HUGO nominated for 11 Critic’s Choice Awards; RANGO nominated for Best Animated Feature

Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, produced by Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and GK Films, received a stunning 11 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for their 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Hugo scored nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Young Actor/Actress (Asa Butterfield), as well as nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects. Wow!

Gore Verbinski’s Rango, for which Johnny Depp voiced the title character, was nominated for Best Animated Feature.

The Zone congratulates all the nominees. The 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Paladium, and will be broadcast live on VH1 at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Many thanks to Shadowydog for sharing the news; you can read more about the Critic’s Choice Awards on the Zone’s News & Views forum.

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