Yep, it’s that time again when the Oscar nominations are announced, and once again my Pixarian overlords are nominated for no less than five Oscars for their movie Up. This extraordinary achievement seems almost mundane: you expect to see nominations for Best Animated Feature, and probably for Music or Sound Editing. Even one for Writing (we have some terrific writers). But what’s pretty amazing is that Up shares a Best Picture nomination with nine other films. There are those who said (along with me) that it was impossible for an animated film to get a best picture nomination now that the Best Animated Feature category exists. Guess I was wrong.

Oscar.com – Nominations – Nominated Films.

Congratulations to my fellow Pixarians.

Addendum: I hadn’t heard that there would be ten best picture nominees this year. Here’s the press release that announced it.