The Academy has spoken and they've axed half of the semi-finalist for visual effects so we're down to just 10 films competing for the five nominations. It's the only bad news Deadpool has received all week after great showings at the Globe and Critics Choice and the only good news Passengers has gotten considering its excoriating reviews. The list is now like so...
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Arrival
- The BFG
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Captain America: Civil War
- Deadpool
- Deepwater Horizon
- Doctor Strange
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- The Jungle Book
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Passengers
- Rogue One
- Star Trek Beyond
- Suicide Squad
- Sully
- Warcraft
- X-Men Apocalypse
But nothing has changed really since this race is surely a battle to the finish between Doctor Strange and The Jungle Book. One assumes the disturbing CGI humans in Rogue One won't help it win.