2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (December)

All is quiet on the visual effects front this month. Too quiet. No movement at all in the top 10 but that’s what happens when the huge, tentpole movies that usually prop up this category are gone. Wonder Woman 1984 is out wide on HBO Max Christmas Day and the only true ‘blockbuster’ type of film that fits the bill but the space drama The Midnight Sky will probably still keep it at bay.

Searching for possible spoilers or surprises brings in the global meteor disaster movie Greenland (STX Entertainment), Universal Pictures’ News of the World, Monster Hunter (Screen Gems) and the Kristen Stewart ocean monster movie Underwater (20th Century Studios).

Here are my ranked 2021 Oscar predictions in Visual Effects for December.

1. The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Nominees TBD

2. Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD

3. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD

4. Mulan (Disney+)
Nominees TBD

5. Sonic the Hedgehog (Paramount Pictures)
Nominees TBD

6. Greyhound (Apple TV+)
Nominees TBD

7. The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD

8. Tenet (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD

9. Over the Moon (Netflix)
Nominees TBD

10. Soul (Pixar)
Nominees TBD

Other Contenders (alphabetical by film)

The Call of the Wild (20th Century Studios)
Nominees TBD

Cinderella (Sony Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Doolittle (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Greenland (STX Entertainment)
Nominees TBD

Monster Hunter (Screen Gems/Constantin Films)
Nominees TBD

The New Mutants (20th Century Studios)
Nominees TBD

News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Underwater (20th Century Studios)
Nominees TBD

Image courtesy of Greenland trailer

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

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