Earlier this month, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed a preliminary list of 20 movies that were under consideration for Academy Award nominations in the Visual Effects category at this year’s awards ceremony. That list has now been cut down to a mere ten films, encompassing a wide range of projects that offered up visual magic on the screen over the last 12 months. Among the high-profile films to make the cut is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, this weekend’s blockbuster standalone film set in the acclaimed sci-fi saga’s universe, as well as director Jon Favreau’s live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book, which blurred the line between computer animation and reality with its cast of jungle creatures. The ten films selected by The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee include the following projects: Arrival, The BFG, Captain America: Civil War, Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the