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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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.
