VISUAL EFFECTS SHORTLIST:
| “Black Widow” |
| “Dune” |
| “Eternals” |
| “Free Guy” |
| “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” |
| “Godzilla vs. Kong” |
| “The Matrix Resurrections” |
| “No Time to Die” |
| “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” |
| “Spider-Man: No Way Home” |
The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
Per the Academy’s press release:
Nominations voting begins on Thursday, January 27, 2022, and concludes on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. The 94th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS
“Dune”
Warner Bros. Pictures
“No Time to Die”
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
“Godzilla vs. Kong”
Warner Bros. Pictures
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife”
Columbia Pictures
“Free Guy”
20th Century Studios
WHY I DIDN’T CHOOSE THE OTHER FIVE
“Black Widow,” “Eternals,” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” all feel a bit underwhelming when it comes to Visual Effects. Perhaps one of them will break in, but my bet for now is that they won’t. One Marvel film I’d like to see get some love is “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” but I’m also not predicting that. And I just don’t think “The Matrix Resurrections” does much to get noticed.
