The Hobbit, Life of Pi and Skyfall Top Saturn Awards Nominations

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films have announced their nominees for their annual Saturn Awards celebrating the best in, well, sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey led the pack with 9 nominations, followed by Life of Pi with 8 noms and Skyfall with (00)7 noms (see what we did there?!).

The nominations see such fan faves as Christopher Nolan and Joss Whedon pitted against each other, Katniss vs. The Avengers, and Batman vs. James Bond. The winners will be announced in June.

Here are the nominees for the 39th Annual Saturn Awards:

Best Science Fiction Film:

• Marvel’s The Avengers
• Chronicle
• Cloud Atlas
• The Hunger Games
• Looper
• Prometheus

Best Fantasy Film:

• The Amazing Spider-Man
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Ruby Sparks
• Snow White and the Huntsman
• Ted

Best Horror/Thriller Film:

• Argo
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Impossible
• Seven Psychopaths
• The Woman in Black
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Action/Adventure Film:

• The Bourne Legacy
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Skyfall
• Taken 2

Best Independent Film Release:

• Compliance
• Hitchcock
• Killer Joe
• The Paperboy
• Robot and Frank
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Best Animated Film:

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• Wreck-It Ralph

Best Actor:

• Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
• Daniel Craig, Skyfall
• Martin Freeman, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper
• Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe

Best Actress:

• Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
• Ann Dowd, Compliance
• Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
• Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
• Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
• Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Direction:

• Willian Friedkin, Killer Joe
• Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Rian Johnson, Looper
• Ang Lee, Life of Pi
• Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
• Joss Whedon, Marvel’s The Avengers

Best Writing:

• Tracy Letts, Killer Joe
• David Magee, Life of Pi
• Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
• Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
• Joss Whedon, Marvel’s The Avengers
• Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods

Source : ign[dot]com