The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films has just announced the nominees for its 36th annual Saturn Awards. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 24 June 2010 at a site to be announced.
The 30 awards are broken down into three major sections: Film (18), Television (8), and DVD (4). Leading the pack of nominees is Avatar, with 10 nominations (last year’s nominations leader was The Dark Knight, with 11 nominations). Close behind it are Sherlock Holmes with 8, and Inglourious Basterds and Watchmen, both with 7. Forty-one different films received nominations.
In the television categories, Lost again leads the pack, with 8 nominations (last year, it had 11). Behind it are Breaking Bad, Dexter, and True Blood, each with 5. Eighteen different television productions received nominations.
Special award recipients, if any, will be announced later.
The Academy was founded in 1972 to honor and recognize genre filmmaking. Over the years, the Academy has expanded their reach to include other film genres. The organization also honors television, and home entertainment.
The full list of nominees is:
Film:
Best Science Fiction Film:
The Book of Eli (Warner Bros)
Knowing (Summit Entertainment)
Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Star Trek (Paramount)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20th Century Fox)
Best Fantasy Film:
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros)
The Lovely Bones (Paramount)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (Warner Bros)
Watchmen (Warner Bros)
Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Bros)
Best Horror Film:
The Box (Warner Bros)
Drag Me to Hell (Universal)
Frozen (Anchor Bay Films)
The Last House on the Left (Rogue / Universal)
Twilight: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)
Zombieland (Sony)
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film:
2012 (Sony)
Brothers (Lionsgate)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Co)
Law Abiding Citizen (Overture)
The Messenger (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros)
Best Actor:
Robert Downey, Jr. (in Sherlock Holmes)
Tobey Maguire (in Brothers)
Viggo Mortensen (in The Road)
Sam Rockwell (in Moon)
Denzel Washington (in The Book of Eli)
Sam Worthington (in Avatar)
Best Actress:
Catherine Keener (in Where the Wild Things Are)
Melanie Laurent (in Inglourious Basterds)
Alison Lohman (in Drag Me to Hell)
Natalie Portman (in Brothers)
Zoe Saldana (in Avatar)
Charlize Theron (The Burning Plain)
Best Supporting Actor:
Woody Harrelson (in Zombieland)
Stephen Lang (in Avatar)
Frank Langella (in The Box)
Jude Law (in Sherlock Holmes)
Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Best Supporting Actress:
Malin Akerman (in Watchmen)
Diane Kruger (in Inglourious Basterds)
Rachel McAdams (in Sherlock Holmes)
Lorna Raver (in Drag Me to Hell)
Susan Sarandon (in The Lovely Bones)
Sigourney Weaver (in Avatar)
Best Performance by a Younger Actor:
Taylor Lautner (in Twilight: New Moon)
Bailee Madison (in Brothers)
Brooklynn Proulx (in The Time Traveler’s Wife)
Max Records (in Where the Wild Things Are)
Saoirse Ronan (in The Lovely Bones)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (in The Road)
Best Director:
JJ Abrams (for Star Trek)
Kathryn Bigelow (for The Hurt Locker)
Neill Blomkamp (for District 9)
James Cameron (for Avatar)
Guy Ritchie (for Sherlock Holmes)
Zack Snyder (for Watchmen)
Quentin Tarantino (for Inglourious Basterds)
Best Writing:
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (for District 9)
James Cameron (for Avatar)
Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers (for Where the Wild Things Are)
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (for Star Trek)
Quentin Tarantino (for Inglourious Basterds)
Alex Tse and David Hayter (for Watchmen)
Best Music:
Brian Eno (for The Lovely Bones)
Michael Giacchino (for Up)
James Horner (for Avatar)
Taro Iwashiro (for Red Cliff)
Christopher Young (for Drag Me to Hell)
Hans Zimmer (for Sherlock Holmes)
Best Costume:
Colleen Atwood (for Nine)
Jenny Beavan (for Sherlock Holmes)
Anna Sheppard (for Inglourious Basterds)
Jany Temime (for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Michael Wilkinson (for Watchmen)
Tim Yip (for Red Cliff)
Best Make-Up:
Barney Burman, Minday Hall, and Joel Harlow (for Star Trek)
Joe Dunckley, Sarah Rubano, and Frances Richardson (for District 9)
Sarah Monzani (for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger (for The Book of Eli)
Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger (for Drag Me to Hell)
Mike Smithson and John Rosengrant (for Terminator: Salvation)
Best Production Design:
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (for Avatar)
Scott Chambliss (for Star Trek)
Stuart Craig (for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Sarah Greenwood (for Sherlock Holmes)
Philip Ivey (for District 9)
Alex McDowell (for Watchmen)
Best Special Effects:
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicholas Aithadi, and Tim Alexander (for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
John DesJardin, Peter G. Travers, Joel Whist, and Jessica Norman (for Watchmen)
Volker Engel, Marc Weingert, and Mike Vezina (for 2012)
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, and Burt Dalton (for Star Trek)
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken (for District 9)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (for Avatar)
Best International Film:
District 9 (Sony)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Sony Pictures Classics)
Lorna’s Silence (Sony Pictures Classics)
Red Cliff (Magnolia)
Taken (20th Century Fox)
Thirst (Focus Features)
Best Animated Film:
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (Walt Disney Studios)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (20th Century Fox)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (20th Century Fox)
Monsters vs. Aliens (Paramount/DreamWorks)
The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Studios)
Up (Walt Disney Studios/Pixar)
Television:
Best Network TV Series:
Chuck (NBC)
Fringe (Fox)
The Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
Heroes (NBC)
Lost (ABC)
The Vampire Diaries (CW)
Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series:
Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
The Closer (TNT)
Dexter (Showtime)
Leverage (TNT)
True Blood (HBO)
Best Television Presentation:
Doctor Who: The End of Time (BBC America)
Alice (Syfy)
The Prisoner (AMC)
Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)
The Tudors (Showtime)
V (ABC)
Best Actor in Television:
Josh Holloway (in Lost)
Bryan Cranston (in Breaking Bad)
Matthew Fox (in Lost)
Michael C. Hall (in Dexter)
Zachary Levi (in Chuck)
Stephen Moyer (in True Blood)
David Tennant (in Doctor Who: The End of Time)
Best Actress on Television:
Anna Gunn (in Breaking Bad)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (in The Ghost Whisperer)
Evangeline Lily (in Lost)
Anna Paquin (in True Blood)
Kyra Sedgwick (in The Closer)
Anna Torv (in Fringe)
Best Supporting Actor on Television:
Jeremy Davies (in Lost)
Michael Emerson (in Lost)
Aldis Hodge (in Leverage)
Aaron Paul (in Breaking Bad)
John Noble (in Fringe)
Alexander Skarsgard (in True Blood)
Best Supporting Actress in Television:
Morena Baccarin (in V)
Gina Bellman (in Leverage)
Julie Benz (in Dexter)
Jennifer Carpenter (in Dexter)
Elizabeth Mitchell (in Lost)
Hayden Panettiere (in Heroes)
Best Guest Starring Role in Television:
Bernard Cribbins (in Doctor Who: The End of Time)
Raymond Cruz (in Breaking Bad)
Michelle Forbes (in True Blood)
John Lithgow (in Dexter)
Leonard Nimoy (in Fringe)
Mark Pellegrino (in Lost)
DVD:
Best DVD Release:
House of the Devil (Dark Sky/Magnet)
Laid to Rest (Anchor Bay)
Not Forgotten (Anchor Bay)
Nothing But the Truth (Sony)
Pontypool (MPI)
Super Capers (Lionsgate)
Surveillance (Magnolia)
Best DVD Television Release:
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (BBC America)
Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season (Warner)
Primeval, Volume 2 (BBC America)
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Buena Vista)
Life on Mars: The Complete Series (Buena Vista)
Best DVD Special Edition:
Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (Warner)
300 Complete Experience (Warner)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-Ray (Walt Disney)
District 9 Two-Disc Edition (Sony)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day: Skynet Edition (Lionsgate)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Two Disc Special Edition (Fox)
Best Collection:
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Volume 1 (Sony)
The Hannibal Lecter Anthology (MGM)
Hellraiser Boxed Set (Anchor Bay)
Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection (Sony)
Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection (Paramount)
The William Castle Collection (Sony)