Oscars Predictions: Animated Feature – Will Disney’s Awards ‘Wish’ for Two Feature Film Nominees Come True?

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2023 Oscars Predictions:
Best Animated Feature

Weekly Commentary (Updated Nov. 30, 2023): More to come.

Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.

The submission deadline for general categories is Nov. 15, 2023. The preliminary shortlist for eight categories is from Dec. 14-18, with the results announcement dropping on Dec. 21. The Oscar nomination period will run from Jan. 11-16, 2024, with the official nominees named on Jan. 23.

The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10.

Listed producer credits are not final, and all releases are subject to change. The Academy ultimately determines the official nominees.

And the Predicted Nominees Are:

1. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
   Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson (directors), Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg (producers)

2. “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids/Toho)
   Hayao Miyazaki (director), Toshio Suzuki (producer)

3. “Elemental” (Pixar)
   Peter Sohn (director), Denise Ream (producer)

4. “Nimona” (Netflix)
   Nick Bruno, Troy Quane (directors), Roy Lee, Karen Ann Ryan (producers)

5. “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures)
   Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn (directors), Peter Del Vecho, Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones (producers)

Next in Line

1. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination)
   Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic (directors), Chris Meledandri, Shigeru Miyamoto (producers)

2. “Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation)
   Walt Dohrn (director), Gina Shay (producer)

3. “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix)
   Sam Fell (director), Steve Pegram, Leyla Hobart (producers)

4. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures)
   Jeff Rowe (director), Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kevin Eastman (producers)

5. “Robot Dreams” (Neon)
   Pablo Berger (director, producer), Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Díaz, Angel Durández (producers)

Other Top-Tier Possibilities

1. “The Peasants” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Dorota Kobiela (director), Hugh Welchman (director, producer), Sean M. Bobbitt (producer)

2. “Suzume” (Crunchyroll)
   Makoto Shinkai (director), Kōichirō Itō, Genki Kawamura (producers)

3. “Migration” (Illumination)
   Benjamin Renner (director), Chris Meledandri (producer)

4. “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics)
   Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba (directors), Cristina Huete (producer)

5. “Leo” (Netflix)
   Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel, David Wachtenheim (directors), Adam Sandler (producer)

6. “The First Slam Dunk” (GKids)

7. “Unicorn Wars” (GKids)

8. “Titina” (Norsk Film Distribujon)

9. “Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibbertia” (GKids)

10. “The Magician’s Elephant” (Netflix)

All Eligible Titles (Alphabetized by Studio)**

• “The Inventor” (Blue Fox)

• “Suzume” (Crunchyroll)

• “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (DreamWorks Animation)

• “Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation)

• “My Love Affair with Marriage” (8 Above)

• “Migration” (Illumination)

• “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination)

• “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” (Gebeka Films)

• “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids/Toho)

• “Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibbertia” (GKids)

• “The First Slam Dunk” (GKids)

• “Unicorn Wars” (GKids)

• “Robot Dreams” (Neon)

• “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix)

• “Leo” (Netflix)

• “The Magician’s Elephant” (Netflix)

• “The Monkey King” (Netflix)

• “Nimona” (Netflix)

• “Titina” (Norsk Film Distribujon)

• “The Peasants” (Sony Pictures Classics)

• “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount Pictures)

• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures)

• “Elemental” (Pixar)

• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

• “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics)

• “Amazing Maurice” (Viva Pictures)

• “Deep Sea” (Viva Pictures)

• “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures)

** Denotes the potential for the film’s release date is not yet confirmed and could change.

2022 category winner: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley

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