Nominations Announced for the Jameson Empire Awards 2012

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Drive dominate this year’s Jameson Empire Awards with five nominations.   The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Attack the Block, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo closely follow with nominations across four categories.

Now in its 17 ^th year, the Jameson Empire Awards are voted for entirely by the British public, with votes cast via Empire magazine’s website. The winners will be revealed at a star-studded ceremony in central London on Sunday, March 25th hosted by Radio 6 presenter Lauren Laverne and Film 2012’s Chris Hewitt.

This will be Lauren’s first year hosting the awards and in anticipation of the evening’s festivities said: “I couldn’t be happier to be hosting the Jameson Empire Awards for the first time. I can’t wait to find out who’s won!”  

David Yates’ Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 leads the competition with nominations across five categories Best Film, Best Director, Jameson Best Actor (Daniel Radcliffe), Best Female Newcomer (Bonnie Wright) and The Art of 3D presented by RealD (Best 3D). Also with five nominations is Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive for Best Film presented by Sky Movies, Best Director, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Thriller presented by Café De Paris and Best Actress presented by Citroen (Carey Mulligan) .

Joining Carey Mulligan in the Best Actress category are Meryl Streep for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in Iron Lady , Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur and Michelle Williams for her role as iconic film star Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn .

Rupert Wyatt’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes receives four nominations for Best Film , Best Director, Best Sci-Fi and Jameson Best Actor (Andy Serkis).   Academy and BAFTA Award-nominated drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy also receives public approval with four nominations for Best Film , Best British Film , Jameson Best Actor (Gary Oldman) and Best Thriller.   Also battling for Best Thriller is David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with a further three nominations for Best Film , Jameson Best Actor (Daniel Craig) and Best Actress (Rooney Marna). Meanwhile newcomer Joe Cornish and his feature Attack The Block picks up four nominations for Best Horror , Best Comedy, Best Male Newcomer (John Boyega) and Best British Film .

Also in the running for the much-coveted position of Best British Film is Ben Palmer’s The Inbetweeners, which also earns Laura Haddock a Best Female Newcomer nomination; Richard Ayoade’s Submarine, which also sees Craig Roberts nominated for Best Male Newcomer; and Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur.   And battling it out for Best Comedy are Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris, Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids and Glenn Ficarra’s Crazy Stupid Love; and for Best Thriller Joe Wright’s Hanna and Guy Ritchie’s  Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows.

Competing with Attack The Block for the Best Horror Award are James Wan’s Insidious, Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, Henry Joost’s  Paranormal Activity 3 and André Øvredal ’s TrollHunter ; and for Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger, JJ Abram’s Super 8, Kenneth Branagh’s Thor and Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class.

Steven Spielberg picks up a Best Director nomination for War Horse , which also earns Jeremy Irvine a Best Male Newcomer nomination and Celine Buckens a Best Female Newcomer nomination.

Completing what has been a phenomenal year for new talent, Asa Butterfield ( Hugo ), Sam Claflin ( Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ) and Tom Hiddleston ( Thor ) earn nominations in Best Male Newcomer category, and Elle Fanning ( Super 8 ), Felicity Jones ( Like Crazy ) and Hailee Steinfeld ( True Grit ) in the Best Female Newcomer category.

And competing against Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 for The Art Of 3D are Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn , Martin Scorsese’s Hugo , Kenneth Branagh’s Thor and Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.

This year’s Jameson Empire Awards will again welcome the return of the hugely popular amateur filmmaking competition Done In 60 Seconds .  Entries have been submitted and the UK’s top five finalists have been announced. They will join 27 international finalists to be judged by a super-panel including Empire Editor Mark Dinning and Sky Movies’ Alex Zane at the Done In 60 Seconds global final which will take place on March 23rd in The London Film Museum.   The resulting top five will then be invited to the Jameson Empire Awards, but only one can win the coveted prize of Done In 60 Seconds 2012 champion. 

Quote from Mark Dinning/Empire: “We’re doing a lot of new things this year. We have new presenters! And new actual awards! But we’d also never dream of changing what makes The Jameson Empire Awards unique. These are the only movie awards voted for by the actual movie fans. These awards are voted from the heart. And that’s what really matters.”

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The Jameson Empire Awards Nominations 2012 

Best Male Newcomer

• ·          John Boyega ( Attack The Block )
• ·          Asa Butterfield ( Hugo )
• ·          Sam Claflin ( Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides )
• ·          Tom Hiddleston ( Thor )
• ·          Jeremy Irvine ( War Horse )
• ·          Craig Roberts ( Submarine )

Best Female Newcomer

• ·          Celine Buckens ( War Horse )
• ·          Elle Fanning ( Super 8 )
• ·          Laura Haddock ( The Inbetweeners Movie )
• ·          Felicity Jones ( Like Crazy )
• ·          Hailee Steinfeld ( True Grit )
• ·          Bonnie Wright ( Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows — Part 2 )

Best Comedy

• ·          Attack The Block
• ·          Bridesmaids
• ·          Crazy Stupid Love
• ·          The Inbetweeners Movie
• ·          Midnight In Paris

Best Horror

• ·          Attack The Block
• ·          Insidious
• ·          Kill List
• ·          Paranormal Activity 3
• ·          Troll Hunter

Best Thriller Presented by Café de Paris

• ·          Drive
• ·          The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• ·          Hanna
• ·          Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
• ·          Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

• ·          Captain America: The First Avenger
• ·          Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
• ·          Super 8
• ·          Thor
• ·          X-Men: First Class

The Art Of 3D Presented by RealD

• ·          The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
• ·          Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows — Part 2
• ·          Hugo
• ·          Thor
• ·          Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Jameson Best Actor

• ·          Daniel Craig ( The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo )
• ·          Ryan Gosling ( Drive )
• ·          Gary Oldman ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
• ·          Daniel Radcliffe ( Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows — Part 2 )
• ·          Andy Serkis ( Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes )

Best Actress Presented by Citroën

• ·          Olivia Colman ( Tyrannosaur )
• ·          Rooney Mara ( The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo )
• ·          Carey Mulligan (i)
• ·          Meryl Streep ( The Iron Lady )
• ·          Michelle Williams ( My Week With Marilyn )

Best Director

• ·          Tomas Alfredson ( Tinker Tailor Solider Spy )
• ·          Nicolas Winding Refn ( Drive )
• ·          Steven Spielberg ( War Horse )
• ·          Rupert Wyatt ( Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes )
• ·          David Yates ( Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows — Part 2 )

Best British Film Presented by Sky Movies

• ·          Attack The Block
• ·          The Inbetweeners Movie
• ·          Submarine
• ·          Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• ·          Tyrannosaur

Best Film

• ·          Drive
• ·          The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• ·          Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows — Part 2
• ·          Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
• ·          Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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