Mad Max: Fury Road looks set to dominate the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards after scoring ten nominations.
The action adventure movie, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, has been nominated for Best Film, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Best Actor and Actress for the two leads, Best Director for George Miller, Best Visual Effects, and other technical awards.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens follows closely behind with nine nods, and will compete against Mad Max: Fury Road for Best Film, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and Best Director for JJ Abrams. Stars Daisy Ridley and John Boyega both score nominations in the best newcomer categories.
The winners are voted by the British public and will be announced at a London ceremony hosted by comedian David Walliams on March 20.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Film The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best TV Series Marvel's Daredevil Fargo Game Of Thrones Marvel's Jessica Jones This Is England '90
Best Video Game Batman: Arkham Knight Bloodborne Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Animated Film Inside Out Minions Shaun The Sheep The Movie Song Of The Sea The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary Amy Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison of Belief He Named Me Malala The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst Making A Murderer
Best Director J. J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Ryan Coogler (Creed) Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant) George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Best Screenplay The Big Short — Charles Randolph, Adam McKay The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino Spotlight — Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin Trainwreck — Amy Schumer
Best Actor Matt Damon (The Martian) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) Michael Fassbender (Macbeth/Steve Jobs) Tom Hardy (Legend/Mad Max: Fury Road) Michael B. Jordan (Creed)
Best Actress Emily Blunt (Sicario) Brie Larson (Room) Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2) Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Best Male Newcomer
Abraham Attah (Beasts Of No Nation) John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Thomas Mann (Me And Earl And The Dying Girl) Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton) Jacob Tremblay (Room)
Best Female Newcomer Olivia Cooke (Me And Earl And The Dying Girl) Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation) Maika Monroe (It Follows) Bel Powley (The Diary Of A Teenage Girl) Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Best British Film 45 Years Legend Macbeth Spectre Suffragette
Best Soundtrack The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Sicario Straight Outta Compton
Best Costume Design Carol Cinderella Crimson Peak Mad Max: Fury Road Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Crimson Peak The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Visual Effects Ant-Man Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Short Film Kung Fury Lava Sanjay's Super Team Stutterer World Of Tomorrow
Best Production Design Crimson Peak The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Comedy Ant-Man Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Spy Trainwreck Inside Out
Best Horror Crimson Peak The Hallow Insidious: Chapter 3 It Follows Krampus
Best Thriller Bridge Of Spies The Gift Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Sicario Spectre
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