The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed the field of contenders in the visual effects category for the 90th Academy Awards. Ten films remain from the list of twenty finalists that was announced at the beginning of the month. The remaining finalists are:
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
As usual, summer movies are pretty well represented on the list, along with Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, a film that has potential to be nominated in some other major categories as well.
The Netflix release Okja is not the only film distributed by the streaming service that could be up for a gold statuette in March, as David Ayer's Bright has made the shortlist for the hair and makeup Oscar. Here is the full list of films:
Bright
Darkest Hour
Ghost in the Shell
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
I, Tonya
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
James Gunn's MCU adventure Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the only film that has a chance at pulling in both awards, but the odds of that are still pretty slim. The awards season oddsmakers at GoldDerby.com has Guardians as the second safest bet to win in hair and makeup, but sixth in the visual effects category.
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