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Saturn Awards Nominees Announced...

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films have announced the nominations for this year's 41st Annual Saturn Awards. Captain America: The Winter Soldier leads the nominations with a total of 11 with the space adventure, Interstellar, receiving 10 nominations. Guardians of the Galaxy follows closely behind with 9 nominations. In television, The Walking Dead tallied up an impressive 7 nominations with the NBC's Hannibal, eating up 6 nominations. With the surge of superhero / comic book based television shows, the Academy has created a category just for them, so you will reminded that this year viewers have been treated to Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, Constantine, The Flash, and Gotham. It's not just superheroes filling up the list though, as you look over the nominees you can't help but feel lucky to be an SFF fan, from Godzilla to Planet of the Apes to Game of Thrones to Maleficent to How to Train Your Dragon... there's just so much variety and so much quality there. Nominees will now be voted for by the members and affiliate members of the Academy with an announcement of the results at the 41st Annual Saturn Awards which takes place on June 25, 2015. We will let you know who scooped up the awards then... The full list of nominees follow: Best Comic Book-to-Film Release: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Guardians of the Galaxy X-Men: Days of Future Past Best Science Fiction Film Release: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edge of Tomorrow Godzilla The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Interstellar The Zero Theorem Best Fantasy Film Release: Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Into the Woods Maleficent Paddington Best Horror Film Release: Annabelle The Babadook Dracula Untold Horns Only Lovers Left Alive The Purge: Anarchy Best Thriller Film Release: American Sniper The Equalizer Gone Girl The Guest The Imitation Game Nightcrawler Best Action / Adventure Film Release: Exodus: Gods and Kings Inherent Vice Lucy Noah

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Snowpiercer Unbroken Best Actor in a Film: Tom Cruise Chris Evans Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Keaton Matthew McConaughey Chris Pratt Dan Stevens

Edge of Tomorrow Captain America: The Winter Soldier Nightcrawler Birdman Interstellar Guardians of the Galaxy The Guest

Best Actress in a Film: Emily Blunt Essie Davis Anne Hathaway Angelina Jolie Jennifer Lawrence Rosemund Pike

Edge of Tomorrow The Babadook Interstellar Maleficent The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor in a Film: Richard Armitage Josh Brolin Samuel L. Jackson Anthony Mackie Andy Serkis J.K. Simmons

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Inherent Vice Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Jessica Chastain Scarlett Johansson Evangeline Lily Rene Russo Emma Stone Meryl Streep

Interstellar Captain America: The Winter Soldier The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Nightcrawler Birdman Into the Woods

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film: Elle Fanning MacKenzie Foy Chloe Grace Moretz Tony Revolori

Maleficent Interstellar The Equalizer The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Kodi Smit-McPhee Noah Wiseman

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Babadook

Best Film Director: Alejandro G. Innarritu James Gunn Doug Liman Christopher Nolan Matt Reeves Joe Russo, Anthony Russo Bryan Singer

Birdman Guardians of the Galaxy Edge of Tomorrow Interstellar Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Captain America: The Winter Soldier X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Film Writing: Captain America: Winter Soldier Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus Edge of Tomorrow Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, JohnHenry Butterworth The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn, Nicole Perlman The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro Whiplash Damien Chazelle Best Film Editing: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Edge of Tomorrow Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar Unbroken X-Men: Days of Future Past

Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schmidt James Herbert, Laura Jennings Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, Craig Wood Lee Smith William Goldenberg, Tim Squyres John Ottman

Best Film Production Design: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Grand Budapest Hotel Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar Into the Woods

Peter Wenham James Chinlund Adam Stockhausen Charles Wood Nathan Crowley Dennis Gassner

Best Film Music: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Henry Jackman Michael Giacchino

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Godzilla The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies How to Train Your Dragon 2 Interstellar

Alexandre Desplat Howard Shore John Powell Hans Zimmer

Best Film Costume: Dracula Untold Exodus: Gods and Kings Guardians of the Galaxy Into the Woods Maleficent X-Men: Days of Future Past

Ngila Dickson Janty Yates Alexandra Byrne Colleen Atwood Anna B. Sheppard Louise Mingenbach

Best Film Make-Up: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Dracula Untold Guardians of the Galaxy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Into the Woods X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bill Terezakis, Lisa Love Mark Coulier, Daniel Phillips David White, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou Peter King, Rick Findlater, Gino Acevedo Peter King, Matthew Smith Adrien Morot, Norma Hill-Patton

