Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Movie Shortlisted For Academy's Visual Effects Category

On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed its 20 shortlisted films for the Visual Effects category for the 90th Academy Awards, and Paramount Pictures' live-action Ghost in the Shell film is one of them, Deadline reports. The nominees will be announced on January 23, and the awards ceremony will take place on March 4.

Back in November, the Rupert Sanders-directed sci-fi film won the Hollywood Professional Association Award for Outstanding Color Grading for feature films, and it was also nominated for the Outstanding Visual Effects category for feature films but did not win.

Ghost in the Shell opened in U.S. theaters on March 31, and earned US$18,676,033 in its U.S. opening weekend. Its estimated total gross is $40,563,557 in the U.S., and estimated global total of $169,801,

The film opened in the United States on March 31, and earned US$18,676,033 in its debut weekend in the United States. The film has an estimated total gross of US$40,563,557 in the United States, and an estimated global total of US$169,801,921. Not considered a lot for its $110 production budget.

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