{"id":3046,"date":"2016-12-03T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T11:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2016-12-03T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T11:28:39","slug":"20-contenders-advance-in-vfx-oscar-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/12\/03\/20-contenders-advance-in-vfx-oscar-race\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Contenders Advance In VFX Oscar\u00ae Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/oscars.jpg?resize=400%2C116\" alt=\"oscars\" width=\"400\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/oscars.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/oscars.jpg?resize=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 89th Academy Awards\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>The films are listed below in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/05\/24\/alice-through-the-looking-glass-review\/\">Alice through the Looking Glass<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/11\/03\/arrival-review\/\">Arrival<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe BFG\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/08\/07\/batman-vs-superman-dawn-of-justice-blu-ray-review\/\">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/captain-america-civil-war-blu-ray-review\/\">Captain America: Civil War<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/deadpool-review\/\">Deadpool<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/09\/26\/deepwater-horizon-review\/\">Deepwater Horizon<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/10\/31\/doctor-strange-review\/\">Doctor Strange<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/11\/20\/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-review\/\">Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/10\/30\/independence-day-resurgence-dvd-review\/\">Independence Day: Resurgence<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/10\/04\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-review\/\">The Jungle Book<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKubo and the Two Strings\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/10\/06\/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children\/\">Miss Peregrine\u2019s Home for Peculiar Children<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPassengers\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRogue One\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/star-trek-beyond-review\/\">Star Trek Beyond<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/08\/02\/suicide-squad-review\/\">Suicide Squad<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/09\/06\/sully-review\/\">Sully<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/warcraft-review\/\">Warcraft<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/10\/21\/x-men-apocalypse-dvd-review\/\">X-Men: Apocalypse<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Academy\u2019s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the preliminary shortlist. Later this month, the committee will select the 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations for the 89th Oscars\u00ae will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre\u00ae at Hollywood &amp; Highland Center\u00ae in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 89th Academy Awards\u00ae. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: \u201cAlice through the Looking Glass\u201d \u201cArrival\u201d \u201cThe BFG\u201d \u201cBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice\u201d \u201cCaptain America: Civil War\u201d \u201cDeadpool\u201d \u201cDeepwater&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/12\/03\/20-contenders-advance-in-vfx-oscar-race\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Contenders Advance In VFX Oscar\u00ae Race<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-3046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","tag-oscars","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}