News for Feb. 15, 2006
Kong Nabs 7 Saturn Award Nominations
2/15/06, 6:37 pm EST - Xoanon
BEST ACTRESS:
Jodie Foster(“Flightplan”)
Laura Linney (“The Exorcism of Emily Rose”)
Rachel McAdams(“Red Eye”)
Natalie Portman (“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”)
Tilda Swinton (“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”)
Naomi Watts(“King Kong”)
BEST DIRECTOR:
Andrew Adamson (“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”)
Peter Jackson (“King Kong”)
George Lucas(“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”)
Mike Newell(“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”)
Christopher Nolan (“Batman Begins”)
Steven Spielberg (“War of the Worlds”)
BEST WRITER:
Steve Kloves (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”)
David Koepp(“War of the Worlds”)
David Ko, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer(“Batman Begins”)
Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Steven McFeely (“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”)
George Lucas (“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”)
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (“King Kong”)
BEST COSTUME:
Trisha Biggar(“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”)
Lindy Hemming(“Batman Begins”)
Isis Mussenden(“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”)
Gabriella Pescucci(“Charlie & the Chocolate Factory”)
Terry Ryan(“King Kong”)
Jany Temime(“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”)
BEST MAKE-UP:
Howard Berger, Nikki Gooley(“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”)
Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero (“Land of the Dead”)
Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero (“Sin City”)
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”)
Dave Elsey, Lou Elsey, Nikki Gooley(“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”)
Richard Taylor, Gino Acevedo, Dominie Till, Peter Swords-King (“King Kong”)
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
John Knoll
Roger Guyett
Rob Coleman
Brian Gernand (“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”)(20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
Joe Letteri
Richard Taylor
Christian Rivers
Brian Van’t Hul
(“King Kong”)(Universal)
Jim Mitchell
Tim Alexander
Tim Webber
John Richardson (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”) (Warner Bros.)
Dennis Muren
Pablo Helman
Randal M. Dutra
Daniel Sudick (“War of the Worlds”)(Paramount)
Janek Sirrs
Dan Glass
Chris Corbould
Paul Franklin (“Batman Begins”)(Warner Bros.)
Dean Wright
Bill Westenhofer
Jim Berney
Scott Farrar(“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch
& The Wardrobe”)(Buena Vista)
Click Here for a Complete List of Nominations
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King Kong Video Game Gets Saturn Award Nomination
This year The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has established categories to honor and recognize video game releases. Some of the titles which received nominations include Psychonauts, Timesplitters: Future Perfect, Guild Wars, F.E.A.R., Indigo Prophecy, Star Wars Battlefront II and Peter Jackson’s King Kong.