Skyfall leads Empire nominations

Skyfall, recently crowned the biggest-ever UK box-office hit, has secured nominations for best thriller, British film, director, actor (Daniel Craig), actress (Dame Judi Dench) and film.

Joss Whedon’s Avengers Assemble and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follow closely behind with five nominations apiece, while British indie hit Sightseers keeps pace with Hollywood with four nominations.

Now in its 18^th year, the Empire Awards are voted for by the public and will be held in London on March 24.

Full list of nominees

Best Male Newcomer presented by Entertainment Tonight

• Domhnall Gleeson (Anna Karenina)
• Rafe Spall (Life Of Pi)
• Steve Oram (Sightseers)
• Suraj Sharma (Life Of Pi)
• Tom Holland (The Impossible)

Best Female Newcomer

• Alice Lowe (Sightseers)
• Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina)
• Holliday Grainger (Great Expectations)
• Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts Of The Southern Wild)
• Samantha Barks (Les Misérables)

Best Comedy presented by Magic 105.4

• 21 Jump Street
• Moonrise Kingdom
• The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Ted

Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy

• Dredd 3D
• Looper
• Avengers Assemble
• Prometheus
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Thriller

• Argo
• Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters
• Skyfall
• The Raid
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Horror presented by Café de Paris

• Dark Shadows
• Sightseers
• Sinister
• The Cabin In The Woods
• The Woman In Black

The Art Of 3D presented by RealD

• Dredd 3D
• Life Of Pi
• Avengers Assemble
• Prometheus
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best British Film

• Dredd 3D
• Les Misérables
• Sightseers
• Skyfall
• The Woman In Black

Best Director

• Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises)
• Joss Whedon (Avengers Assemble)
• Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
• Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
• Sam Mendes (Skyfall)

Jameson Best Actor

• Christoph Waltz (DjangoUnchained)
• Daniel Craig (Skyfall)
• Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
• Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
• Robert Downey Jr. (Avengers Assemble)

Best Actress presented by Citroën

• Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)
• Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)
• Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
• Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall)
• Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Best Film presented by Sky Movies

• Django Unchained
• Avengers Assemble
• Skyfall
• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey