Series: Ghost Rider, Spider-Man 3, Transformers, 300, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

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Comic flix top Visual Effects Oscar list

Variety reports that competition is fierce for the visual effects Oscar this year. With so many worth films, the Academy's visual effects branch is taking a two tiered approach to the awards, naming 15 contenders in December and narrowing the list to seven in January. It's no surprise that comic-based films dominate the field of hopefuls.

Variety provides a list of 15 films although it's not clear if this is the Academy's December list. Among them:

• 300 - Studio: Warner Bros. Shops: Animal Logic, Hydraulx
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Studio: Fox, Shops: Weta Digital, Hydraulx
• Ghost Rider - Studio: Sony, Shops: Sony Pictures Imageworks, CafeFX, Digital Dream, Gray Matter FX
• Spider-Man 3 - Studio: Sony, Shops: Sony Pictures Imageworks, CafeFX, Giant Killer Robots, Evil Eye Pictures
• Transformers - Studio: Paramount, Shops: ILM
• Beowulf - Studio: Paramount, Shop: Sony Pictures Imageworks
• The Bourne Ultimatum - Studio: Universal, Shop: Double Negative
• Enchanted - Studio: Disney, Shop: Tippett Studios
• The Golden Compass - Studio: New Line, Shops: Rhythm & Hues, Framestore CFC, Cinesite, Digital Domain
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Studio: Warner Bros., Shops: The Moving Picture Co., Double Negative, Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore CFC
• I Am Legend - Studio: Warner Bros., Shop: Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Live Free or Die Hard - Studio: Fox, Shops: Orphanage, Digital Dimension
• Pirates of the Carribean at World's End - Studio: Disney, Shops: ILM, Digital Domain, Asylum.
• Sunshine - Studio: Fox Searchlight, Shop: Moving Picture Co.
• The Water Horse - Studio: Sony, Shop: Weta Digital