{"id":5718,"date":"2017-12-05T22:45:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=5718"},"modified":"2017-12-05T22:45:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:45:43","slug":"20-contenders-advance-in-vfx-oscar-race-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/12\/05\/20-contenders-advance-in-vfx-oscar-race-2\/","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-5536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oscar_90.jpg?resize=400%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oscar_90.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oscar_90.jpg?resize=300%2C74&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 90th 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\/2017\/10\/24\/alien-covenant-dvd-review\/\">Alien: Covenant<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/03\/20\/beauty-and-the-beast-review\/\">Beauty and the Beast<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBlade Runner 2049<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/07\/25\/dunkirk-review\/\">Dunkirk<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u2018\u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/09\/06\/ghost-in-the-shell-blu-ray-review\/\">Ghost in the Shell<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/05\/04\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-4dx-review\/\">Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/justice-league-review\/\">Justice League<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/03\/09\/kong-skull-island-review\/\">Kong: Skull Island<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/life-review\/\">Life<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/08\/09\/logan-blu-ray-review\/\">Logan<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOjka\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/spider-man-homecoming-dvd-review\/\">Spider-Man Homecoming<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/10\/26\/thor-ragnarok-review\/\">Thor: Ragnarok<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-review\/\">War for the Planet of the Apes<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/wonder-woman-blu-ray-review\/\">Wonder Woman<\/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 90th Oscars\u00ae will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The 90th Oscars\u00ae will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre\u00ae at Hollywood &amp; Highland Center\u00ae in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET\/ 3:30 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 90th Academy Awards\u00ae. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: \u201cAlien: Covenant\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d \u201cBlade Runner 2049 \u201cDunkirk\u201d \u2018\u2018Ghost in the Shell\u201d \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/12\/05\/20-contenders-advance-in-vfx-oscar-race-2\/\">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-5718","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\/5718","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=5718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}