The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards in recognition of genre film making. Well, mostly in recognizing genre film making (just read the nominee list to see what I mean).
The Dark Knight and Lost have come away with 11 nominations a piece and are the clear nominee leaders.
Iron Man scored 8 nominations. Heroes received 6 nominations. Battlestar Galactica and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles received 4 nominations. Fringe and True Blood received 2 a piece. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull received 6 nominations.
And of course Heath Ledger has been tipped for another Best Supporting Actor award.
Full Nominee List Here
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer in True Blood
I’m usually not a big fan of this sort of gossip, but I couldn’t help but post this one from TV Guide because somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind I felt it actually adds something to the series True Blood. Anna Paquin, who plays Sookie Stackhouse in the series, and Stephen Moyer who plays her Vampire love interest Bill Compton, have officially announced they’ve been a couple since they auditioned.
In the series Paquin’s character is a telepath who falls in love with Moyer’s vampire when she discovers she is unable to read his mind like she can normal humans. Whilst their on screen romance is pivotal to the story behind True Blood, they have kept their off-screen romance completely secret.
“The reason it was dodged last year was very intentional on both our parts,” says Moyer. “It was very important to me that the cast and crew we were working with didn’t feel it was fickle, and didn’t feel it could possibly potentially encroach on their lives, you know, just like, ‘Oh the two stars are having a thing.’ We didn’t want to take anything away from the show. The show is the star, not the two people having a relationship.”
He adds: “We always take the piss out of each other and are silly with each other and it is great. We’re very, very happy. She’s the best.”
The first episode in season 2 of HBO’s True Blood will air on 3 May, 2009.
Wall-E, Stephen Moyer as 'Bill Compton' in True Blood
American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing. The 2009 awards have now been handed out and notable wins have gone to:
Best edited feature film (comedy or musical)
Stephen Schaffer for Wall-E
Best edited one-hour series for noncommercial TV
Michael Ruscio and Andy Keir for True Blood: Strange Love
Wall-E made history by becoming the first animated film to ever win an Eddie.
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards have just wound up and have once again delivered no surprises. As usual they were ruthless to the sci fi and fantasy genre, choosing to continue their eternal ignorance of the best television series and movies available in favor of toeing the line to some of the more popular mainstream crap that is screened on prime time.
Not one live action sci fi television series or movie was nominated or received an award. Pretty sad really when you consider Battlestar Galactica simply leaves every other television series for dead – in every respect. The Gimboid Globes did offer up a handful of awards that are worth talking about, and those winners were: Read the rest of this entry »
Out of nowhere comes True Blood, a modern-day drama where vampires and humans struggle to co-exist in an alternate reality type of setting. In its HBO debut, 1.4 million viewers tuned in and it seems word travels fast, for when it was subsequently rebroadcast another 2.1 million tuned in. HBO expect the viewer tally to hit 4 million once additional screening platforms are factored in.
These incredible viewer numbers, which rival that of Heroes, are well deserved. The first episode of the series was overall quite brilliant and reeked of being a ‘cult classic’ in the making. Although the first episode didn’t give away much of an overall story arc, the background story of a type of racism – perhaps a ‘species-ism’, is well conceived.
The main characters of True Blood seem perfectly cast. Anna Paquin, who played Rogue in the X-Men movies, is perfect as the telepathic, and possibly telekinetic character of Sookie Stackhouse, who convinces you on one hand that she is a women of immense power and yet at the same time is as feeble as a little girl. The object of her affections, a vampire by the hilarious name of ‘Bill’ played by Stephen Moyer (88 Minutes), is broodingly acted exceptionally well, to the point where he is literally scary, even though you know he’s really the good guy…or is he?
The story will follow Sookie as love grows between her and Bill, and the ramifications of which take place two years after ‘vampires came out of the coffin’…..we’ll be looking forward to watching more episodes of this very interesting and unique series.
True Blood Official Website
