crimes of Grindelwald didn’t score any. That said, like the 2nd and 5th Harry Potter films, the second Fantastic Beasts feature did pick up some BAFTA nominations. With the mediocre box office performance of the third film, the same situation faces it. The series has been very vibrant and one can never count it out of the Production Design or Costume Design categories and its always possible in Sound or Visual Effects. However, there’s bound to be far too much competition for the film this year, which will probably result in some BAFTA citations, but nothing from the Oscars.