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Studios Want Oscar Recognition for ‘Inside Out 2’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ Beyond Animated Feature. Will Voters Embrace Them?


Films like "Inside Out 2" and "The Wild Robot" are being campaigned for best picture at the Oscars. Can the Academy embrace more than one?

Animated films require complicated creative processes, from storyboarding to voice acting to rendering entire worlds from scratch, and the final product is equally deserving of top honors. Netflix certainly wouldn’t mind the film getting a shortlist slot for composer Lorne Balfe or perhaps even visual effects, where “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993) and “Kubo and the Two Strings” (2016) — the only two stop-motion movies to be nominated in the category — found recognition. Supporting Actress Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson”Ariana Grande, “Wicked”Saoirse Ronan, “Blitz”Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

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