Empire Magazine, the world’s biggest film and entertainment brand, has unveiled the nominations for the Empire Awards, which will take place on Sunday 18 March, returning to London’s Camden Roundhouse.
The iconic awards show will celebrate the best in film and TV, voted for by genuine film fans, held at a star-studded event attended by some of the biggest and best-loved names in entertainment.
Box office smash Star Wars: The Last Jedi leads the pack this year with nine nominations, including Best Film, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Director.
Up against The Last Jedi and battling it out for the coveted Best Film award are Get Out, Call Me By Your Name, Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman
The awards continue to celebrate the diverse and rich talent within the film industry and this year’s shortlist is no exception. Unlike the Golden Globes, the Empire Awards feature a woman in the Best Director category – Patty Jenkins is nominated for the female-fronted commercial and critical success that was Wonder Woman. The film also picks up a nomination in the Best Film category and its star, Gal Gadot, is nominated for Best Actress. Girls Trip, the first live-action comedy to break $100 million in 2017, is recognised in the Best Comedy category, while Tiffany Haddish is also nominated for Best Actress.
Edgar Wright’s critically acclaimed thriller Baby Driver receives five nominations including: Best Director, Best Male Newcomer and Best Thriller, meanwhile, Jordan Peele’s monster hit Get Out (Empire’s best film of 2017) also continues its awards run with five nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Horror and Best Male Newcomer.
God’s Own Country, this year’s surprise British hit championed by Empire magazine, is up for three gongs in the Best Male Newcomer, Best British Film and Best Screenplay categories.
Golden Globe winner Gary Oldman is nominated in the coveted Best Actor category for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. He takes on Hugh Jackman (Logan), John Boyega (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Andy Serkis (War For The Planet Of The Apes) and Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name).
In the Best Actress category Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot takes on Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) and Emma Watson (Beauty And The Beast).
Other nominated films include: Logan, Thor: Ragnarok, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, War For The Planet Of The Apes and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In the Best TV Series category The Crown takes on Big Little Lies and Stranger Things 2, while the shows’ stars, Claire Foy, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Millie Bobby Brown, will fight it out to be crowned Best TV Actress.
Commenting on the nominations, Empire’s Editor-In-Chief Terri White said: “Once again, the Empire Awards is democracy in action! From Star Wars: The Last Jedi to Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, Call Me By Your Name and Get Out, the films duking it out for the top gongs are those that packed out cinemas in 2017. We’re proud to be the voice of film fans the world over.”
THE 2018 EMPIRE AWARDS SHORTLIST
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 TV Actress
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 TV Actor
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)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things 2)
The nominations for this year’s Three Empire Awards cover films released within the period 31 January 2017 to 31 January 2018. Please note that Lady Bird is released later in the UK and therefore falls outside of the Empire Awards entry window.
Voting closes on 2 February, and the Empire Awards 2018 winners will be announced at a ceremony at The Roundhouse, Camden on Sunday 18 March.
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