{"id":3189,"date":"2018-04-03T02:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/04\/03\/blade-runner-2049-get-out-and-bitch-planet-are-all-finalists-for-the-2018-hugo-awards\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T02:30:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T02:30:30","slug":"blade-runner-2049-get-out-and-bitch-planet-are-all-finalists-for-the-2018-hugo-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/04\/03\/blade-runner-2049-get-out-and-bitch-planet-are-all-finalists-for-the-2018-hugo-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, and Bitch Planet Are All Finalists for the 2018 Hugo Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Evan Narcisse\/ I09<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/-\/media\/qs9xrua4f23nglesr204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of last year\u2019s best comics, movies, and genre prose works are in the running to win the prestigious Hugo Award. Get ready for a cinematic battle royale between\u00a0<em>Get Out, The Shape of Water, Wonder Woman, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Thor: Ragnarok<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the\u00a0World Science Fiction Society\u00a0announced the list of\u00a0Hugo Awards finalists. Voting is underway and the winners will be announced at WorldCon in August. Hugo watchers will note that N.K. Jemisin, who won Best Novel in 2016 for\u00a0<em>The Fifth Season<\/em>\u00a0and again in 2017 for its sequel,\u00a0<em>The Obelisk Gate<\/em>, is poised for a historic hat trick if the third book in her Broken Earth trilogy,\u00a0<em>The Stone Sky<\/em>, takes this year\u2019s prize.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full roster of finalists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Alcon Entertainment \/ Bud Yorkin Productions \/ Torridon Films \/ Columbia Pictures)<\/li>\n<li><em>Get Out<\/em>, written and directed by Jordan Peele (Blumhouse Productions \/ Monkeypaw Productions \/ QC Entertainment)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Shape of Water<\/em>, written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, directed by Guillermo del Toro (TSG Entertainment \/ Double Dare You \/ Fox Searchlight Pictures)<\/li>\n<li><em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em>, written and directed by Rian Johnson (Lucasfilm, Ltd.)<\/li>\n<li><em>Thor: Ragnarok<\/em>, written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost; directed by Taika Waititi (Marvel Studios)<\/li>\n<li><em>Wonder Woman<\/em>, screenplay by Allan Heinberg, story by Zack Snyder &amp; Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs, directed by Patty Jenkins (DC Films \/ Warner Brothers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Narcisse\/ I09 Some of last year\u2019s best comics, movies, and genre prose works are in the running to win the prestigious Hugo Award. Get ready for a cinematic battle royale between\u00a0Get Out, The Shape of Water, Wonder Woman, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Thor: Ragnarok\u00a0and\u00a0Blade Runner 2049. Over the weekend, the\u00a0World Science Fiction Society\u00a0announced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/04\/03\/blade-runner-2049-get-out-and-bitch-planet-are-all-finalists-for-the-2018-hugo-awards\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, and Bitch Planet Are All Finalists for the 2018 Hugo Awards - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/04\/03\/blade-runner-2049-get-out-and-bitch-planet-are-all-finalists-for-the-2018-hugo-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, and Bitch Planet Are All Finalists for the 2018 Hugo Awards - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evan Narcisse\/ I09 Some of last year\u2019s best comics, movies, and genre prose works are in the running to win the prestigious Hugo Award. 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