Friday, 19 January 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Thor: Ragnarok Lead The Way In The 2018 Empire Awards


Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Thor: Ragnarok lead this year’s Empire Awards with nine and eight nominations respectively.

Both films are up for Best Film and Best Director, while there are nominations for Daisy Ridley and John Boyega in the Best Actress and Actor categories and Tessa Thompson is up for Best Female Newcomer.

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The brilliance of the Empire Awards is they’re voted by the magazine's readers as well as being open to the public and it shows with film fans favourite Get Out getting five nods including Best Film, Best Director and Best Male Newcomer for Daniel Kaluuya.

Elsewhere, Wonder Woman has received plenty of love with Patty Jenkins getting a Best Director nom and Best Actress for Gal Gadot as well as Best Film and Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

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Edger Wright’s Baby Driver also picked up five nominations including Best Director and Best Male Newcomer for Ansel Elgort.

There’s plenty of different films and genres which shows the tastes Empire readers have with films like Call Me By Your Name, IT, Logan, John Wick: Chapter Two and of course Paddington 2 had to be in.

Check out the full list of nominations below and join me by clicking here to cast your vote and pick your winners including those in the TV categories.

Best Film

Get Out
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Call Me By Your Name
Thor: Ragnarok
Wonder Woman

Best Director

Rian Johnson – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Edger Wright – Baby Driver
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman
Taika Waititi – Thor: Ragnarok

Best Actor

John Boyega – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
Andy Serkis – War For The Planet Of The Apes
Hugh Jackman – Logan

Best Actress

Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Emma Watson – Beauty And The Beast
Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip

Best Female Newcomer

Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok
Florence Pugh – Lady MacBeth
Dafne Keen – Logan
Kelly Maire Tran – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Emily Beecham – Daphne

Best Male Newcomer

Josh O’Connor – Gods Own Country
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk
Timothee Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver

Best Screenplay

Call Me By Your Name
God’s Own Country
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out
The Death Of Starlin

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Wonder Woman
Logan
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Thor: Ragnarok

Best British Film

Gods Own Country
Paddington 2
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Death Of Starlin

Best Horror

Get Out
Split
IT
Mother!
The Autopsy Of Jane Doe

Best Documentary

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
City Of Ghosts
I Called Him Morgan
I Am Not Your Negro
An Inconvenient Sequel

Best Comedy

The Big Sick
The Death Of Starlin
Girls Trip
Toni Erdmann
The Disaster Artist

Best Thriller

Baby Driver
The Handmaiden
John Wick: Chapter 2
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animation

The LEGO Batman Movie
Coco
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
The Red Turtle
My Life As A Courgette

Best Soundtrack

Baby Driver
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2
Call Me By Your Name
Lucky Logan
Beauty And The Beast

Best Costume Design

The Death Of Stalin
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Greatest Showman
Thor: Ragnarok
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2

Best Production Design

Dunkirk
Thor: Ragnarok
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2
Baby Driver
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Visual Effects

War For The Planet Of The Apes
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Thor: Ragnarok
Ghost In The Shell
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

The Greatest Showman
Ghost In The Shell
Murder On The Orient Express
Beauty And The Beast
Thor: Ragnarok

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