The nominees for the 6th Annual VES Awards, scheduled to take place on February 10 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End leads with seven nominations, followed by Transformers with five. Steven Speilberg will also receive the VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the impact he has had on visual effects.
Two sequences in Ratatouille are up for Outstanding Effects in an Animated Motion Picture. The sequences will go up against scenes from Beowulf, Shrek the Third and Surf’s Up.
Surf’s Up has two characters—Cody and Chicken Joe—nominated for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture. King Harold from Shrek the Third, Beowulf, and Colette from Ratatouille are also in the running.
There are many more categories. Too many to list. If you would like, you can view the entire list of nominees at www.vesawards.com
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