42nd Saturn Awards

42nd Saturn Awards
Site	Burbank, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most nominations	Film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (15) Television: The Walking Dead (7)

The 42nd Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genres in film, television, home media releases, and theatre in 2015 and early 2016, will be held in June 2016, in Burbank, California. The awards will be presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The nominations were announced in February 24, 2016.^[1] This edition featured several heavy changes in the Television categories, with all "Best TV series" categories being replaced by new ones, with the exception of Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the most nominated film in Saturn Award history with nominations in all 13 categories it was eligible for except Best Performance by a Younger Actor, including double nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, for a total of fifteen nominations, followed by Mad Max: Fury Road with ten (including a nomination in the Home Entertainment categories) and Crimson Peak with nine.^[2] In television, The Walking Dead led the nominations with seven, including a triple nomination in the Best Supporting Actress on Television category, Game of Thrones and Hannibal being second with five nominations each.^[3]

Eight individuals earned double nominations: J. J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro, Alex Garland, George Miller, and Colin Trevorrow were all nominated for both Best Director and Best Writing, while Neal Scanlan received nominations for both Best Make-up and Best Special Effects for Star Wars; additionally, actresses Jessica Chastain and Gillian Anderson were the only individuals to receive several nominations for different works.

Nominees

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Ex Machina Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens Terminator Genisys	The Age of Adaline Baahubali: The Beginning Cinderella Goosebumps The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Ted 2
Best Horror Film	Best Thriller Film
Crimson Peak Insidious: Chapter 3 It Follows Krampus The Visit What We Do in the Shadows	Black Mass Bridge of Spies The Gift The Hateful Eight Mr. Holmes Sicario
Best Action or Adventure Film	Best International Film
Everest Furious 7 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation The Revenant Spectre Spy	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Goodnight Mommy Labyrinth of Lies Legend Turbo Kid The Wave
Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture	Best Animated Film
Ant-Man Attack on Titan Avengers: Age of Ultron Kingsman: The Secret Service The Peanuts Movie	Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur Inside Out Kung Fu Panda 3 Minions When Marnie Was There
Best Director	Best Writing
J. J. Abrams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Guillermo del Toro – Crimson Peak Alex Garland – Ex Machina George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Peyton Reed – Ant-Man Ridley Scott – The Martian Colin Trevorrow – Jurassic World	Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins – Crimson Peak Alex Garland – Ex Machina Drew Goddard – The Martian Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn – Kingsman: The Secret Service Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Derek Connolly, and Colin Trevorrow – Jurassic World Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt – Star Wars: The Force Awakens George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actor	Best Actress
John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Finn Matt Damon – The Martian as Mark Watney Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass Taron Egerton – Kingsman: The Secret Service as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin Harrison Ford – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Han Solo Domhnall Gleeson – Ex Machina as Caleb Smith Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight as Major Marquis Warren Paul Rudd – Ant-Man as Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Emily Blunt – Sicario as Kate Macer Jessica Chastain – The Martian as Melissa Lewis Blake Lively – The Age of Adaline as Adaline Bowman Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Rey Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa Mia Wasikowska – Crimson Peak as Edith Cushing
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Paul Bettany – Avengers: Age of Ultron as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision Michael Douglas – Ant-Man as Hank Pym Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Kylo Ren Walton Goggins – The Hateful Eight as Sheriff Chris Mannix Simon Pegg – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation as Benji Dunn Michael Shannon – 99 Homes as Rick Carver	Jessica Chastain – Crimson Peak as Lady Lucille Sharpe Carrie Fisher – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as General Leia Organa Evangeline Lilly – Ant-Man as Hope van Dyne Lupita Nyong'o – Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Maz Kanata Tamannaah – Baahubali: The Beginning as Avanthika Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina as Ava
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Music
Olivia DeJonge – The Visit as Becca James Freedson-Jackson – Cop Car as Travis Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes as Roger Elias Schwarz and Lukas Schwarz – Goodnight Mommy as Elias and Lukas Ty Simpkins – Jurassic World as Gray Mitchell Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsome	Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario Junkie XL – Mad Max: Fury Road M.M. Keeravani – Baahubali: The Beginning Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight Fernando Velázquez – Crimson Peak John Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Editing	Best Production Design
Ant-Man – Dan Lebental and Colby Parker, Jr. Furious 7 – Christian Wagner, Dylan Highsmith, Kirk Morri, and Leigh Folsom Boyd Kingsman: The Secret Service – Eddie Hamilton and Jon Harris Jurassic World – Kevin Stitt Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey	Baahubali: The Beginning – Sabu Cyril Crimson Peak – Thomas E. Sanders Jurassic World – Ed Verreaux Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Rick Carter and Darren Gilford Tomorrowland – Scott Chambliss
Best Costume Design	Best Make-up
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Alexandra Byrne Baahubali: The Beginning – Rama Rajamouli and Prashanti Tipirineni Cinderella – Sandy Powell Crimson Peak – Kate Hawley Kingsman: The Secret Service – Arianne Phillips Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Michael Kaplan	Black Mass – Joel Harlow, Kenny Niederbaumer Crimson Peak – David Martí, Montse Ribé, Xavi Bastida The Hateful Eight – Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger, Jake Garber, Heba Thorisdottir Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin, Elka Wardega Sicario – Donald Mowat Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Neal Scanlan
Best Special Effects	Best Independent Film
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Paul Corbould, Chris Townsend, Ben Snow, and Paul Butterworth Ex Machina – Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington and Sara Bennett Jurassic World – John Rosengrant, Michael Lantieri and Tim Alexander Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams The Martian – Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould	99 Homes Bone Tomahawk Cop Car Experimenter Room Trumbo

