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THIS YEAR’S 38TH
ANNUAL SATURN AWARDS
WILL BE TAKING PLACE
ON JULY 26, 2012.

 

Breaking Bad and American Horror Story Scare Up Multiple TV Nominations in Banner Year for Genre Entertainment as Academy celebrates its’ 40th Anniversary.

Los Angeles – February 29, 2012 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Hugo each received 10 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films today announced nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards.

Other leading titles in the Academy’s film category were Super 8 (eight nominations), Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger (seven), The Adventures of Tintin and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (six each).  Rise of the Planet of the Apes breathed new life into a classic sci-fi franchise with five nominations, including a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Andy Serkis.

In TV categories, AMC’s Breaking Bad cooked up six nominations, while F/X’s first foray into a genre series, American Horror Story, scored five nominations.  TV series with four nominations each are: Fringe (Fox), Dexter (Showtime), Leverage (TNT), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Killing (AMC), and Torchwood: Miracle Day  (Starz).  Once Upon a Time (ABC), TNT’s The Closer and Falling Skies, and The Walking Dead (AMC) each earned two nominations.

Among film studios, Paramount Pictures led the Saturn Award nominations with a total of 46.  This year’s nominations included strong showings from Warner Bros. (13 nominations), and Sony Pictures Classics (11 nominations including Take Shelter, The Skin I Live In, and Midnight in Paris).  20th Century Fox earned nine nominations, Universal Pictures received seven, and both Magnolia Pictures and Walt Disney Studios received five nominations.  Lionsgate and Relativity Media each scored with four nominations.  The organization’s qualifying period for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards was February 01, 2011 to January 31, 2012.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Academy, which was founded in 1972 by noted film historian, Dr. Donald A. Reed.  His endeavor was to honor and recognize genre entertainment, which is frequently overlooked by mainstream entertainment-industry awards.

 

 

For information on the Saturn Awards, contact publicist John Singh: [email protected]

 

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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
OF THE ACADEMY
OF SCIENCE FICTION,
FANTASY & HORROR FILMS

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