The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the 10 films that remain in contention for the 2018 Visual Effects Oscar. Not surprisingly, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Blade Runner: 2049” and “The Shape of Water” made the cut.
The 10 films that are no longer in the mix include “Beauty and the Beast,” “Ghost in the Shell,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” “Justice League,” “Life,” “Logan,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Wonder Woman.”
The 10 finalists are as follows:
“Alien: Covenant”
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Dunkirk”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
“Kong: Skull Island”
“Okja”
“The Shape of Water”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
Bong Joon-Ho revisits the Visual Effects of “Okja”
The biggest surprises are the inclusions of “Kong: Skull Island” and “Alien: Covenant” over “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and/or “Wonder Woman.”
Determined by the Academy’s visual effects branch committee, all members of the branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 6, 2018 (known as the Visual Effects bake-off). The branch will then vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be revealed on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.