‘Star Trek’ Franchise And Other Genre Favorites Win Big At This Year’s Saturn Awards

The 51st Saturn Awards, which celebrates excellence in genre entertainment, took place in Burbank, California this weekend. Each year, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror celebrates the highlights of genre-based entertainment in the past year.

Since awards shows like the Oscars, Emmys, or Golden Globes frequently highlight more traditional genres like drama and comedy, the Saturn Awards aim to recognize alternative forms of storytelling. Actor Joel McHale, a veteran of genre storytelling, hosted the show at the L.A. Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel.

Avatar: The Way of Water, Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny took home multiple awards in the film division. Outlander and Wednesday won many awards across the Television division.

The Star Trek franchise had a strong showing across the event. In addition to Star Trek: Picard winning four out of its seven Saturn Award nominations, the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (the precursor to Picard) won a lifetime achievement award presented by the President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige. The Walking Dead franchise also won a Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, actors and creatives Jodie Foster, Keanu Reeves, Seth MacFarlane, and Dave Filoni won various awards honoring their careers.

Star Wars projects did not win as big as Trek this year; it did collect some notable wins for the critically acclaimed Rogue One spin-off Andor (which won Best New Genre Television Series) and their most recent animated series, The Bad Batch. Other notable wins include Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse for Best Animated Film, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 for Best Superhero Film, and The Last of Us for Best Horror Television Series.

Read the complete list of winners, as reported by Deadline, below!

FILM

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST FANTASY FILM

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

BEST HORROR FILM

Talk to Me

BEST SUPERHERO FILM

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

BEST THRILLER FILM

Oppenheimer

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Pearl

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Sisu

BEST FILM DIRECTION

James Cameron (for Avatar: The Way of Water)

BEST FILM SCREENWRITING

Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver)

BEST ACTOR IN A FILM

Harrison Ford (for Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM

Margot Robbie (Barbie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FILM

Nicolas Cage (in Renfield)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FILM

Emily Blunt (in Oppenheimer)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A FILM

Xolo Maridueña (in Blue Beetle)

BEST FILM MUSIC

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (by John Williams)

BEST FILM MAKE-UP

The Covenant (Donald Mowat)

BEST FILM VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: The Way of Water (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett)

BEST FILM COSTUME DESIGN

Barbie (Jacqueline Durran)

BEST FILM PRODUCTION DESIGN

Barbie (Sarah Greenwood)

BEST FILM EDITING

Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame)

TELEVISION

BEST SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION SERIES

Star Trek: Picard

BEST SUPERHERO TELEVISION SERIES

Superman & Lois

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER TELEVISION SERIES

Outlander

BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION

Marvel’s Werewolf by Night

BEST ANIMATED SERIES OR SPECIAL

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

BEST NEW GENRE TELEVISION SERIES

Star Wars: Andor

BEST HORROR TELEVISION SERIES

The Last of Us

BEST FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES

Wednesday

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Patrick Stewart (in Star Trek: Picard)

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Caitriona Balfe (in Outlander)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Jonathan Frakes (in Star Trek: Picard)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Jeri Ryan (in Star Trek: Picard)

BEST FEATURED GUEST STAR IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Paul Wesley (in Strange Trek: Strange New Worlds)

BEST YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Jenna Ortega (in Wednesday)

 

HOME MEDIA

BEST TELEVISION HOME MEDIA RELEASE

Night Gallery, Season 3 (Kino Lorber)

BEST 4K HOME MEDIA RELEASE

John Wick, Chapter 4 – 4K (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)

BEST FILM HOME MEDIA COLLECTION

Superman 1978-1987 4K Collection (Warner Home Video)

BEST CLASSIC FILM HOME MEDIA RELEASE

Invaders from Mars 4K (Ignite)

Jack Morelli: Jack Morelli is a senior English and Writing Interdisciplinary Major at Loyola University Maryland. He is a huge fan of film, especially Star Wars, and loves following the intricacies of the film industry.
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