Fifteen Finalists, Three Categories, Great Fun

Full longlist tomorrow, but for right now, I can definitely confirm that these are the finalists for these three categories:

VISUAL EFFECTS
2012
Avatar
District 9
Drag Me to Hell
The Final Destination
Gamer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Jennifer's Body
The Lovely Bones
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are
Up

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox (from the book by Roald Dahl)
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci, Ian Martin & Tony Roche, In the Loop (from the television series In the Thick of It)
Ronan Bennett, Ann Biderman & Michael Mann, Public Enemies (from the book by Bryan Burroughs)
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9 (from the short film Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp)
Shauna Cross, Whip It! (from the book Derby Girl by Cross)
Dave Eggers & Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are (from the book by Maurice Sendak)
Stephan Elliot & Sheridan Jobbins, Easy Virtue (from the play by Noel Coward)
Nora Ephron, Julie & Julia (from the book by Julie Powell and My Life in France by Julia Child)
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (from the book Push by Sapphire)
Anne Fontaine & Camille Fontaine, Coco Before Chanel (from the book Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion and Fame by Edmonde Charles-Roux)
Tom Ford & David Scearce, A Single Man (from the book by Christopher Isherwood)
Christopher Hampton, Cheri (from the book by Colette)
David Hayter & Alex Tse, Watchmen (from the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Gibbons)
Nick Hornby, An Education (from the book by Lynn Barber)
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air (from the book by Walter Kirn)

ORIGINAL SONG
"All is Love" from Where the Wild Things Are: Music by Karen O and Nick Zinner, Lyrics by Karen O
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog: Music and lyrics by Randy Newman
"Back to Tennessee" from Hannah Montana: The Movie: Music and lyrics by Billy Ray Cyrus, Tamara Dunn and Matthew Wilder
"Cinema Italiano" from Nine: Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
"Dig a Little Deeper" from The Princess and the Frog: Music and lyrics by Randy Newman
"Fantastic Mr. Fox (Petey's Song)" from Fantastic Mr. Fox: Music and lyrics by Wes Anderson and Jarvis Cocker
"Friends on the Other Side" from The Princess and the Frog: Music and lyrics by Randy Newman
"God Bless Us Everyone" from A Christmas Carol: Music and lyrics by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
"I See You (Theme from Avatar)" from Avatar: Music by James Horner and Simon Franglen, Lyrics by Simon Franglen
""Never Knew I Needed" from The Princess and the Frog: Music and lyrics by Ne-Yo
"Only You (Love Theme from The Young Victoria)" from The Young Victoria: Music and lyrics by Ilan Eshkeri, Scott Shields, Nikki Hassman and Pam Sheyne
"Possibility" from The Twilight Saga: New Moon: Music and lyrics by Lykke Li
"Stu's Song" from The Hangover
"Take It All" from Nine: Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
"Through the Trees" from Jennifer's Body: Music by Ryan Levine and Adam Lampata, Lyrics by Ryan Levine