"Kung Fu Panda" Leads ANNIE Noms

Via In Contention:

Best Animated Feature
“Bolt” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
“Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation)
“$9.99″ (Sherman Pictures/Lama Films)
“WALL-E” (Pixar Animation Studios)
“Waltz With Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films)

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Kung Fu Panda led the way with 17 nominations, while WALL-E only managed 8, all but assuring Panda's Oscar nomination. Although I think WALL-E is still a lock for the win. Panda was helped by a large voice cast (it managed three nominations in that category alone), something WALL-E didn't have. Ditto the screenplay, WALL-E is a purely visual work and was never really destined to succeed there.

The real surprise was that Thomas Newman's score wasn't nominated. Now that is a shame.