The story, told simply and directly involves a little boy, raised by succored by wolves, in combination with a bear, baloo and a wonderful panther. Most of the characters are animals such as shere khan the tiger and baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or mancub mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Oscarwinning director alfonso cuaron gave notes on the project to see if there are ways to. Technicolors home entertainment services teams provided services for 33 nominated projects. But that and composer john debneys score could be the movies only oscar nominations. The jungle book is the 2017 oscar winner for visual effects. By amid amidi 3 years ago academy reveals contenders in vfx category, including rogue. Apocalypse quicksilver rescue posted in oscar watch and tagged doctor strange, fantastic beasts and where to find them, miss peregrines home for peculiar children, rogue one a star wars story, the jungle book, visual effects society on january 11, 2017 by haskellch. The jungle book is a 2016 american fantasy adventure film directed and coproduced by jon favreau, written by justin marks and produced by walt disney pictures.
Effects of the jungle book are bear necessities for an oscar. Tenyearold mowgli has been raised in the indian jungle by wolf parents, who, along with the panther bagheera, discourage his human traits. The jungle book and game of thrones win big at visual effects society awards winners in the top ves awards category have gone on to win the vfx oscar in nine of the last 14 years. Rob legatos visual effects oscar nomination for the jungle book is his fourth.
The jungle books vfx winners are next reteaming with favreau on disneys the lion king, which is also using virtual production techniques. The visual effects team behind the jungle book can forget about their worries and their strife. The oscar was the third for veteran vfx supervisor rob legato, who also won the. The jungle book 1894 is a collection of stories by the english author rudyard kipling. Get the latest updates, photos and videos for the 89th academy awards. Following its wins at the ves awards 2017 and the baftas, the kindaliveaction, sortaremake thats equal parts the disney musical and rudyard kiplings novel picked up the vfx oscar. But audiences responded quickly and enthusiastically. The jungle book and zootopia were recognized tonight by the critics choice awards. Best achievement in visual effects robert legato adam valdez andrew r.
How the 2017 oscarwinning vfx of the jungle book were created. The bafta awards bookend his career one for apollo in 1996 and the second for. The jungle book wins best visual effects oscars 2017 february 26, 2017 robert legato, adam valdez, andrew r. During the ceremony, ampas presented academy awards commonly referred to as oscars in 24 categories. Disneys the jungle book took home major honors at the 15th annual visual effects society awards at the beverly hilton on tuesday evening. February 272017 zootopia, the jungle book and piper shine at the 89th academy awards 3. The jungle book is a 2016 american fantasy adventure film directed and co produced by jon. Every 2017 oscarnominated film based on a book or a play. On analog previs, the future of virtual cinematography, and the value in trusting his instincts. Disneys the jungle book won the academy award in visual effects on sunday. The jungle book is nominated for visual effects for oscars 2017. Animating an oscar favourite pioneering technology and more than 800 computer graphics artists have made the jungle book the safest bet. Moonlight has won best picture at the academy awards in a. When the jungle book won the 2017 academy award for best visual effects last night, columbia engineerings computer graphics group celebrated as their own technology contributed to movie history.
Collecting the award were visual effects supervisor robert legato, mpc visual effects supervisor adam valdez, animation supervisor andrew r. Technicolor and its family of vfx brands provided production and creative services to 19 of this years oscarnominated films. In phoenix, the show will be broadcast on channel 15 knxv. The jungle book gets 2017 oscars nomination for visual effects. After leading the ves awards on tuesday, disneys innovative hybrid is poised for oscar gold. You thought it was going to be finding dory not nominated or moana nominated but this isnt a popularity contest were looking at you, the grammys. The jungle book robert legato, adam valdez, andrew r jones ve dan lemmon. Jones and dan lemmon with the oscar for best visual effects for the jungle book at the 89th oscars in 2017. Disney during movie awards season, a lot of attention is given to the oscar.
