Saturn Award Nominees

The Saturn Awards have announced this years nominees. The winners will be announced in June.

Best Science Fiction Film:

• The Avengers
• Chronicle
• Cloud Atlas
• The Hunger Games
• Looper
• Prometheus

Best Fantasy Film:

• The Amazing Spider-Man
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Ruby Sparks
• Snow White and the Huntsman
• Ted

Best Horror / Thriller Film:

• Argo
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Impossible
• Seven Psychopaths
• The Woman in Black
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Action / Adventure Film:

• The Bourne Legacy
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Skyfall
• Taken 2

Best Independent Film Release:

• Compliance
• Hitchcock
• Killer Joe
• The Paperboy
• Robot and Frank
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Best Actor:

• Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises
• Daniel Craig in Skyfall
• Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper
• Matthew McConaughey in Killer Joe

Best Actress:

• Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
• Ann Dowd in Compliance
• Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks
• Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games
• Helen Mirren in Hitchcock
• Naomi Watts in The Impossible

Best Supporting Actor:

• Javier Bardem in Skyfall
• Michael Fassbender in Prometheus
• Clark Gregg in The Avengers
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Dark Knight Rises
• Ian McKellen in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress:

• Judi Dench in Skyfall
• Gina Gershon in Killer Joe
• Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises
• Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables
• Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy
• Charlize Theron in Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Performance by a Younger Actor:

• CJ Adams in The Odd Life of Timothy Green
• Tom Holland in The Impossible
• Daniel Huttlestone in Les Miserables
• Chloe Grace Moretz in Dark Shadows
• Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi
• Quvenzhane Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Direction:

• William Friedkin for Killer Joe
• Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Rian Johnson for Looper
• Ang Lee for Life of Pi
• Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Rises
• Joss Whedon for The Avengers

Best Writing:

• Tracy Letts for Killer Joe
• David Magee for Life of Pi
• Martin McDonagh for Seven Psychopaths
• Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained
• Joss Whedon for The Avengers
• Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard for The Cabin in the Woods

Best Production Design:

• Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch for Cloud Atlas
• Sarah Greenwood for Anna Karenina
• David Gropman for Life of Pi
• Rick Heinrichs for Dark Shadows
• Dan Hennah for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Eve Stewart for Les Miserables

Best Editing:

• Stuart Baird and Kate Baird for Skyfall
• Alexander Berner for Cloud Atlas
• Bob Ducsay for Looper
• Jeffrey Ford and Lisa Lassek for The Avengers
• John Gilroy for The Bourne Legacy
• Tim Squyres for Life of Pi

Best Music:

• Mychael Danna for Life of Pi
• Danny Elfman for Frankenweenie
• Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina
• Thomas Newman for Skyfall
• Howard Shore for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Hans Zimmer for The Dark Knight Rises

Best Costume:

• Jacqueline Durran for Anna Karenina
• Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud for Cloud Atlas
• Sharen Davis for Django Unchained
• Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, and Richard Taylor for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Paco Delgado for Les Miserables
• Colleen Atwood for Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Make-Up:

• Heike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy Woodhead for Cloud Atlas
• Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, and Julie Hewett for Hitchcock
• Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• David Marti, Montse Ribe, and Vasit Suchitta for The Impossible
• Naomi Donne, Donald Mowat, and Love Larson for Skyfall
• Jean Ann Black and Fay Von Schroeder for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

Best Special Effects:

• Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick for The Avengers
• Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King, and Burt Dalton for Battleship
• Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, and R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Chris Corbould, Peter Chiang, Scott R. Fisher, and Sue Rowe for John Carter
• Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi
• Cedric Nicholas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, and Michael Dawson for Snow White and the Huntsman

Best International Film:

• Anna Karenina
• Chicken With Plums
• The Fairy
• Headhunters
• My Way
• Pusher

Best Animated Film:

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• Wreck-It Ralph

TELEVISION:
Best Network Television Series

• Elementary
• The Following
• Fringe
• Once Upon a Time
• Revolution
• Supernatural

Best Syndicated Cable Television Series

• American Horror Story: Asylum
• Dexter
• Leverage
• The Killing
• True Blood
• The Walking Dead

Best Television Presentation

• Breaking Bad
• Continuum
• Falling Skies
• Game of Thrones
• Ken Follett’s World Without End
• Mockingbird Lane
• Spartacus: War of the Damned

Best Youth-Oriented Series on Television

• Arrow
• Beauty and the Beast
• Doctor Who
• Merlin
• Teen Wolf
• The Vampire Diaries

Best Actor

• Kevin Bacon for The Following
• Billy Burke for Revolution
• Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad
• Michael C. Hall for Dexter
• Joshua Jackson for Fringe
• Timothy Hutton for Leverage
• Andrew Lincoln for The Walking Dead

Best Actress

• Moon Bloodgood for Falling Skies
• Mireille Enos for The Killing
• Sarah Paulson for American Horror Story: Asylum
• Charlotte Riley for Ken Follett’s World Without End
• Tracy Spiridakos for Revolution
• Anna Torv for Fringe

Best Supporting Actor

• Jonathan Banks for Breaking Bad
• Giancarlo Esposito for Revolution
• Todd Lasance for Spartacus: War of the Damned
• Colm Meaney for Hell On Wheels
• David Morrissey for The Walking Dead
• John Noble for Fringe

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Carpenter for Dexter
• Sarah Carter for Falling Skies
• Anna Gunn for Breaking Bad
• Laurie Holden for The Walking Dead
• Jessica Lange for American Horror Story: Asylum
• Beth Riesgraf for Leverage

Best Guest Starring Role in a Series

• Blair Brown for Fringe
• Terry O’Guinn for Falling Skies
• Lance Reddick for Fringe
• Mark Sheppard for Leverage
• Ray Stevenson for Dexter
• Yvonne Strahovski for Dexter

DVD/BLU RAY:
Best DVD/BD Release

• Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
• Chained
• Cosmopolis
• The Possession
• A Thousand Cuts
• Touchback

Best DVD/BD Special Edition Release

• Jaws (100th Anniversary Edition)
• Lawrence of Arabia (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
• Les Vampires Classics Edition
• Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut
• Stanley fubrick’s Fear and Desire

Best DVD/BD Collection

• Alfred Hitchcock (The Masterpiece Collection)
• Battle Royale (The Complete Collection)
• Bond 50 (The Complete 22 Film Collection)
• Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series
• The Ultimate Buster Keaton Blu-Ray Collection
• Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection

Best DVD/BD TV Series

• In Search Of: The Complete Series
• Logan’s Run: The Complete Series
• The River: The Complete First Season
• Shazam: The Complete Live-Action Series
• Spartacus: Vengeance (The Complete Second Season)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 1 & 2)

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