Gravity has been awarded the Academy Award For Best Visual Effects at the 86th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. The nominees in the Best Visual Effects category were Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, and Star Trek Into Darkness.In Gravity, a medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.Gravity was directed by Alfonso Cuarรณn from a screenplay he co-wrote with his son, Jonรกs Cuarรณn. The film stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney and was produced by Alfonso Cuarรณn and David Heyman.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he co-wrote with Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro, based on the classic fantasy novel The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The film stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt and Orlando Bloom. It was produced by Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson.In Iron Man 3, when Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.Iron Man 3 was directed by Shane Black from a screenplay he co-wrote with Drew Pearce, based on the Marvel Comics character originally created by Stan Lee, Don Heck , Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby. The film stars Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley and was produced by Kevin Feige.In The Lone Ranger, Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.The Lone Ranger was directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio, based on the Lone Ranger character originally created by Fran Striker and George W. Trendle. The film stars Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, and Helena Bonham Carter, and was produced by Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer.In Star Trek Into Darkness, after the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.Star Trek Into Darkness was directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof, based on the Star Trek characters and universe originally created by Gene Roddenberry. The film stars John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Peter Weller and Anton Yelchin, and was produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.