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The jungle book effects team spent weeks in the jungles of india studying leaves, trees and moss to build a computergenerated jungle strewn with millions of cg leaves and twigs. Yes, the jungle book might win rob legato an oscar for best visual effects, as well it should. The jungle book 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Fx expert adam valdez reveals how the films digital jungle and computergenerated creatures earned an academy award. A star wars story, and the jungle book were nominated for visual effects, moana was nominated for original song, how far ill. As in the original, it follows the classic story of mowgli growing up as a human boy in an animal world. One of the two companies credited with the brilliant work was motion pictures company mpc, whose bengaluru centre contributed. Walt disney pictures the jungle book has won an oscar for best visual effects. He has received two oscars for supervising visual effects in titanic and hugo six bafta nominations, and two bafta awards. A liveaction adaption of the famed disney cartoon sounds complicated to make, but incredible to watch. The jungle book wins best visual effects by rachel desantis february 26, 2017 at 10. List of accolades received by the jungle book 2016 film wikipedia. Adam valdez of vfx studio mpc wins oscar for achievement in visual effects for the jungle book.
The film stars rohan chand, matthew rhys, and freida pinto, along with voice and motion capture performances from christian bale, cate blanchett. Film adaptations garnered oscar nominations in 20 of the 24 awards categories this year. Find out which disney films made the list of oscar nominations in 2017. Rogue one and the jungle book are blockbusters vying for the vfx oscar this year.
Winner oscar, best achievement in visual effects robert legato adam valdez. Adam valdez of vfx studio mpc wins oscar for achievement. List of accolades received by the jungle book 2016 film. Adam valdez, mpc vfx supervisor, caps the jungle book winning streak with an academy award for best visual effects.
Al moloney spoke to visual effects supervisor adam valdez to find out. Why the jungle book deserves more oscar respect indiewire. Al moloney spoke to visual effects supervisor adam valdez to. The jungle book is a 2016 american fantasy adventure film directed and coproduced by jon. Oscar predictions best picture april 2 days ago 2018 oscar predictions. The jungle book wins the oscar for best visual effects.
How we made the jungle book walt disney pictures the jungle book has won an oscar for best visual effects. The jungle book wins academy award in visual effects. The jungle book, starring neel sethi, bill murray, ben kingsley, idris elba, lupita nyongo, scarlett johansson and christopher walken earned a 2017 oscars nomination in the category of visual effects. After a threat from the tiger shere khan forces him to flee the jungle, a mancub named mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther bagheera and freespirited bear baloo. Why the jungle book will win best visual effects oscar indiewire.
The jungle book is among this year s nominees for an academy award for. Published on apr 3, 2017 riz ahmed and felicity jones present robert legato, adam valdez, andrew r. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The jungle book picked up the coveted oscar for best visual effects at last nights ceremony in hollywood. Jones and dan lemmon with the oscar for best visual effects for the jungle book at the 89th. The jungle book had the most unusual vfx process of any of the nominees, as it was shot entirely against a bluescreen with a single actor, neel sethi as mowgli.
Favreau is also set to direct a similar remake of the lion king, as well as a sequel to the jungle book itself. The jungle book gets 2017 oscars nomination for visual. Jones and dan lemmon take home the best visual effects award. Oscarnominated vfx supervisor rob legato on the jungle. How the 2017 oscarwinning vfx of the jungle book were. The jungle book wins the oscar for best visual effects the verge. The jungle book is the 2017 oscar winner for visual. The jungle book won the 2017 oscar for best visual effects. The coveted list of nominees for the oscars were announced tuesday morning from hollywood. Oscar 2017 winner how we made the jungle book bbc news. The jungle book and game of thrones win big at visual. How the jungle book visual effects were made oscarnominated supervisor adam valdez shares movie secrets. With neel sethi, bill murray, ben kingsley, idris elba. This also was the first oscar in vfx led by the work of.