Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has received a few nominations this year at the annual SyFy Genre Awards. Dan Radcliffe is nominated for Best Actor, and Emma Watson received a nod for Best Actress for their performances in the fifth Harry Potter film. “Order of the Phoenix” is also nominated for Best Film along side “I Am Legend,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” “Iron Man” and “Stardust.”
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is among those in contention for the Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement award, along with authors Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke, Gene L. Coon and H.G. Wells.
These awards are open to the public, with voting due to open June 25 and running through July 25, winners to be announced in early August during SyFy Portal’s 10th anniversary celebration. We will update you once the link becomes live for voting in a few weeks. Congrats to all the nominees!
The comments made here are exactly the reason why I’ll never express my opinion on the trios acting. If you praise one it’s taken as an attack on the others. Therefore I’ll just say good luck to them all.
Considering the cast of the HP movies have included many of the best actors Brittain has to offer, and that the young cast members have had these excellent actors to learn and grow(professionally) from. It’s no wonder these up and coming stars are winning awards. With the wealth of experience to work with and learn from, it would be very sad it they weren’t winning awards.
What is even better, is the fact that these fine young actors are not gracing the headlines of the tabloids every day. They not only have talent, but have shown strength of character!
Do they give best supporting actor/actress awards? If so Rupert would certainly fall into that category (as well as Emma for that matter). I agree Rupert’s got skills but his part was not a lead role.
Wow, stiff competition for the Lifetime Achievement Award. For some reason, I feel that a lifetime achievement award should go to an Author with a vast body of works, or who has been writing for many, many years.
JKR seems too young to get an award like this! Of course, you would have to take into account that just because JKR has written 7 books – oh, what a 7 books they have been!
I guess, you could say the same of Tolkien. ‘C’mon the guy only wrote 4 books!’
So, I guess, you could argue that it should go to an author who has created a significant entry into the world of literature. And let’s face it, Harry Potter will go down in history as one of the most significant pieces of literature in the last 25 years!
But still, c’mon, how do you deny powerhouses like Arthur C. Clarke, or HG Wells!
I find it ironic that the first few comments were not Rupert fans complaining about him not being nominated, but instead were a number of other fans saying “Oh no, here come the Rupert whiners lololol”.
Look, if your favourite of the trio were constantly shunned by these awards, wouldn’t you feel the same? Give it a rest.
Let’s face it: Emma is no more deserving of the award than Rupert is. They are equal in their contributions as supporting actors (I won’t go into talent) and the only reason Emma continues to be nominated alongside Dan is because she is female. And that’s not a slam on her at all, it’s just the way these things work.
It’s not right, but personally I’m a lot less bothered by who is/isn’t given one of these numerous minor award nominations than I am by HP fans’ attitudes towards each other in cases such as this. It’s getting tiresome.
I know what you mean, Alice. It’s pretty sad the way certain movie fans treat some of us. I am of the mind that Rupert is the best actor of the young ones on the film, and since I know that many critics agree with me, I know I’m not completely mental.
So why do people have to say such derrogatory things when news comes out about another useless award like these.
And Emma isn’t on screen any more than Rupert is. so their contribution is equal script-wise. Talent wise, I think Rupes brings more to the table. Emma hasn’t done enough or shown enough depth as an actress to win ‘best actress’ at anything.
Can somebody please just give Rupert an award. Please. Seriously.
MAKE a friggin best supporting actor category if need be. Just give the poor boy something.
“Rupert is cleary the best talent among the younger”what??then,can you tell me why he has done only 1 role out of HP in seven years??if he is SO talented…..god,the rupert’s fans are really boring,always with the sames comments.Congrats to JK,Dan and Emma.
Well he doesn’t want to over work himself. And the role he did do was the best, and he got critical acclaim for it. And all you need to do is look at HP. The only young actors in that group who have done things outside of the HP films are
Dan—deserving of all awards. He’s very talented. I just dont’ think he has the natural flare of Rupert.
Emma- One project outside of HP. Hmmmm. Just like Rupes.
Bonnie: Work when she was younger that never made a big splash
Tom: Some horror movie that I dont’ know if it was ever released.
So despite Dan, Rupert does just as much as the others. So experience wise he’s on equal ground with most. Dan is great. For me, the thing that pushes Rupes over the top is his ability to be beleivable and natural in the two roles he’s played. (I don’t count thunderpants, but I bet it was funny).
Are you going to hold his lack of roles against him? If so, then the only actor on the set of the young group you respect is Dan? Is that what I’m seeing?
I think it’s funny that Rupert’s done as many roles as all the others, except for Dan, which no one is knocking, and yet it’s a fault that he hasn’t done much.
So what about Emma? I still dont’ get why she has any credibility as an actress when she plays Hermione without much more than heavy breathing and melodrama, and some made for TV movie that didnt’ get a lot of attention except that she was in it.
I’m really hoping HBP will be the film that turns Emma’s critics around, just as OoTP was with Dan’s. She has to prove herself. I don’t believe Rupert needs to, but it’ll certainly be good to see him (and Emma) with a bigger role this time around.
In OoTP the two of them were pretty much background characters (in equal measure, hence why Rupert fans often don’t appreciate Emma getting all the glory), so hopefully HBP with be great for both of them.
Gilderoy Lockhart came slowly into view, seated at a table surrounded by large pictures of his own face, all winking and flashing dazzlingly white teeth at the crowd. The real Lockhart was wearing robes of forget-me-not blue that exactly matched his eyes;
Oh, I guess they meant she got a nomination, too blushes in embarrassment