Looks like the there will be five Oscar nominees for best animated picture for the first time since 2002. That's because there's a broader list of overall contenders — 16 cited today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which is the minimum number needed. However, "Arthur and the Invisibles," "Happy Feet" and "Paprika" still haven't been released and officially qualified.

The 16 contenders: "The Ant Bully," "Arthur and the Invisibles," "Barnyard," "Cars," "Curious George," "Everyone’s Hero," "Flushed Away," "Happy Feet," "Ice Age: The Meltdown," "Monster House," "Open Season," "Over the Hedge," "Paprika," "Renaissance," "A Scanner Darkly" and "The Wild."

What's missing: "Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties," which was panned by Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times and the Washington Post, but got good reviews from Variety and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times. It received only a 12 percent score at RottenTomatoes.com (29 percent "Cream of the Crop").

Photo: "Flushed Away" opens this weekend at 3,707 theaters nationwide.
(DreamWorks)