The Lion King is likely a strong contender for the VFX Oscar
The guild for visual effects has now spoken. They don’t always match perfectly with Oscar, so for a lot of these tech awards I usually watch for who wins the guild and also who wins the BAFTA award, since both share membership with the Academy. I’m guessing right now that probably The Lion King wins visual effects? I don’t know if anything else this year made much of an impact in terms of that (I doubt The Irishman’s de-aging was impressive enough to win).
2019 VES NOMINEES
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Gemini Man
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Lion King
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
The Aeronauts
The Irishman
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
Frozen 2
Klaus
Missing Link
The Lego Movie 2
Toy Story 4
