Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was announced as one of 20 movies of 2016 on the long-list of the Academy Awards' Visual Effects category. The list will be shortened to 10 later this month, and the final five actual nominees will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 89th Academy Awards.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
• “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: A Star Wars Story”
• “Star Trek Beyond”
• “Suicide Squad”
• “Sully”
• “Warcraft”
• “X-Men: Apocalypse”
The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the preliminary shortlist. Later this month, the committee will select the 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.
Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
The 89th Academy Awards will air live around the world on Sunday, February 26, 2017.
For everyone who wants a breakdown of the first movie, just order J.K. Rowling's screenplay for
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Just one thing to note - this is NOT the original script that Rowling wrote and what the cast and crew used for filming, but one that aligns with the final cut of the movie out now. This means that there are no deleted scenes featured in this script, just everything that was already on screen.
Read SnitchSeeker's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set visit reports right here, including about the great things the cast said about Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, and how 1926-era New York City came to life.
'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' longlisted for 2017 Oscars VFX category 
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but personally i really wish FB can get it. that Obscurus effect is gorgeously terrifying.
Yeah thats what crazy is, when its broken you say theres nothing to fix++++++++++++++++++++
