Official 45th Anniversary Saturn Awards Film Nominees Announced

[Guest 2018Participant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 95 Posts: 1543 View Predictions]

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Finally. After 5 months and a major retooling of the awards, here they are:

Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release:
Aquaman
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Captain Marvel
Shazam!
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

SciFi:
Alita: Battle Angel
Bumblebee
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sorry to Bother You
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Fantasy:
Aladdin
Dumbo
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Mary Poppins Returns
Toy Story 4
Yesterday

Horror:
The Dead Don’t Die
Halloween
Hereditary
Overlord
Pet Sematary
A Quiet Place
Us

Action/Adventure:
Cold Pursuit
Escape Room
Glass
John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Skyscraper

Thriller:
Bad Samaritan
Bad Times at The El Royale
Destroyer
Dragged Across Concrete
Greta
Ma
Searching

Animated:
The Grinch
How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World
The Incredibles 2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Toy Story 4

Indie Film:
American Animals
Anna and the Apocalypse
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot
Mandy
Ophelia
Summer of 84
Tomorrow Man

International Film:
Aniara (Sweden)
Border (Sweden)
Burning (South Korea)
Ghost Stories (England)
The Guilty (Denmark)
Shadow (China)

Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Bad Times at The El Royale
Nicolas Cage, Mandy
Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Endgame
Mel Gibson, Dragged Across Concrete
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Actress:
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Brie Larson, Captain Marvel
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Octavia Spencer, Ma

Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War
John Lithgow, Pet Sematary
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Lewis Pullman, Bad Times at The El Royale
Jeremy Renner, Avengers: Endgame
Will Smith, Aladdin
Steven Yeun, Burning

Supporting Actress:
Cynthia Erivo, Bad Times at The El Royale
Karen Gillan and Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Endgame
Amber Heard, Aquaman
Naomi Scott, Aladdin
Hailee Steinfeld, Bumblebee
Zendaya, Spider-Man: Far From Home

Performance by a Younger Actor:
Evan Alex, Us
Asher Angel, Shazam!
Millie Bobby Brown, Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Jack Dylan Grazer, Shazam!
Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Shahadi Wright, Joseph Us
Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place

Director:
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel
Karyn Kusama, Destroyer
Jordan Peele, Us
Guy Ritchie, Aladdin
Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame
Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One
James Wan, Aquaman
Zhang Yimou, Shadow

Screenplay:
Drew Goddard, Bad Times at The El Royale
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Avengers: Endgame
Christopher McQuarrie, Mission Impossible: Fallout
Oh Jung-mi and Lee Chang-Dong, Burning
Jordan Peele, Us
Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski, A Quiet Place
S. Craig Zahler, Dragged Across Concrete

Production Design:
Aquaman
Us
Dumbo
Aladdin
Shadows
John Myhre Mary Poppins Returns
Charles Wood Avengers: Endgame

Editing:
Avengers: Endgame
Aladdin
Us
Aquaman
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
A Quiet Place

Music:
Dumbo
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Aladdin
Mary Poppins Returns
Avengers: Endgame
Ready Player One

Costume Design:
Aquaman
Shazam!
Avengers: Endgame
Shadow
Mary Poppins Returns
Aladdin

Makeup:
Avengers: Endgame
The Dead Don’t Die
Destroyer
Dragged Across Concrete
Suspiria

Visual Effects:
A Quiet Place
Aladdin
Avengers: Endgame
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One
Spider-Man: Far From Home

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[Guest 2018Participant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 95 Posts: 1543 View Predictions]

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The Movie Blu/DVD categories, then….

Best DVD/Blu-Ray Release:
Fahrenheit 451
Jonathan
Kin
King Cohen
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Time Freak

DVD/BD Classic Film Release:
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K)
Deep Rising
Jack the Giant Killer
Maximum Overdrive
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
The Spiral Staircase

DVD/BD Special Edition Release:
12 Monkeys: Collector’s Edition
The Changeling: Limited Edition
Crimson Peak: Limited Edition
A Fistful of Dollars: Special Edition
Horror Express: Special Edition
Waterworld: Limited Edition

DVD/BD Collection Release:
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
The Complete Sartana
Jack Ryan: 5 Film Collection (4K)
The Matrix Trilogy (4K)
The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection
Universal Classic Monsters 30 Film Collection

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[Guest 2018Participant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 95 Posts: 1543 View Predictions]

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Here’s the story on the Saturns’ redux via a press release:

“The 45th annual Saturn Awards will take place on Friday, September 13, 2019 at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywood. For the first time in its history, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, the organization that founded and owns the Saturn Awards, has made a multi-year partnership deal with veteran television producer Justin W. Hochberg. This new highly sought-after collaboration has immediately resulted in the upcoming, newly produced and reinvigorated Saturn Awards show. The traditionally non-televised Saturn Awards has always been a favorite event among the most groundbreaking creators. This new production will be an exciting evolution of the beloved award show and, for the first time since the one-time TV airing in 1978, it will be available to global fans via a streaming partner to be announced shortly. Hochberg’s additional plans to expand the brand creating a home for fandom year round will include a slate of co-marketing deals and brand partnerships all for the first time in the show’s 45 year history. With new content in development and decades of never before seen exclusive archival awards show footage with fandom’s legendary icons the Saturn brand will provide fans with unprecedented innovative experiences impossible to duplicate.

“For 44 years, The Saturn Awards show has been the ONLY award show to exclusively recognize Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror feature films and television,” said Robert Holguin, the President of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. “Today genre fans make up the most powerful portion of today’s global entertainment audience but our rich history started long before it was mainstream and includes everyone from J.J. Abrams to Gale Anne Hurd, George Lucas to Jason Blum, Jordan Peele to Gal Gadot, Ryan Coogler, Zoe Saldana and legends like Rod Serling. We couldn’t be more grateful to Justin and the team he has assembled as they take this to infinity and beyond.”

“The reinvigoration of The Saturn Awards also includes the creation of an Awards Advisory Board with members of the TV, film, animation and fan community. The board’s role will be to help produce the annual presentation and ensure it rigorously honors fans and fan culture. Board members that have joined the advisory board thus far include writer/producer Roberto Orci, Christina Steinberg, producer of the Oscar winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, filmmaker Dean Devlin (Independence Day), producer Roy Lee, director Robert Rodriquez (Alita: Battle Angel, Cannes winner Sin City) and Oscar winning director Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) among others.

“I’ve been a fan of the Saturns my entire career,” says Orci. “I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves to help celebrate pop culture’s most impactful storytellers. For every geek, cosplayer, nerd and underdog, this one is for us.”

“I am a life-long fan and the opportunity to reinvent the show for today’s social media age and further develop this unique brand for fandom with innovators like Bob Orci, Dean Devlin, Christina Steinberg, Roy Lee, Peter Ramsey and Robert Rodriguez, whose work has generated billions and thrilled millions, is a chance to work with real life superheroes,” says Hochberg, who has brought all of these new elements together.”

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[JakeParticipant Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 2849 View Predictions]

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I like Best Actress line-up. Toni Collette should prevail, especially from people who reward achievements in horrors, fantasy and science fiction films.

I feel like Tom Holland in Young Performer instead of Best Actor is lousy cheating. Hailee Steinfeld’s not supporting. 😀

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[NerdParticipant Joined: Dec 2nd, 2018 Topics: 1 Posts: 8 View Predictions]

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John Carpenter was SNUBBED for Best Music for Halloween. Alan Silvestri is great but he shouldn’t have gotten 2 nominations. He took John’s spot.

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The eligibility period March 2018 – July 2019 is odd. Does it mean that “Midsommar” was eligible this time?

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