The Academy of Motion Picture will disqualify films from Best Picture contention that do not have enough black, gay and disabled actors in the cast and crew - a move many industry insiders fear will be the final nail in the coffin for the already flagging award show. 

The Academy passed its Aperture 2025 initiative in 2020, five years after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in order to promote more diversity in the industry, but the move has been under fire ever since. 

The initiative was spearheaded by black filmmaker Ava DuVernay and developed by the academy to set criteria - which included diversifying nearly every aspect of a movie, from cast and crew to production, marketing, financing, distribution and even internships by 30 percent. 

The proposed standard could have kept last year's Best Picture winner Nomadland from getting an Oscar because of its all-white cast - even though it was directed by Asian filmmaker Chloé Zhao. 

Several of this year's nominees like Power of the Dog, Belfast and Licorice Pizza would also be in jeopardy of missing out on the honors. However, other nominated films - such as King Richard, Drive My Car, Dune, West Side Story and Coda - would fall squarely into the desired criteria.  

One industry insider, speaking under the condition of anonymity out of fear of losing work, told LA Magazine that the policies set to take effect in 2024 are too far reaching. 

'It's filmmaking by affirmative action,' the insider said. 'It's totally daft, and it can't be done.'

Some have agreed the that the change is a long-time coming but conceded it may be too-little, too-late to save the Oscars telecast, which only drew 9.85 million viewers last year, the smallest audience for the event on record.