15 features move forward in Oscar’s Visual Effects race
Dec 11, 2009 by Ian Evans
For effects geeks, myself included, the Visual Effects race is always a point of debate as to which movies best used the effects to thrill and entertain audiences.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
- Angels & Demons
- Avatar
- Coraline
- Disney’s A Christmas Carol
- District 9
- G-Force
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Sherlock Holmes
- Star Trek
- Terminator Salvation
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- 2012
- Watchmen
- Where the Wild Things Are
What’s next in the march towards an Oscar®? In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who selected the semifinalists, will narrow the list to seven.
All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Thursday, January 21. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.
The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater with the awards ceremony taking place on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Stick with DigitalHit.com for the 2010 Academy Awards nominations list.