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‘Tenet,’ ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Make Oscars Visual Effects Shortlist

February 9, 2021 6:00 pm

If there is any category that was full of surprises on Oscar's shortlist day, it's Visual Effets. To say there were unexpected selections and a slew of snubs is a major understatement. Of course, expected cont...

‘The Lion King’ & ‘The Mandalorian’ Win Top Honors At Visual Effects VES Awards

Gregory Ellwood

January 30, 2020 2:17 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The daily grind this month of 2020 guild ceremonies is almost at an end. Wednesday night, however, was reserved for the VES Awards where the Visual Effects Society honors the best in their field. Not that su...

‘Alita: Battle Angel’s’ VFX Team Cannot Stop Praising Rosa Salazar [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

January 8, 2020 10:08 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

BURBANK - On a sunny afternoon in early January, the visual effects team of "Alita: Battle Angel" reunited - along with teams from other Disney and 20th Century Fox films - to discuss their potentially Oscar-no...

‘Alita: Battle Angel,’ ‘The Mandalorian’ Among 2020 VES Awards Nominees

Gregory Ellwood

January 7, 2020 2:25 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Visual Effects Society revealed their 2020 VES Awards nominees and "Alita: Battle Angel" and "The Lion King" led all films with five nominations each. "The Irishman" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" t...

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ & ‘The Irishman’ Make Oscar’s 2020 Visual Effects Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

December 16, 2019 6:35 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Oscar chances of many film's visual effects have soared or crashed following their presentations at the annual Visual Effects Branch Bake Off. This year's will be no exception and after the announcement of ...

‘Avengers: Endgame, ‘1917,’ ‘Cats’ & 17 Other Films Make Oscar’s Visual Effects Cut

Gregory Ellwood

December 3, 2019 8:46 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

We're less than two weeks away from the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences announcing a slew of shortlisted categories, but today a slimmed down number of Visual Effects contenders were revealed with some mild...

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2019 Visual Effects Oscars Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

January 16, 2019 3:42 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

There should be enough goodwill from the Academy to give "Avengers: Infinity War" the Oscar, but the last time the membership voted for something so broad was "Avatar" in 2010. Since then the winner has consist...

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Makes The Visual Effects Oscar Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

December 17, 2018 6:31 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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 nom...

‘Aquaman,’ ‘Black Panther’ & ‘First Man’ Among 20 Visual Effects Oscar Finalists

Gregory Ellwood

December 3, 2018 6:36 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Pictures announced the 20 contenders in the running for the 2019 Visual Effects Oscar this afternoon. There were a few notable snubs among the submissions including "Venom," "A Wrinkle in ...

2018 Best Visual Effects Oscars Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

January 2, 2018 1:42 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Winner prediction: 1. "War for the Planet of the Apes" 2. "Blade Runner 2049" 3. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" 4. “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2“ 5. "Kong: Skull Island" Current predictions:...

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