52nd Annual Saturn Awards Hosted by Joel McHale; Special Awards For William Shatner, ‘Back To The Future’ and ‘Fallout’

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The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films is proud to unveil the initial recipients of special tribute and honorary awards at the upcoming 52^nd Annual Saturn Awards, including William Shatner, the cast of “Back to the Future,” and the Amazon series “Fallout.” This year’s ceremony is being held Sunday, February 2 at The Hilton Universal City Hotel. In light of the catastrophic fires and the urgent need for support in the community, the Academy is using this platform to celebrate achievements in genre entertainment and to provide viewers nationwide and attending the event with information on how to donate and support the rebuilding efforts in Los Angeles. This new initiative aims to raise awareness and provide vital contact information to help the city recover. The Saturn Awards will be live-streamed for FREE on both Electric Entertainment’s premium OTT app and FAST channel, ElectricNOW and The Roku Channel.

Academy President Robert Holguin, alongside Saturn producers Bradley and Kevin Marcus, comment, “We hope that this year’s Saturn Awards will celebrate our vibrant community and genre family, just as it did after the Covid crisis. Coming together with old and new friends is essential during challenging times. The Saturn Awards have always been about more than just winning or losing; it’s a celebration of the movies, shows, and people we cherish. In tough times, we often seek refuge in fantastical worlds of imagination. This event is also an opportunity to unite, offering hope and exploring the many ways we can support one another as we rebuild our lives and our beloved Los Angeles.”

Attendees and viewers at home will be encouraged to donate to relief efforts via QR codes throughout the event itself and via on-screen promos through streaming partners, ElectricNOW and The Roku Channel.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is reserved for individuals in either film and/or television for their outstanding work, to honor their illustrious careers as artists and icons and those who’ve helped further genre entertainment in the industry and beyond. And there’s no one more deserving than the living legend and iconic Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. No stranger to the Saturn Awards, Mr. Shatner has hosted two of the first televised Saturn Awards shows in the late-70s, won Best Actor for “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” and presented last year’s Robert Forster Artist’s Award to Seth MacFarlane.

The George Pal Memorial Award is usually presented to someone who has shown exemplary work in the respective film genres. It is named in honor of George Pal, a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre, such as the classic “War of the Worlds,” “The Time Machine,” among many others. This year, The Saturn Awards celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the all-time classic time-travel adventure “Back to the Future” by bestowing this honor on its filmmakers and stars. Representing the film will be Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, writer/producer Bob Gale and composer Alan Silvestri.

The Amazon series “Fallout” and its cast and creators will receive The Spotlight Award, presented by Ron Perlman. The award is given to a film or series that the Academy deems worthy of special recognition and accolades. “Fallout” not only lived up to and exceeded gamers’ expectations but also welcomed millions of new science fiction fans into its world of post-apocalyptic adventure, retro-futuristic intrigue, and darkly comedic survival.

The nominees are:

FILM

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate Films)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
Megalopolis (Lionsgate Films/American Zoetrope)
Venom: The Last Dance (Sony Pictures/Marvel)

BEST FANTASY FILM

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary)
My Old Ass (Amazon/MGM)
Poor Things (Searchlight)
Wonka (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST HORROR FILM

Abigail (Universal Pictures)
Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
The First Omen (20th Century Studios)
In a Violent Nature (IFC Films)
Longlegs (Neon)
A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount Pictures)
Smile 2 (Paramount Pictures)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM

Argylle (Apple Films/Universal Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
The Fall Guy (Universal Pictures)
Fly Me to the Moon (Apple Films/Columbia Pictures)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Lionsgate Films)
Twisters (Universal Pictures)

BEST THRILLER FILM

Blink Twice (Amazon/MGM)
Civil War (A24)
Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Speak No Evil (Universal Pictures)
Wolfs (Apple Films)

