A THR awards "analyst" listed his predicted noms. http://www.hollywood...-foreign-263760
1. The Adventures of Tintin The Steven Spielberg-Peter Jackson film has tremendous reviews, but will the Academy deem its motion-capture "animated" enough to qualify for the category?
2. Rango It opened way back in March, but solid reviews and nearly $250 million in worldwide box office have kept it in the thick of things ever since.
3. Happy Feet Two The first Happy Feet beat the first Cars for the Oscar five years ago, and now their sequels are going head to head.
4. Cars 2 This sequel to one of Pixar's weakest films improved on the original in terms of quality, if not box office.
5. Arthur Christmas Sony Animation's leading contender, released Nov. 23 in 3D,will be getting a big awards push. Sony is all in on this movie.