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Pete Docter Sets Animated Feature Category Record With ‘Soul’ Nomination Carolyn Giardina Soul Soul director Pete Docter earned his fourth nomination for best animated feature, a record for the category, which was first awarded in 2002. He won the category twice, for Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015), and was additionally nominated for 2001’s Monsters, Inc. in the category’s debut year. Docter has nine Oscar nominations in total, also having earned screenplay noms for  Toy Story, Wall-E, Up and Inside Out. He was nominated in the animated short category for Mike...

The beginning of the end is upon us. What's been probably the longest awards season ever is building up to its climax with the nominees for the 2021 Oscars being announced Monday morning. Multihyphenate couple Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas woke up early to read off the names of nominees from such films as Minari and Mank earning the most nominations. Check out the nominees' reactions below — we'll be updating as the day goes on — and view the full list of Oscar nominations. Judas and the Black Messiah (Best Picture) Writer-director Shaka King (Best Original Screenplay) "Waking up...

Directors of 9 Animated Feature Oscar Hopefuls Set for a VIEW Conference Free Online PreVIEW Event Terry Flores, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The directors of nine of the animated films under consideration for Academy Award nominations will discuss their craft in a free online PreVIEW event Friday, March 5, beginning at 10 a.m. PT. “Animated Features Oscar Contenders – A Directors’ Discussion,” presented by the VIEW Conference, features Glen Keane (“Over the Moon”); Pete Docter and Kemp Powers (“Soul”), Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart (“Wolfwalkers”), Joel Crawford (“Th...

Creators Behind 'Wolfwalkers,' 'Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon' and 'Earwig and the Witch' Dive Into Their Otherworldly Characters Wolfwalkers Concept Art: Courtesy of Cartoon Saloon and ABRAMS (4) The filmmakers break down their animated movies about magic wolves, a Studio Ghibli creature and an alien. Wolfwalkers (APPLE TV+/GKIDS)  Set in Ireland and bathed in mythology, Cartoon Saloon's hand-animated Wolfwalkers follows an English girl, Robyn Goodfellowe, who befriends Mebh, a member of a tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves. To design Mebh and Robyn's wolf forms, the...

Final Golden Globes Predictions: Best Animated Feature - 'Soul' Looks to Assert Its Frontrunner Status Clayton Davis, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility ca...