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Dream Scenario (A24)
Late Night with the Devil (IFC Films/Shudder)
MaXXXine (A24)
The Substance (Mubi)
Thelma (Magnolia Pictures)
The Thicket (Tubi Movies)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Animal Kingdom (Magnet Releasing)
Godzilla Minus One (Toho International)
Kill (Lionsgate Films)
Monkey Man (Universal Pictures)
Oddity (IFC Films)
Society of the Snow (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Boy and the Heron (Gkids)
Despicable Me 4 (Universal/Illumination Entertainment)
Inside Out 2 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
Kung-Fu Panda 4 (Universal/Dreamworks Animation)
Spy x Family Code: White (Crunchyroll)
Transformers: One (Paramount Pictures)
The Wild Robot (Universal/Dreamworks Animation)

BEST ACTOR IN A FILM

Tom Blyth
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes (Lionsgate Films)
Nicolas Cage
Dream Scenario (A24)
Timothée Chalamet
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
David Dastmalchian
Late Night with the Devil (IFC Films/Shudder)
Kyle Gallner
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Michael Keaton
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ryan Reynolds
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM

Willa Fitzgerald
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Demi Moore
The Substance (Mubi)
Lupita Nyong’o
A Quiet Place – Day One (Paramount Pictures)
Winona Ryder
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Naomi Scott
Smile 2 (Paramount Pictures)
June Squibb
Thelma (Magnolia Pictures)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FILM

Josh Brolin
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Austin Butler
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Nicolas Cage
Longlegs (Neon)
Willem Dafoe
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Hugh Jackman
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Owen Teague
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
David Johnsson
Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FILM

Emma Corrin
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Rebecca Ferguson
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Barbara Hershey
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Juliette Lewis
The Thicket (Tubi Movies)
Margaret Qualley
The Substance (Mubi)
Cailee Spaeny
Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
Zendaya
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)

BEST YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A FILM

Freya Allan
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
McKenna Grace
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)
Kaylee Hottle
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Calah Lane
Wonka (Warner Bros Pictures)
Jenna Ortega
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Alisha Weir
Abigail (Universal Pictures)
Rachel Zegler
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate Films)

BEST FILM DIRECTION

Fede Alvarez
Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
Wes Ball
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
Tim Burton
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Shawn Levy
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
JT Mollner
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Denis Villeneuve
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Takashi Yamazaki
Godzilla Minus One (Toho International)

BEST FILM SCREENWRITING

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine
Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Dune: Part Two
Denis Villenueve, Jon Spaihts (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Godzilla Minus One
Takashi Yamazak (Toho International)
Longlegs
Osgood Perkins (Neon)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (20th Century Studios)
Strange Darling
JT Mollner (Miramax/Majenta Light Studios)

BEST VISUAL/SPECIAL EFFECTS

Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
TBD
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Angus Bickerton, James Brennan-Craddock, Neal Scanlan, Stefano Pepin
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
TBD
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salacombe, Gerd Nefzer
Godzilla Minus One (Toho International)
Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuiji Nojima, Kiyokk Shubuya, Takashi Yamazaki
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
Erik Winquist, TBD
Twisters (Universal Pictures)
TBD

BEST FILM MUSIC

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Danny Elfman
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Hans Zimmer
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)
Dario Marianelli
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate Pictures)
James Newton Howard
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
John Paesano
Smile 2 (Paramount Pictures)
Cristobal Tapia de Veer

BEST FILM PRODUCTION DESIGN

Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
Naaman Marshall
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Matt Scruton
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
Ray Chan
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Patricia Vermette
Longlegs (Neon)
Danny Vermette
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
Daniel T. Dorrance

BEST FILM MAKE-UP

Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
TBD
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Neal Scanlan, Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Donald Mowat and TBD
Longlegs (Neon)
Felix Fox, Madelaine Hermans
Smile 2 (Paramount Pictures)
TBD
The Substance (Mubi)
TBD

BEST FILM EDITING

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jay Prychidny
Civil War (A24)
Jake Roberts
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
Dean Zimmerman & Shane Reid
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Joe Walker
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Christopher Robin Bell

BEST FILM COSTUME

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Colleen Atwood
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Graham Churchyard & Mayes C. Rubeo
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Jacqueline West
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)
Alex Fortes & Ruth Myers
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate Pictures)
Trish Summerville
Wonka (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Lindy Hemming