‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Top Annie Awards Nominations

Aardman’s ‘Early Man’ gets seven Annie Awards nominations

Best Animated Feature

Early Man, Aardman Animations
Incredibles 2, Pixar Animation Studios
Isle of Dogs, Fox Searchlight Pictures/Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures
Ralph Breaks the Internet, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Early Man, Aardman Animations; Director: Nick Park
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Sony Pictures Animation; Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Incredibles 2, Pixar Animation Studios; Director: Brad Bird
Ralph Breaks The Internet, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Director: Rich Moore, Director: Phil Johnston
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation; Director: Bob Persichetti, Director: Rodney Rothman, Director: Peter Ramsey

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Early Man, Aardman Animations; Voice Actor: Eddie Redmayne Character: Dug
Incredibles 2, Pixar Animation Studios, Voice Actor: Holly Hunter Character: Helen Parr / Elastigirl
Isle of Dogs, Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American
Empirical Pictures; Voice Actor: Bryan Cranston Character: Chief
Next Gen, Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix; Voice Actor: Charlyne Yi Character: Mai
Ralph Breaks The Internet, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Voice Actor: Sarah Silverman Character: Vanellope
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Music in an Animated Feature Production

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, Illumination; Composer: Danny Elfman, Lyricist: Tyler, The Creator
Early Man, Aardman Animations; Composer/Lyricist: Harry
Gregson-Williams, Composer/Lyricist: Tom Howe, Composer: Harry
Gregson-Williams, Composer: Tom Howe
Incredibles 2, Pixar Animation Studios; Composer: Michael Giacchino
Ralph Breaks The Internet, Walt
Disney Animation Studios; Composer: Henry Jackman, Composer: Alan
Menken, Lyricist: Phil Johnston, Lyricist: Tom
MacDougall, Composer/Lyricist: Dan Reynolds
Smallfoot, Warner
Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group; Composer: Heitor
Pereira, Composer/Lyricist: Karey Kirkpatrick, Composer/Lyricist: Wayne
Kirkpatrick

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

Early Man, Aardman Animations; Lead Character
Animator: Laurie Sitzia, Characters: Goona, Dug, Chief Bobnar,
the Tribe, the rabbit and Lord Nooth
Incredibles 2, Pixar Animation Studio; Animator: Lance Fite Character: All Characters
Isle of Dogs, Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American
Empirical Pictures; Lead Animator: Jason Stalman Characters: Chief and
Nutmeg
Ralph Breaks the Internet, Walt Disney
Animation Studios; Animator: Vitor Vilela Characters: Wreck-It Ralph,
Fix-It Felix, Double Dan, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Ralphzilla, Yesss,
Root Beer Tapper Patrons, Pancake Bunny, Milkshake Kitty, Baby Mo, Mo’s
Mom
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation; Animator: David Han Character: Multiple

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Early Man, Aardman Animations; Production Design: Matt Perry, Production Design: Richard Edmunds
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Sony Pictures Animation; Production Design: Scott Wills
Isle of Dogs, Fox
Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical
Pictures; Production Design: Adam Stockhausen, Production Design: Paul
Harrod
Mary Poppins Returns, Walt Disney Studios; Production Design: Jeff Turley
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation; Production Design: Justin K. Thompson

Animated Effects in an an Animated Feature Production

Early Man, Aardman Animations; VFX Supervisor:
Howard Jones, Director of Photography: Dave Alex Riddett, Head of 3D:
Grant Hewlett, Crowd Lead: Pat Andrew, 3D Artist: Elena Vitanza Chiarani
Hotel Transylvania 3:
Summer Vacation, Sony Pictures Animation; FX Supervisor: Patrick
Witting, FX Lead: Kiel Gnebba, FX Animator: Spencer Lueders, FX
Animator: Joe Pepper, FX Animator: Sam Rickles
Incredibles 2, Pixar
Animation Studios; Effects Sequence Lead: Greg Gladstone, Effects
Artist: Tolga Göktekin, Effects Artist: Jason Johnston, Effects Artist:
Eric Lacroix, Effects Sequence Lead: Krzysztof Rost
Next Gen, Baozou
with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for
Netflix; Visual Effects Lead: So Ishigaki, Senior Visual Effects Lead:
Graham Wiebe
Ralph Breaks The Internet, Walt Disney
Animation Studios; Head of Effects Animation: Cesar Velazquez, Effects
Lead: Marie Tollec, Effects Lead: Alexander Moaveni, Effects Lead: Peter
DeMund, Foundation Effects Lead: Ian J. Coony

Congratulations to the Aardman team!!!

‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Top Annie Awards Nominations

cenobitic-anchorite:

The hate trains just weird me out. Sure, be upset that your fave is temporarily out of commission. But. The creators are rarely out there truly thriving on your suffering – sometimes if there’s playfulness it’s ‘wait till you see what’s coming next!’

Because fan hurt isn’t fun for a creator in the long term. You’ve gotta give something back. You gotta make what’s been done worth it, or have a next act that repairs what was broken.

Some of y’all make it seem like the Russos secretly lobbied to make sure chars stayed dead, that they’re personally bitter about their future shows. Like, I doubt that? Nobody stays dead in Marvel, it’s just a game to see how someone dies and then make them come back as COOL AS POSSIBLE? This is literally a thing.

Bucky Barnes stayed dead for most of the century, one of two remaining permadead chars in the entire roster, until Marvel was convinced they had the COOLEST WAY for him to come back. And that’s why y’all got Sebastian Stan looking hot.

Creators usually aren’t out to get you, and if they are, they’re bad creators and don’t get the longevity as the ones that can play the push and pull with their fans.