(AP) – “Mad Max: Fury Road” is steamrolling through some early Oscar categories with three wins for the action blockbuster’s costumes, makeup and production design.
The film about a future where water is a scarce resource is the second-most nominated film Sunday evening, with 10 nominations. It has won awards in the first three categories it was nominated in.
Only “The Revenant” has more Oscar nominations this year.
“Mad Max: Fury Road” is also nominated for best picture and best director for Australian George Miller, who returned the franchise to the big screen last year after a 30-year hiatus.
Colin Gibson, who won an Oscar Sunday for production design, compared the film’s eclectic cast of characters to the real-life crisis the Academy faces on diversity of its film nominees. Gibson said in his acceptance speech, “I’d like to chalk this one up as the first Oscar for diversity.”