Twelve features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 80th Academy Awards, including Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie and Shrek the Third.

The other nine submissions are: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Surf’s Up, Tekkonkinkreet, TMNT, and Persepolis.

The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Jan. 22, 2008, at 5:30 am PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Via AWN

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