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PRESS RELEASE – SATURN AWARDS 2019
Nominations for the 45th annual Saturn Awards, honoring motion picture, television, home entertainment and live stage productions, were announced today. A beloved event for many of Hollywood’s top creative talent, the awards show will be available for the first time ever to global fans via a streaming partner, to be announced shortly. All 2019 Saturn Awards winners will be unveiled at the official ceremony on Friday, the 13th of September at the historic Avalon Theater in Los Angeles.
Leading the way with 14 Saturn Award film nominations is Marvel/Walt Disney Studio’s Avengers: Endgame, and Walt Disney Studio’s Aladdin in second place with nine. For television and streaming, HBO’s Game of Thrones leads with nine nominations, with The Haunting of Hill House and The Walking Dead following second with six nominations each. As a studio overall, Disney leads with 44 nominations among 12 film and television projects across its various companies, Marvel, Walt Disney Studios, Pixar, Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Disney Channel.
The full list of 2019 Saturn Awards nominations is below.
2019 SATURN AWARDS NOMINATIONS
**** This year’s 16-month eligibility period includes projects publicly released from March 1, 2018 through July 7, 2019. Nominations are listed in alphabetical order.
FILM
BEST COMIC-TO-MOTION PICTURE RELEASE
Aquaman Warner Bros. Pictures
Avengers: Endgame Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Avengers: Infinity War Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Captain Marvel Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Shazam! Warner Bros. Pictures
Spider-Man: Far From Home Sony / Marvel Studios
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM RELEASE
Alita: Battle Angel 20th Century Fox
Bumblebee Paramount
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom Universal Pictures
Ready Player One Warner Bros. Pictures
Solo: A Star Wars Story Lucasfilm Ltd. / Walt Disney Studios
Sorry to Bother You Mirror Releasing – Annapurna Pictures
Upgrade BH Tilt
BEST FANTASY FILM RELEASE
Aladdin Walt Disney Studios
Dumbo Walt Disney Studios
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Warner Bros. Pictures
Godzilla, King of the Monsters Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures
Mary Poppins Returns Walt Disney Studios
Toy Story 4 Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Studios
Yesterday Universal Pictures
BEST HORROR FILM RELEASE
The Dead Don’t Die Focus Features
Halloween Universal Pictures
Hereditary A24
Overlord Paramount
Pet Sematary Paramount
A Quiet Place Paramount
Us Universal Pictures
BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE FILM RELEASE
Cold Pursuit Lionsgate / Summit
Escape Room Columbia Pictures/Sony
Glass Universal
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Lionsgate / Summit
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount
Skyscraper Universal Pictures
BEST THRILLER FILM RELEASE
Bad Samaritan Electric Entertainment
Bad Times at The El Royale 20th Century Fox
Destroyer Mirror / Annapurna Pictures
Dragged Across Concrete Lionsgate / Summit
Greta Focus Features
Ma Universal Pictures
Searching Sony Pictures
BEST ANIMATED FILM RELEASE
The Grinch Universal Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World Universal Pictures
The Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Studios
Ralph Breaks the Internet Walt Disney Studios
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures
Toy Story 4 Walt Disney Studios
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM RELEASE
American Animals The Orchard
Anna and the Apocalypse Orion Pictures
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot RLJ Entertainment
Mandy RLJ Entertainment
Ophelia IFC Films
Summer of 84 Gunpowder & Sky
Tomorrow Man Bleecker St.
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM RELEASE
Aniara Magnet / Magnolia Pictures
Border Neon
Burning Well Go USA
Ghost Stories IFC Films
The Guilty Magnolia Pictures
Shadow Well Go USA
BEST ACTOR IN A FILM
Jeff Bridges Bad Times at The El Royale 20th Century Fox
Nicolas Cage Mandy RLJ Entertainment
Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount
Chris Evans Avengers: Endgame Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Robert Downey Jr. Avengers: Endgame Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Mel Gibson Dragged Across Concrete Lionsgate / Summit
Keanu Reeves John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Lionsgate / Summit
BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM
Emily Blunt Mary Poppins Returns Walt Disney Studios
Toni Collette Hereditary A24
Jamie Lee Curtis Halloween Universal
Nicole Kidman Destroyer Mirror / Annapurna Pictures
Brie Larson Captain Marvel Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Lupita Nyong’o Us Universal Pictures
Octavia Spencer Ma Universal Pictures
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FILM
Josh Brolin Avengers: Infinity War Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
John Lithgow Pet Sematary Paramount
Lin-Manuel Miranda Mary Poppins Returns Walt Disney Studios
Lewis Pullman Bad Times at The El Royale 20th Century Fox
Jeremy Renner Avengers: Endgame Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Will Smith Aladdin Walt Disney Studios
Steven Yeun Burning Well Go USA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FILM
Cynthia Erivo Bad Times at The El Royale 20th Century Fox
Karen Gillan Avengers: Endgame Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Amber Heard Aquaman Warner Bros. Pictures
Scarlett Johansson Avengers: Endgame Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Naomi Scott Aladdin Walt Disney Studios
Hailee Steinfeld Bumblebee Paramount
Zendaya Spider-Man: Far From Home Marvel / Sony Studios
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
Evan Alex Us Universal Pictures
Asher Angel Shazam! Warner Bros. Pictures
Millie Bobby Brown Godzilla, King of the Monsters Warner Bros. / Legendary
Jack Dylan Grazer Shazam! Warner Bros. Pictures
Tom Holland Spider-Man: Far From Home Marvel / Sony Pictures
Shahadi Wright Joseph Us Universal Pictures
Millicent Simmonds A Quiet Place Paramount
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Captain Marvel Marvel / Walt Disney Studios
Karyn Kusama Destroyer Mirror / Annapurna Pictures
Jordan Peele Us Universal Pictures
Guy Ritchie Aladdin Walt Disney Studios
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
