These 20 Films Have Advanced In VFX Oscar Race

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 20 films that have been shortlisted for the 2017 visual effects Academy Award.

This preliminary shortlist was determined by the executive committee of the Academy’s visual effects branch. Later this month, the committee will select the 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order. Cartoon Brew has been providing in-depth coverage of visual effects work all year long; click on the linked titles for our coverage of those films.

Also be sure to read our predictions for this year’s category.

The shortlisted films are:

• Alien: Covenant
• Beauty and the Beast
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• Ghost in the Shell
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
• Justice League
• Kong: Skull Island
• Life
• Logan
• Okja
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
• The Shape of Water
• Spider-Man Homecoming
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
• War for the Planet of the Apes
• Wonder Woman

The Academy Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.