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Sherlock Holmes and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo films make Daggers shortlist
Film adaptations of Sherlock Holmes and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have made the shortlist for this years Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards.
Inception and District 9 also make up the Film Dagger category, with Ashes to Ashes, Luther, Sherlock and Wallander up for the TV gong.
These film and TV categories join the finalists in the book category which were previously announced, with the likes of Belinda Bauer, Scott Turow and Simon Lelic making the shortlists. Link http://thebookseller.com/news/125301-finalists-revealed-for-daggers.html The full shortlist in the film and TV categories is:
THE FILM DAGGER
District 9 (Sony Pictures)
Inception (Warner Bros)
Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Momentum Pictures)
The TV DAGGER
Ashes to Ashes (Series 3) (Kudos)
Luther (BBC)
Sherlock (BBC)
Wallander (Series 2) (Left Bank Pictures)
THE INTERNATIONAL TV DAGGER
Damages (Season 3) (Sony Pictures)
The Good Wife (Season 1) (CBS)
Wallander (Series 2) (Yellow Bird Films) THE BEST ACTRESS DAGGER
Glenn Close (Damages)
Hermione Norris (Spooks)
Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes & Identity)
Maxine Peake (Criminal Justice)
Sue Johnston (Waking the Dead)
THE BEST ACTOR DAGGER
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Idris Elba (Luther)
Kenneth Branagh (Wallander)
Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes) THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR DAGGER
Laurence Fox (Lewis)
Matthew Macfadyen (Criminal Justice)
Rupert Graves (Sherlock)
Tom Hiddleston (Wallander)
THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS DAGGER
Dervla Kirwan (The Silence)
Gina McKee (The Silence)
Saskia Reeves (Luther)
Sophie Okonedo (Criminal Justice)
The prizes will be awarded at an awards ceremony on 8th October at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. They will be screened on ITV3 the following week.
