First, there were twenty. Now there are just 10. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the films whose Visual Effects will be judged in the annual “bakeoff” to determine the five Oscar nominees. Each film will present a video highlighting their VFX work in front of their Academy peers on January, XX, 2019.
As expected, “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Ready Player One” and “First Man” moved on to the next round. Marvel landed three films total. Totally forgotten were “Aquaman, “critically-acclaimed ‘Transformers‘ prequel “Bumblebee,” and the WETA-engineered “Mortal Engines.”
The films who made the visual effects shortlist include:
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Black Panther”
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”
“Welcome to Marwen”
The 91st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
The 91st Academy Awards will be revealed on Sunday, Feb. 24 on ABC beginning at 5 PM PT, 8 PM ET.
Editor-at-Large Gregory Ellwood is one of the entertainment industry's most respected journalists and critics. Based in Los Angeles, he's the only current awards expert who previously worked on Oscar campaigns at a major movie studio. Over the years, he has written for the LA Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vox, among others. He also co-founded the entertainment news site HitFix, which spawned a legion of influential Emmy and WGA Award-winning alumni.