Best Film Special/Visual Effects: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Sudick Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Winquist Edge of Tomorrow Matthew Rouleau Guardians of the Galaxy Fawkner, Paul Corbould The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Christopher White Interstellar Scott Fisher

Dan Daleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Dan Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Gary Brozenich, Nick Davis, Jonathan Fawkner, Stephane Ceretti, Nicholas Aithadi, Jonathan Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter,

Best Independent Film Release: Grand Piano I, Origins A Most Violent Year The One I Love The Two Faces of January Whiplash

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Best International Film Release: Bird People Calvary Force Majeur Mood Indigo The Railway Man The Theory of Everything Best Animated Film Release: Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 The Lego Movie The Wind Rises TELEVISION Best Network Television Series: The Blacklist The Following Grimm Hannibal Person of Interest Sleepy Hollow Best Syndicated / Cable Television Series: 12 Monkeys American Horror Story: Freak Show Continuum Falling Skies Salem The Strain The Walking Dead Best Limited Run Television Series: Bates Motel From Dusk Till Dawn Game of Thrones The Last Ship The Librarians Outlander

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Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series: Agent Carter Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Arrow Constantine The Flash Gotham Best Youth-Oriented Television Series: The 100 Doctor Who Pretty Little Liars Supernatural Teen Wolf The Vampire Diaries Best Actor in a Television Series: Hugh Dancy Grant Gustin Andrew Lincoln Tobias Menzies Mads Mikkelsen Noah Wyle

Hannibal The Flash The Walking Dead Outlander Hannibal Falling Skies

Best Actress in a Television Series: Haley Atwell Caitronia Balfe Vera Farmiga Jessica Lange Rachel Nichols Rebecca Romjin

Agent Carter Outlander Bates Motel American Horror Story: Freak Show Continuum The Librarians

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: David Bradley Laurence Fishburne Sam Heughan Erik Knudsen Norman Reedus Richard Samuel

The Strain Hannibal Outlander Continuum The Walking Dead The Strain

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series:

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Emilia Clarke Jenna Coleman Caroline Dhavernas Lexa Doig Emily Kinney Melissa McBride

Game of Thrones Doctor Who Hannibal Continuum The Walking Dead The Walking Dead

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series: Camren Bicondova Maxim Knight Tyler Posey Chandler Riggs Holly Taylor Maisie Williams

Gotham Falling Skies Teen Wolf The Walking Dead The Americans Game of Thrones

Best Guest Performance in a Television Series: Dominic Cooper Neil Patrick Harris John Larroquette Wentworth Miller Michael Pitt Andrew J. West

Agent Carter American Horror Story: Freak Show The Librarians The Flash Hannibal The Walking Dead

HOME ENTERTAINMENT Best DVD/BD Release: Beneath (IFC Film Release) Blue Ruin Odd Thomas Ragnarok White Bird in a Blizzard Wolf Creek 2 Best DVD/BD Special Edition Release: Alexander: The Ultimate Cut The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition Nightbreed: The Director's Cut Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director's Cut Sorcerer The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition Best DVD/BD Television Release:

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Batman: The Complete Television Series Hannibal: Season 2 Merlin: The Complete Series Spartacus: The Complete Series Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7 Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery Wizards and Warriors: The Complete Series Best DVD/BD Collection Release: The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology Halloween: The Complete Collection Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection Steven Spielberg Director's Collection Toho Godzilla Collection Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30 Film Collection LIVE STAGE PRODUCTION Best Local Live Stage Production: Damn Yankees Ghost Brothers of Darkland County The Last Confession Pippin Ragtime Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton The Wizard of Oz

(3-D Theatricals) (Saban Theatre) (Ahmanson Theatre) (Segerstrom Center for the Arts) (3-D Theatricals) (Pasadenia Playhouse) (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)

END OF NOMINATIONS Total number of nominations: Film: (top 11 films): 11 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier 10 - Interstellar 09 - Guardians of the Galaxy 08 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 07 - Edge of Tomorrow 07 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 05 - Into the Woods 05 - X-Men: Days of Future Past 04 - Birdman 04 - The Grand Budapest Hotel 04 - Maleficent

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Television: (Top 11 Shows): 07 - The Walking Dead 06 - Hannibal 04 - Continuum 03 - Agent Carter 03 - American Horror Story: Freak Show 03 - Falling Skies 03 - The Flash 03 - Game of Thrones 03 - The Librarians 03 - Outlander 03 - The Strain

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