Christopher Nolan's second Batman movie dominated Spike TV's Scream 2008 Movie and Television Awards last night, collecting twelve trophies from the ceremony.
Nolan himself won for Best Director and 'Screamplay' (along with brother Jonathan and David Goyer), whilst Christian Bale and Gary Oldman received nods for Best Superhero and Best Supporting Actor respectively.
Heath Ledger received two posthumous awards; Best Fantasy Actor and Best Villain.
Surprise celebrity appearance
Guests at the ceremony included Kate Beckinsale, Jon Favreau, Sam Jackson, Seth Rogan, Winona Ryder and Liv Tyler. It warms our cold hearts that Hollywood stars are now attending horror, sci-fi and fantasy award ceremonies. There's some photos to prove it to the right.
George Lucas also made a brief cameo, stepping out on stage to receive the the Comic-Con Icon Award. As is increasingly common these days, he was accompanied by his own team of Stormtroopers. Surely he's aware of the message he's sending to the world about how he sees himself, isn't he?
The awards list in full:
- The Ultimate Scream – The Dark Knight
- Best Fantasy Movie – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Best Horror Movie – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Best Science Fiction Movie – Iron Man
- Best TV Show – Dexter
- Best Superhero - Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
- Best Actor in Fantasy Movie - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show - Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
- Breakout Performance - Wall-E, Wall-E
- Best Actress in a Horror Movie or TV Show - Liv Tyler, The Strangers
- Best Villain - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show - Angelina Jolie, Wanted
- Best Supporting Performance - Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight
- The Holy Shit! Scene of the Year - The Big Rig Flips Over, The Dark Knight
- Most Memorable Mutiliation - Bitten By Vagina With Teeth, Teeth
- Best Screamplay -The Dark Knight
- Best Scream to Comic Adaptation - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight
- Best Sequel - The Dark Knight
- Best Director - Christopher Nolan
- Best Remake - Halloween
- Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show - Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man
- Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie of TV Show - Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil: Extinction
- Best F/X - The Dark Knight
- Best Comic Book - Y: The Last Man
- Best Comic Book Movie - The Dark Knight
- Best Comic Book Artist - Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy
- Best Comic Book Writer - Grant Morrison, Batman
- Most Shocking Comic Book Plot Twist - The X-men disband after Professor X is shot in the head by Bishop.
- Best Line - "I believe whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger,” The Joker
Thanks to Market Watch for the award results
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