As The Hollywood Professional Association revealed its list of nominees for this year's HPA Awards on Tuesday, we could not help but notice that
Paramount Pictures' live-action
Ghost in the Shell movie was in the list as a double-nominee for both the Outstanding Color Grading and the Outstanding Visual Effects categories for feature films.
The divisive adaptation's "360 Campaign Reel" had also been nominated for the "Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film" award at the
Golden Trailers Awards in June, but it sadly did not win in the category.
The film opened in the United States on March 31, and earned US$18,676,033 in its debut weekend in the United States. The film has an estimated total gross of US$40,563,557 in the United States, and an estimated global total of US$169,801,921. It also debuted with the second highest sales on NPD Videoscan's national home video (DVD and Blu-ray Disc) sales charts in the United States when it shipped in the last week of July.
Here is the official trailer for
Ghost In The Shell for your viewing pleasure! What are your thoughts on
Ghost In The Shell? Do you think
it will win in both categories? Please let us know all your thoughts in the comment section below!
Ghost In The Shell Synopsis: Based on the internationally-acclaimed Japanese Anime property, Ghost In The Shell follows Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9 devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists. Directed by Rupert Sanders. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, “Beat” Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, and Kaori Momoi.