{"id":47027,"date":"2019-12-03T20:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T01:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=47027"},"modified":"2020-01-02T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T02:34:01","slug":"academy-announces-best-visual-effects-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/03\/academy-announces-best-visual-effects-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Announces Best Visual Effects Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Academy has announced the twenty films that have qualified for consideration in the Best Visual Effects category for this year\u2019s Academy Award.<\/p>\n

Among the nominations are the expected superhero blockbusters as well as adventure films, live action adaptations of animated features, a war movie, more than one film about fast cars, films that digitally de-aged their stars and more.<\/p>\n

The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee will cull half of this list of twenty hopefuls for the short list of ten films that will go on to the nomination round. As some of these films seem to overlap with others \u2013 all three Marvel Cinematic Universe films are in contention, for example \u2013 it should be interesting to see which of these films the committee decides to move forward.<\/p>\n

Academy Awards nominations will be announced on January 13, with the Oscar ceremony being held on February 9.<\/p>\n

The list of qualifying films is as follows –<\/p>\n

AD ASTRA
\nTHE AERONAUTS
\nALADDIN
\nALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
\nAVENGERS: ENDGAME
\nCAPTAIN MARVEL
\nCATS
\nDUMBO
\nFAST AND THE FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW
\nFORD v FERRARI
\nGEMINI MAN
\nTHE IRISHMAN
\nJUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL
\nTHE LION KING
\nMEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL
\nMIDWAY
\n1917
\nSPIDER MAN: FAR FROM HOME
\nSTAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
\nTERMINATOR: DARK FATE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first step towards the Best Visual Effects Oscar is taken by twenty contenders.<\/div>\n

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