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Star Wars,' Game of Thrones,' The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations

12/01/2016

The Millennium Falcon, Dany's Dragons and Good Ol Charlie Brown soared above the pack as the Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for the 14th annual VES Awards.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (pictured) nabbed the most feature film nominations, earning seven total. The Peanuts Movie topped the animated films with five nominations.

But this year, nothing got as many nominations as Game of Thrones, which took nine - a sharp uptick from the five it got last year.

Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant both have three nominations. Inside Out (four nominations) and The Good Dinosaur (four nominations) are up against The Peanuts Movie in each of their categories.

As they often do, the VES Award nominations went in a very different direction from the Academy's visual effects Oscar process. The 10 films that achieved a spot in the Oscar bake-off, in order of presentation, were: Ant-Man, Tomorrowland, Jurassic World, The Martian, The Walk, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ex Machina and Mad Max: Fury Road. Five of those pictures will be nominated for vfx Oscar. (The nominees will be revealed Thursday.)

The nominees for the Society's top category, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature, are Furious 7, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, San Andreas and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For supporting effects, the org nominated Bridge of Spies, Everest, In The Heart of the Sea, The Revenant and The Walk.

While the VES included San Andreas and Furious 7 in its top five, they didn't make the Academy's top 10. Marvel's two 2015 features were in the Academy bake-off, but not in the Society's final five.

Bake-off finalist Ex Machina didn't manage a single nomination from the VES.

The Academy bake-off was held Saturday night in Beverly Hills, and ballots were cast on the spot, so the VES nominations have no influence on Oscar nominations.

The Visual Effects Society nominees are chosen by members via voting at events at all of the body's nine sections: Australia, San Francisco (Bay Area), London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, New Zealand, Toronto and Vancouver.

Ridley Scott will be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Syd Mead will receive the organization's Visionary Award.

The VES Awards will be presented Feb. 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Full list of nominees below.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Furious 7

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

San Andreas

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Bridge of Spies

Everest

In the Heart of the Sea

The Revenant

The Walk

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Hotel Transylvania 2

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Destiny: The Taken King

Halo 5: Guardians

The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows

The Order: 1886

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Childhood's End - Night Three

Game of Thrones - The Dance of Dragons

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Arabella

Nezlamna - Sea Dogfight

The Strain - Identity

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Audi - Birth

Halo 5 - The Hunt Begins

Ikea - T-shirts

SSE - Pier

Game of War - Rooftop Alliance

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Fast and Furious: Supercharged

Goosebumps VR Adventure

Nike - The Neymar Jr. Effect

Kaka's Great Adventure

SpongeBob SubPants

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

Ant-Man - The Microverse

Jurassic World - Jungle Chase

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Falcon Chase/Graveyard

Tomorrowland - Tomorrowland Center

The Walk - World Trade Center

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Agent Carter - Now is Not the End

Black Sails - XVIII

Daredevil - Speak of the Devil

Penny Dreadful - And They Were Enemies

Vikings - To the Gates

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

Avengers: Age of Ultron - Hulk

Chappie - Chappie

The Revenant - The Bear

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Maz

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

The Good Dinosaur - Spot

Inside Out - Joy

The Peanuts Movie - Charlie Brown

The Peanuts Movie - Snoopy

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

The Good Dinosaur - The Farm

Inside Out - Imagination Land

The Peanuts Movie - Charlie Brown's Neighborhood

Shaun the Sheep Movie - Under the Arches

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

Game of Thrones - The Dance of Dragons - Drogon Arena Rescue

Game of Thrones - Mother's Mercy - Wounded Drogon

SSE - Pier - Orangutan

Sainsbury's - Mog

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

Black Sails - Charles Town Harbor

Game of Thrones - City of Volantis

Game of Thrones - Drogon Arena

Vikings - Paris

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

Ant-Man - Macro Action

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - Underwater Torus Chamber

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Falcon Chase/Graveyard

The Walk - Towers Walk

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

Game of Thrones - Hardhome

Halo 5 - The Hunt Begins

Lipton - The Revolution in Tea

SSE - Pier

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant - Bear Attack

San Andreas - Los Angeles Destruction

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Tomorrowland

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Avengers: Age of
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