The 37th Annual Saturn Award Nominations

I'm excited to finally share in the excitement of 37th Annual Saturn Award, which I was reading about everywhere last week but couldn't confirm the information on their site until just recently. But now I have and as it's the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films there are lots and lots of films I love on this list! Heading the way with the film nominations is Inception with 9 nominations, then a tie between Tron: Legacy and Let Me In with 7 nominations, then Hereafter with 6 and then LOTS with 5. It's a pretty epic list.

I can't help but love awards that include 7 nominations for Tron: Legacy including not only film & acting but also costumes & music (Goooooo Daft Punk! I'm also totally digging the supporting actress category which includes nominations for both Vanessa Redgrave (Letters to Juliet) & Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), which couldn't be more polar opposite but both fantastic performances. Also thrilled to see so many nominations for Hereafter, one of the really under-appreciated films of 2010.

Double nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio as Best Actor in both Inception and Shutter Island, he's getting to be quite the genre buff. I'm surprized to see Ellen Page as Best Actress - Inception (where it's really a supporting role) and the reverse with Garrett Hedlund as Best Supporting Actor - Tron: Legacy (where he's really actor in this one). Although, I've only been following these awards for a couple years so I don't totally have a pulse on their process and nominees.

We have quite a while to wait for the wins as The Saturn Awards are held months away in June. I have to admit, a lot of my faves from 2010 are on this list so I will be anxiously awaiting to hear the results when it's gets to a sunnier month of the year!

The 37th Annual Saturn Award Nominations

Film

Best Science Fiction Film
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Never Let Me Go
Splice
Tron: Legacy

Best Fantasy Film
Alice in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Clash of the Titans
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Twilight: Eclipse

Best Horror/Thriller Film
The American
Black Swan
Kick-Ass
Let Me In
Shutter Island
The Wolf Man

Best Action/Adventure Film
The Expendables
The Green Hornet
Red
Robin Hood
Salt
True Grit
Unstoppable

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - Tron: Legacy
George Clooney - The American
Leonardo DiCaprio - Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio - Shutter Island
Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man 2
Ryan Reynolds - Buried

Best Actress
Cecile De France - Hereafter
Angelina Jolie - Salt
Carey Mulligan - Never Let Me Go
Ellen Page - Inception
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Noomi Rapace - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Andrew Garfield - Never Let Me Go
Tom Hardy - Inception
Garrett Hedlund - Tron: Legacy
John Malkovich - Red
Mark Ruffalo - Shutter Island

Best Supporting Actress
Scarlett Johansson - Iron Man 2
Keira Knightley - Never Let Me Go
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Helen Mirren - Red
Vanessa Redgrave - Letters to Juliet
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Logan Lerman - Percy Jackson & The Olympians:The Lightning Thief
Frankie/George McLaren - Hereafter
Kodi Smit McPhee - Let Me In
Chloe Grace Moretz - Let Me In
Will Poulter - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Charlie Tahan - Charlie St. Cloud

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Clint Eastwood - Hereafter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Matt Reeves - Let Me In
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island
David Yates - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Best Writing
Michael Arndt - Toy Story 3
Alex Garland - Never Let Me Go
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin - Black Swan
Peter Morgan - Hereafter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Matt Reeves - Let Me In

Best Music
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy
Clint Eastwood - Hereafter
Michael Giacchino - Let Me In
Gottfried Huppertz as Conducted by Frank Strobel - The Complete Metropolis
John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer - Inception

Best Costume
Colleen Atwood - Alice in Wonderland
Milena Canonero - The Wolf Man
Isis Mussenden - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Jany Temime - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Michael Wilkinson - Tron: Legacy
Janty Yates - Robin Hood

Best Make-Up
Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero - Splice
Andrew Clement, Donald J. Mowat - Repo Men
Andrew Clement, Jennifer McDaniel, Tarra Day -Let Me In
Mark Coulier, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rick Baker, Dave Elsey - The Wolf Man
Lindsay MacGowan, Shane Mahan - Alice in Wonderland

Best Production Design
Kathy Altieri - How to Train Your Dragon
Dante Ferretti - Shutter Island
Darren Gilford - Tron: Legacy
Rick Heinrichs - The Wolf Man
Guy Hendrix - Inception
Robert Stromberg - Alice in Wonderland

Best Special Effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Karl Denham, Nikos Kalaitzidis - Tron: Legacy
Angus Bickerton, Barrie Helmsley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicholas Ait'Hadi, Christian Manz - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Begg - Inception
Ken Ralston, Tom Peitzman, David Schaub, Carey Villegas- Alice in Wonderland
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick - Iron Man 2

Best International Film
The Complete Metropolis
Centurion
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Monsters
Mother
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Best Animated Film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Shrek Forever After
Tangled
Toy Story 3

TELEVISION:

Best Network Series
Fringe
Lost
Smallville
Supernatural
V
The Vampire Diaries

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Breaking Bad
The Closer
Dexter
Eureka
Leverage
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
True Blood

Best Television Presentation
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
The Pillars of the Earth
Sherlock
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
The Walking Dead

Best Actor in Television
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Matthew Fox in Lost
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Timothy Hutton in Leverage
Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead
Stephen Moyer in (True Blood

Best Actress in Television
Sarah Wayne Callies in The Walking Dead
Erica Durance in Smallville
Elizabeth Mitchell in V
Anna Paquin in True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer
Anna Torv in Fringe

Best Supporting Actor in Television
Michael Emerson in Lost
John Noble in Fringe
Dean Norris in Breaking Bad
Terry O'Quinn in Lost
Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad
Lance Reddick in Fringe
Steven Yeun in The Walking Dead

Best Supporting Actress in Television
Morena Baccarin in V
Gina Bellman in Leverage
Jennifer Carpenter in Dexter
Laurie Holden in The Walking Dead
Lucy Lawless in Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Beth Riesgraf in Leverage

Best Guest Starring Role in Television
Richard Dreyfuss in Weeds
Noah Emmerich in The Walking Dead
Giancarlo Esposito in Breaking Bad
Joe Manganiello in True Blood
John Terry in Lost
Seth Gabel in Fringe

Best DVD Release
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
District 13: Ultimatum
The Good Heart
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
The New Daughter
The Square

Best DVD Special Edition
Avatar (Extended Collector's Edition)
Monsters (Special Edition)
Red Cliff (International Version)
Robin Hood (Unrated Director's Cut)
Salt (Deluxe Unrated Edition)
The Wolf Man (Unrated Director's Cut)

Best DVD Classic Film Release
The Complete Metropolis
Cronos
The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut)
King Kong
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Deluxe Edition)
Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition)

Best DVD Movie Collection
Alien Anthology
Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy
Clint Eastwood 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.
Fantomas: Five Film Collection
Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 5
Vengeance Trilogy

Best DVD Television Release
Lost (The Complete Sixth and Final Season)
The Six Million Dollar Man (The Complete Collection)
Space 1999: The Complete Season One (Blu Ray)
Thriller: The Complete Series
The Twilight Zone (Season 1 & 2) (Blu Ray)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4, Volume 2)

Stage Presentation:

Best Local Stage Production: Musical:
Beauty and the Beast
Leap of Faith
Young Frankenstein

Best Local Stage Production: Drama or Comedy
The 39 Steps
The Glass Menagerie
The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Best Local Stage Production: Small Theater:
The Arsonists
U.S.S. Pinafore
Watson

The Saturn Awards will be held in June 2011 in Burbank, California, USA.