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The 78th Annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) Nominees were announced this morning, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was nominated in three categories.

* Achievement in Makeup
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Howard Berger and Tami Lane.
Up against: Cinderella Man and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

* Achievement in Sound Mixing
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Terry Porter. He was previously nominated for: Aladdin (1992), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). These are the first Academy Award nominations for Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson.
Up against: King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Walk the Line and War of the Worlds.

* Achievement in Visual Effects
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer and Jim Berney. This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Scott Farrar. He was previously nominated for: A.I. – Artificial Intelligence (2001), Backdraft (1991) and Cocoon (1985).
Up against: King Kong and War of the Worlds

[For a full list of nominees]
[For our LWW Awards page]

In the nominations announced in Los Angeles yesterday, Andrew Adamson was nominated for best animated feature film for his blockbuster sequel Shrek 2. Adamson’s film is up against The Incredibles and Shark Tale. He won an Oscar for the first Shrek film.

Adamson’s film Shrek, the uproarious anti-fairy tale that proved a monster hit at the box office, last year won the first ever Oscar for a full length animated feature. This year Shrek 2 surpassed Finding Nemo as the highest grossing animated film ever.

Since June, Adamson has been shooting The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in New Zealand. The project could evolve into a big franchise similar to the Lord of the Rings, since it is based on one of author CS Lewis’ seven Narnia chronicles.