There are currently 15 movies believed eligible for the category:
That's right, <i>Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure</i> had a one-week run to help raise the number of eligible films to 16, which would then require five nominees for the category. One more film needs to come forth by the November 2 deadline. I'd say eight of these 15 have a legitimate shot at claiming a nomination. Hopefully there will be 5 nominees so only a few get shut out.• "Astro Boy," based on the 1960s TV cartoon series;
• "Battle for Terra," a CGI saga of intergalactic war;
• "A Christmas Carol," a 3-D rendition of the Charles Dickens tale from the director of "The Polar Express," using performance capture to re-animate Jim Carrey;
• "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," a popular 3-D comedy combining science with giant foodstuffs;
• "Coraline," a 3-D stop-motion of Neil Gaiman's fantasy/horror tale;
• "Fantastic Mr. Fox," a purposefully retro-looking stop-motion telling of Roald Dahl's charming tale;
• "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," the third of the computer-animated prehistoric comedies;
• "Mary and Max," a claymation feature from Australia about pen pals;
• "Monsters vs. Aliens," another 3-D sci-fi action flick;
• "9," Shane Acker's post-apocalyptic fable;
• "Planet 51," a CGI sci-fi comedy set on a world eerily similar to 1950s suburbia;
• "Ponyo," about a young boy's friendship with a "goldfish princess," from Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki (an Oscar-winner for "Spirited Away");
• The hand-drawn Disney musical "The Princess and the Frog," featuring songs by Randy Newman;
• "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure," which reveals how Pixies make their magic dust; and
• "Up," Pixar's 3-D adventure and one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year.
