Saturn Nominations Announced

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Saturn Nominations Announced

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban led the nominations, with nine, for the 2005 31st annual Saturn Awards, announced Feb. 9 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The third Potter film got nods for best picture (fantasy), best director (Alfonso Cuaron) and best writer (Steve Kloves), and star Daniel Radcliffe received a nomination for best performance by a younger actor.

Among TV nominees SCI FI Channel shows netted 11 nominations, more than any other network. ABC's hit Lost led individual series with five nods, including best network television series. The SCI FI Channel original series Stargate SG-1 got four nominations: best cable television series, best actor on television (Richard Dean Anderson), best supporting actor on television (Michael Shanks) and best supporting actress on television (Amanda Tapping). TNT's The Librarian: Quest for the Spear and The WB's Smallville also netted four nominations.

SCI FI's original miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars got three nods: one for best television presentation, one for best actor on television (Ben Browder) and one for best actress on television (Claudia Black).

Stargate Atlantis got two nods, one for best cable TV series and one for star Torri Higginson for best supporing actress on television.

SCI FI Channel's original miniseries 5ive Days to Midnight and Legend of Earthsea each got a nod for best television presentation.

SCI FI's sister network, USA, got nominations for best cable series for its The Dead Zone and The 4400.

Among film nominees, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and Spider-Man 2 received seven nominations each. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Van Helsing each received five nominations.

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films was founded in 1972 by Donald A. Reed to recognize the high achievements of genre filmmaking, television and home entertainment. This year's Saturn Awards will be presented in ceremonies May 3 in Universal City, Calif.

A complete list of nominees can be found at the academy's official Web site.