Comic book blockbuster Iron Man is leading the nominations at the upcoming Visual Effects Society Awards.

The 2008 movie, starring Robert Downey Jr., has scored five nods, with Batman sequel The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Bolt all taking four nominations apiece.

One of the main categories Iron Man will compete in is that for best single visual effect of the year, going up against Cloverfield, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The other big award, for best visual effects in an f/x-driven motion picture, will be battled out by Iron Man, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

The VES Awards will be presented on February 21st at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

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