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    'Quantum of Solace' Scores Three Saturn Award Nominations

    By Matt Weston on 2009-03-16

    Daniel Craig’s second James Bond pic Quantum of Solace has scored three nominations at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards, it was announced today.

    'Quantum of Solace'

    Quantum of Solace

    In addition to a nomination for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, Quantum of Solace scored two nods in the Best Supporting Actress category.

    Awards heavyweight The Dark Knight leads the film field and supernatural thriller Lost heads up the television categories with 11 nominations apiece.

    Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

    • Changling
    • The Dark Knight
    • Gran Torino
    • Quantum of Solace
    • Traitor
    • Valkyrie

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Joan Allen (Death Race)
    • Judi Dench (Quantum of Solace)
    • Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace)
    • Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
    • Charlize Theron (Hancock)
    • Carice Van Houten (Valkyrie)

    The Saturn Awards acknowledge genre films, television programmes and home entertainment releases.

    The winners will be announced at the June 25 ceremony.

    The 007 films have often been acknowledged at the Saturn Awards. Most notably, Pierce Brosnan took home the Best Actor award for 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies, while Casino Royale landed the Best Action Film award in 2007.

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    Quantum of Solace is the 22nd James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. Daniel Craig returns from 2006’s Casino Royale to play James Bond. Quantum of Solace is directed by Marc Forster and scripted by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis (with an additional polish by Joshua Zetumer). Locations include Panama, Chile, Italy, Austria and the UK. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting on 2 January and was released on 31 October 2008 in the UK and 14 November in the United States. The world premiere took place on 29 October in London.

    Quantum of Solace co-stars Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Anatole Taubman, Gemma Arterton, Joaquín Cosio, Dame Judi Dench, Jesper Christensen, Giancarlo Giannini, and Jeffrey Wright.