Dec 10, 2015

Blue Sky wins first-ever Golden Globe nomination for "Peanut Movie"

Nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes were announced this morning, including the best animated feature category. The nominee line-up is the exact same five films as this year's Annie Awards: Anomalisa, Inside Out, Shaun the Sheep Movie, The Good Dinosaur, and The Peanuts Movie.

The Peanuts Movie nod is an especially momentous occasion. It is the first time a Blue Sky film has earned a Golden Globe nomination in ten tries. We've been told that Peanuts Movie director Steve Martino received the news of his nomination while riding a camel in the middle of the desert with the film's writer/producer Craig Schulz. Martino, who is currently in Dubai on a global press tour for the film, provided the following statement:

Shaun the Sheep Movie directors Richard Starzak and Mark Burton provided Cartoon Brew with this statement:

Anomalisa directors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson made the following statement:

The Good Dinosaur director Peter Sohn and producer Denise Ream said:

Inside Out director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera had this reaction:

The Golden Globes, which are voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, awarded last year's feature animation honor to DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon 2.

The awards will be presented on January 10, 2016. For a full list of nominations, download this PDF.