Star Wars And Mad Max Lead Empire Awards Nominations

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and 'Mad Max: Fury Road’ are leading the pack at this year’s Jameson Empire Awards.

George Miller’s visually stunning road movie has nabbed 10 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Actress for Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.

Meanwhile, blockbusting 'Star Wars’ comes in with nine nods, including Best Film, Best Sci-Fi, Best Director and Best Newcomers for John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

Ridley Scott’s 'The Martian’ has also scored highly, with six nominations, and 'The Revenant’ coming in with five.

Meanwhile, up for Best British Film are 'Suffragette’, '45 Years’, 'Legend’, 'Macbeth’ and 'Spectre’.

And thanks to categories like Best Horror and Best Comedy, more overlooked movies like 'Krampus’ and 'Spy’ have seen nominations too.

Said the magazine’s editor-in-chief Terri White: “2015 was an absolutely cracking year for film and entertainment, evidenced by the strength of the actors, filmmakers, movies and TV shows fighting it out for gongs this year.

“With 'Mad Max: Fury Road’ and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ going head to head with awards favourite so far 'The Revenant’, I can’t wait to see who walks away with the Empire trophies on the night. It’d take a braver woman than me to bet against any of them.”

The winners will be announced on March 20 in a ceremony hosted by David Walliams.

Here’s a round-up of the main categories:

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 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

Inside Out

Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

Spy

Trainwreck

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

BEST BRITISH FILM

45 Years

Legend

Macbeth

Spectre

Suffragette

JAMESON BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

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 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 FILM

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Big Short — Adam McKay, Charles Randolph

The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino

Spotlight — Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin

Trainwreck — Amy Schumer

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

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