12 Years A Slave & C4 Acquisitions recieve SAG & Golden Globe noms

13 December 2013

Film4’s 12 Years a Slave and a number of the US drama and comedy acquisitions across Channel 4, More4 and E4 stand tall in the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

12 Years a Slave, Film4’s third collaboration with Steve McQueen following the award-winning Hunger and Shame, led the Golden Globe nominations with seven.  Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery, its nominations include Best Picture: Drama, Best Director for Steve McQueen and Best Actor: Drama for Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Homeland and debut drama Masters of Sex, both currently airing on Channel 4, and More4’s Scandal and The Good Wife feature for drama while brand new E4 show Brooklyn Nine-Nine (coming to E4 in January) joins The Big Bang Theory and New Girl representing comedy.

The Golden Globe announcement follows the Screen Actors Guild nominations earlier this week – with 12 Years a Slave up for four awards (details below).  They follow the film’s multiple wins at the Boston Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Online, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and its lead in the nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards.

12 Years a Slave is currently on release in the US, and is released in the UK on 10th January 2014.

Acquisitions

Golden Globes nominations

Best Picture: Drama
Best Director for Steve McQueen

Best Actor: Drama
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender

Best Screenplay
John Ridley

Best Original Score

Hans Zimmer

Best Series, Drama

The Good Wife

Masters of Sex

Best Actress, Drama Series

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Best Actor, Drama Series

Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex

Best Series, Comedy or Musical

Big Bang Theory

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress, Comedy or Musical

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Best Actor, Comedy or Musical

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Supporting Actor

Josh Charles, The Good Wife

Screen Actors Guild Award nominations

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Michael Fassbender

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Lupita Nyong’o

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Homeland

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Danes, Homeland

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory