11 March 2009

Dark Knight Gets 11 Saturn Noms

The Dark Knight dominates the 35th Annual Saturn Awards with 11 nominations

(Los Angeles) The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the charge was Christopher Nolan’s super-hero crime thriller “The Dark Knight” with 11 nominations. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Iron Man” followed closely behind with 9 and 8 nominations, respectively.

While MGM/UA’s WW2 thriller “Valkyrie” spied 7 nominations, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Changeling” received 6 nominations each.

Paramount Pictures’ triple threat of Benjamin Button, Iron Man and Indiana Jones led all film studios with a total of 30 nominations. Also with strong showings were Universal and Warner Bros. with 15 and 13 nominations, respectively. Fox and Marvel earned 10 and 9 nominations, while Lucasfilm, Ltd., MGM/UA, Sony Pictures and Walt Disney, followed with an impressive 7 nominations each.

In the television categories, “Lost” once again found its way to the top with 11 nominations. NBC’s “Heroes” rescued 6 nominations, followed closely by Sci Fi’s “Battlestar Galactica” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” with 4 nominations. Showtime’s “Dexter,” garnered 3 nominations. Fox’s “Fringe”, HBO’s “True Blood”, Fox’s “Fringe”, AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and TNT’s “The Closer” and “The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice” uncovered 2 nominations.

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