Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations

Empire Awards 2018

by Ben Travis |
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The nominations have been received and tallied up, and the shortlist is in for the Empire Awards 2018 - the awards show voted for by you, our readers.

Slicing through the competition at lightspeed is Star Wars: The Last Jedi, leading the way with a total of nine nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. Hot on its heels and decked in fluorescent warpaint is Thor: Ragnarok with eight nominations, including Best Film and a Best Director nod for Taika Waititi.

Elsewhere, Get Out is a hypnotic viewer favourite, bagging five nods in total, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Newcomer for Daniel Kaluuya. Wonder Woman is fighting the good fight in the Best Film, Director, Actress and Sci-Fi/Fantasy categories.

Call Me By Your Name has proved a real peach, rounding out the Best Film nominations, and getting notices for Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Best Actor and Best Male Newcomer, respectively. It’s also up for Soundtrack and Screenplay.

With the Empire Awards reflecting all genres and the tastes of the cinema-going public, the likes of It, John Wick: Chapter 2, Logan, The Big Sick, and — of course — Paddington 2 are all in the mix too.

As for the small screen, Big Little Lies leads the way with four nominations, with The Handmaid’s Tale, Twin Peaks, The Crown, Stranger Things 2, Star Trek: Discovery and Legion also featuring.

Take a look at the full list of nominees below, and head this way to cast your vote for the winners.

Best Film presented by Sky Cinema

Get Out

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Call Me By Your Name

Thor: Ragnarok

Wonder Woman

Best Director presented by Vue Entertainment

Rian Johnson – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Edgar Wright – Baby Driver

Jordan Peele – Get Out

Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman

Taika Waititi – Thor: Ragnarok

Best Male Newcomer

Josh O’Connor — God’s Own Country

Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk

Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver

Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name

Best Female Newcomer

Dafne Keen – Logan

Emily Beecham – Daphne

Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth

Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok

Kelly Marie Tran – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Actress

Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman

Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip

Emma Watson – Beauty And The Beast

Best Actor

John Boyega – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Hugh Jackman – Logan

Andy Serkis — War For The Planet Of The Apes

Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name

Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

Best Screenplay

God’s Own Country

Call Me By Your Name

The Death Of Stalin

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Get Out

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Logan

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Wonder Woman

Thor: Ragnarok

Blade Runner 2049

Best British Film presented by The Hollywood Reporter

God’s Own Country

The Death Of Stalin

Dunkirk

The Darkest Hour

Paddington 2

Best Horror

Mother!

The Autopsy Of Jane Doe

Get Out

It

Split

Best Documentary

I Called Him Morgan

City Of Ghosts

An Inconvenient Sequel

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

I Am Not Your Negro

Best Comedy presented by Monkey Shoulder

Toni Erdmann

The Death Of Stalin

The Big Sick

The Disaster Artist

Girls Trip

Best Thriller presented by Absolute Radio

Baby Driver

John Wick: Chapter 2

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The Handmaiden

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animated Film

The Lego Batman Movie

My Life As A Courgette

The Red Turtle

Coco

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Best Soundtrack

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Baby Driver

Logan Lucky

Beauty And The Beast

Call Me By Your Name

Best Costume Design

The Greatest Showman

The Death Of Stalin

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Thor: Ragnarok

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Production Design

Baby Driver

Dunkirk

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Thor: Ragnarok

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Visual Effects presented by Vue Entertainment

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

War For The Planet Of The Apes

Thor: Ragnarok

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Ghost In The Shell

Best Make-up And Hairstyling

Murder On The Orient Express

The Greatest Showman

Beauty And The Beast

Thor: Ragnarok

Ghost In The Shell

Best TV Series

The Handmaid’s Tale

Big Little Lies

Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series

The Crown

Stranger Things 2

Best Actress in a TV Series

Claire Foy (The Crown)

Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things 2)

Best Actor in a TV Series

Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies)

Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series)

Matt Smith (The Crown)

Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery)

Dan Stevens (Legion)

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