The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the field of possible contenders in the ‘Achievement in Visual Effects’ category now stands at just 15 films. And here are the 2011 movies still in the running:
“Captain America: The First Avenger”
“Cowboys & Aliens”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
“Sucker Punch”
“Super 8”
“Thor”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“The Tree of Life”
“X-Men: First Class”
The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee will narrow the field to 10 in early January. That field will be narrowed to five following special screenings of 10-minute excerpts from the remaining 10 movies.
The 84th Academy Awards nominees will be revealed on Tuesday, January 24, 2012.
