Academy Sets New Oscar Rules To Combat AI, Allow Multiple Acting Nominations

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled significant rule changes for the 2027 Oscars aimed at protecting human creativity from AI. Acting nominations will now be limited to “roles credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent,” while writing categories require “screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible” for Best Adapted or Original Screenplay nominations. Another major shift eliminates the decades-old restriction preventing actors from receiving multiple nominations in the same category during one year. Actors may now “be nominated for multiple performances in the same category if those performances place in the top five votes.” Additional changes affect casting, cinematography, international films, visual effects, makeup and hairstyling categories. The 99th Oscars will air March 14, 2027.