The Walking Dead, Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut & Hannibal Nominated in 41st Annual Saturn Awards

They've done what they've had to do to survive on AMC's The Walking Dead, brining hope and despair to palpable life on the small screen with gritty realism every week. Covered in grime, splattered in blood, and trudging down the sun-baked backroads and brush-bordered trails this season, the stellar cast and crew of The Walking Dead have paid their dues and then some, and now they're getting a tip of the cap in return with seven nominations for the 41st Annual Saturn Awards.

Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Emily Kinney, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, and Andrew J. West have all earned nominations, with the TV series itself receiving one as well. Also recognized in this year's nominations is Scream Factory's Nightbreed: The Director's Cut Blu-ray, NBC's Hannibal TV series, Only Lovers Left Alive, and many more.

Press Release - "The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announces the nominations for this year's 41st Annual Saturn Awards.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier leads the nominations this year with a total of 11 with the epic space adventure, Interstellar, receiving 10 nominations. Guardians of the Galaxy follows closely behind with 9 nominations. In television, The Walking Dead scared up an impressive 7 nominations with the Bryan Fuller NBC series, Hannibal, achieving 6 nominations.

The organization has created a special category to consider television series which are derived from comic book super heroes - Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series. Filling out this new category are the series Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, Constantine, The Flash, and Gotham.

The Saturn Awards have strived to honor film and television in categories which best refllects their genres. The Academy recognizes additional areas of genre entertainment which includes Best Action/Adventure Film, Best Thriller Film, Best Independent Film Release and Best International Film Release. In television, we have such diverse categories as Best Youth Oriented Television Series, Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series, and Best Limited Run Television Series.

In home entertainment, the nominations are dominated by Warner Home Entertainment with 8 nominations which includes the William Friedkin film, Sorcerer, and Batman: The Complete Television Series. The Clive Barker film, Nightbreed: The Director's Cut, has also been nominated (Best DVD/BD Special Edition Release).

The Academy is beginning a new program this year called Affiliate Membership, which allows everyone to be involved in the voting this year. When you become an Affiliate member, you will have the opportunity to vote in selected categories in both Film and Television. For more information, you can click on the links posted on this page.

This has been a strong year for genre entertainment. The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honoring the best in film, television, and home entertainment. This year's winners will be announced at the 41st Annual Saturn Awards which takes place on June 25, 2015.

The Nominations are:

FILM:

Best Comic Book-to-Film Release:

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
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
Snowpiercer
Unbroken

Best Actor in a Film:

Tom Cruise - Edge of Tomorrow

Chris Evans - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Matthew McConaughey - Interstellar

Chris Pratt - Guardians of the Galaxy

Dan Stevens - The Guest

Best Actress in a Film:

Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow

Essie Davis - The Babadook

Anne Hathaway - Interstellar

Angelina Jolie - Maleficent

Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Rosemund Pike - Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor in a Film:

Richard Armitage - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice

Samuel L. Jackson - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Anthony Mackie - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress in a Film:

Jessica Chastain - Interstellar

Scarlett Johansson - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Evangeline Lily - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

Emma Stone - Birdman

Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film:

Elle Fanning - Maleficent

MacKenzie Foy - Interstellar

Chloe Grace Moretz - The Equalizer

Tony Revolori - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Kodi Smit-McPhee - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Noah Wiseman - The Babadook

Best Film Director:

Alejandro G. Innarritu - Birdman

James Gunn - Guardians of the Galaxy

Doug Liman - Edge of Tomorrow

Christopher Nolan - Interstellar

Matt Reeves - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Joe Russo, Anthony Russo - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Bryan Singer - X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Film Writing:

Captain America: Winter Soldier - Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus

Edge of Tomorrow - Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry 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 - Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schmidt

Edge of Tomorrow - James Herbert, Laura Jennings

Guardians of the Galaxy - Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, Craig Wood

Interstellar - Lee Smith

Unbroken - William Goldenberg, Tim Squyres

X-Men: Days of Future Past - John Ottman

Best Film Production Design:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Peter Wenham
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - James Chinlund
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen
Guardians of the Galaxy - Charles Wood
Interstellar - Nathan Crowley
Into the Woods - Dennis Gassner

Best Film Music:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Henry Jackman

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Michael Giacchino

Godzilla - Alexandre Desplat

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Howard Shore

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - John Powell

Interstellar - Hans Zimmer

Best Film Costume:

Dracula Untold - Ngila Dickson

Exodus: Gods and Kings - Janty Yates

Guardians of the Galaxy - Alexandra Byrne

Into the Woods - Colleen Atwood

Maleficent - Anna B. Sheppard

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Louise Mingenbach

Best Film Make-Up:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Bill Terezakis, Lisa Love

Dracula Untold - Mark Coulier, Daniel Phillips

Guardians of the Galaxy - David White, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Peter King, Rick Findlater, Gino Acevedo

Into the Woods - Peter King, Matthew Smith

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Adrien Morot, Norma Hill-Patton

Best Film Special/Visual Effects:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Dan Daleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Dan Sudick

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist

Edge of Tomorrow - Gary Brozenich, Nick Davis, Jonathan Fawkner, Matthew Rouleau

Guardians of the Galaxy - Stephane Ceretti, Nicholas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

Interstellar - Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott Fisher

Best Independent Film Release:

Grand Piano
I, Origins
A Most Violent Year
The One I Love
The Two Faces of January
Whiplash

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

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 - Hannibal

Grant Gustin - The Flash

Andrew Lincoln - The Walking Dead

Tobias Menzies - Outlander

Mads Mikkelsen - Hannibal

Noah Wyle - Falling Skies

Best Actress in a Television Series:

Haley Atwill - Agent Carter

Caitronia Balfe - Outlander

Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show

Rachel Nichols - Continuum

Rebecca Romjin - The Librarians

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series:

David Bradley - The Strain

Laurence Fishburne - Hannibal

Sam Heughan - Outlander

Erik Knudsen - Continuum

Norman Reedus - The Walking Dead

Richard Samuel - The Strain

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series:

Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones

Jenna Coleman - Doctor Who

Caroline Dhavernas - Hannibal

Lexa Doig - Continuum

Emily Kinney - The Walking Dead

Melissa McBride - The Walking Dead

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series:

Camren Bicondova - Gotham

Maxim Knight - Falling Skies

Tyler Posey - Teen Wolf

Chandler Riggs - The Walking Dead

Holly Taylor - The Americans

Maisie Williams - Game of Thrones

Best Guest Performance in a Television Series:

Dominic Cooper - Agent Carter

Neil Patrick Harris - American Horror Story: Freak Show

John Larroquette - The Librarians

Wentworth Miller - The Flash

Michael Pitt - Hannibal

Andrew J. West - 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:

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 (3-D Theatricals)
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (Saban Theatre)
The Last Confession (Ahmanson Theatre)
Pippin (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)
Ragtime (3-D Theatricals)
Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton (Pasadenia Playhouse)
The Wizard of Oz (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)"