Television

Best Science Fiction Television Series	Best Fantasy Television Series
The 100 Colony Continuum Doctor Who The Expanse Wayward Pines The X-Files	Game of Thrones Haven Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Outlander The Magicians The Muppets The Shannara Chronicles
Best Horror Television Series	Best Action-Thriller Television Series
American Horror Story: Hotel Ash vs Evil Dead Fear the Walking Dead Salem Teen Wolf The Strain The Walking Dead	Bates Motel Blindspot Fargo Hannibal The Last Ship The Librarians Mr. Robot
Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series	Best New Media Television Series
Arrow DC's Legends of Tomorrow The Flash Gotham Marvel's Agent Carter Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Supergirl	Bosch DreamWorks Dragons The Man in the High Castle Marvel's Daredevil Marvel's Jessica Jones Powers Sense8
Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
Bruce Campbell – Ash vs Evil Dead as Ash Williams Charlie Cox – Marvel's Daredevil as Matt Murdock / Daredevil Matt Dillon – Wayward Pines as Ethan Burke David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder Grant Gustin – The Flash as Barry Allen / The Flash Sam Heughan – Outlander as James "Jamie" Fraser Andrew Lincoln – The Walking Dead as Rick Grimes Mads Mikkelsen – Hannibal as Dr. Hannibal Lecter	Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully Caitriona Balfe – Outlander as Claire Fraser Melissa Benoist – Supergirl as Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl Kim Dickens – Fear the Walking Dead as Madison Clark Rachel Nichols – Continuum as Kiera Cameron Krysten Ritter – Marvel's Jessica Jones as Jessica Jones Rebecca Romijn – The Librarians as Colonel Eve Baird
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
Richard Armitage – Hannibal as Francis Dolarhyde / "The Tooth Fairy" Vincent D'Onofrio – Marvel's Daredevil as Wilson Fisk Kit Harington – Game of Thrones as Jon Snow Toby Jones – Wayward Pines as David Pilcher / Dr. Jenkins Erik Knudsen – Continuum as Alec Sadler Lance Reddick – Bosch as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving David Tennant – Jessica Jones as Kilgrave Patrick Wilson – Fargo as State Trooper Lou Solverson	Gillian Anderson – Hannibal as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier Tovah Feldshuh – The Walking Dead as Deanna Monroe Calista Flockhart – Supergirl as Cat Grant Danai Gurira – The Walking Dead as Michonne Lena Headey – Game of Thrones as Cersei Lannister Melissa Leo – Wayward Pines as Nurse Pamela "Pam" Pilcher Melissa McBride – The Walking Dead as Carol Peletier
Best Guest Star on Television	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series
Laura Benanti – Supergirl as Alura In-Ze Steven Brand – Teen Wolf as Dr. Gabriel Valack Victor Garber – The Flash as Dr. Martin Stein Scott Glenn – Marvel's Daredevil as Stick Alex Kingston – Doctor Who - "The Husbands of River Song" as River Song John Carroll Lynch – The Walking Dead as Eastman William Shatner – Haven as Croatoan	Max Charles – The Strain as Zach Goodweather Frank Dillane – Fear the Walking Dead as Nick Clark Jodelle Ferland – Dark Matter as Five Brenock O'Connor – Game of Thrones as Olly Chandler Riggs – The Walking Dead as Carl Grimes Dylan Sprayberry – Teen Wolf as Liam Dunbar Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones as Arya Stark
Best Television Presentation
The Cannibal in the Jungle Childhood's End Doctor Who - "The Husbands of River Song" Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! The Wiz

Home Entertainment

Best DVD or Blu-ray Release	Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release
Big Game Burying the Ex Monsters: Dark Continent The Tale of the Princess Kayuga The Cobbler Wolf Totem	Furious 7 (Extended Edition) Society (Limited Edition) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) Vanilla Sky (Alternate Ending) X-Men: Days of Future Past (The Rogue Cut)
Best DVD or Blu-ray Classic Film Release	Best DVD or Blu-ray Television Release
Burnt Offerings Cemetery Without Crosses Ladyhawke Miracle Mile The Monster That Challenged the World Tales of Terror X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes	Black Sails (Season 2) From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (Season 2) Hannibal (Season 3) Lost in Space (The Complete Adventures) My Favorite Martian (The Complete Series) The X-Files: The Collector's Set
Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection
The Frank Darabont Collection (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Majestic) Horror Classics (Volume 1) (The Mummy, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Taste the Blood of Dracula, and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed) Jurassic Park Collection (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World) Mad Max Anthology (Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Mad Max: Fury Road) Nikkatsu Diamond Guys (Volume 1) (Voice Without a Shadow, Red Quay, and The Rambling Guitarist) Special Effects Collection (Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and Them!)

Live Stage Production

Best Local Live Stage Production
An Act of God (Ahmanson Theatre) Bent (The Mark Taper Forum) Carrie: The Musical (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts) Side Show (3D Theatricals) Tarzan (3D Theatricals) The Lion King (Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts)

Films and series with multiple nominations

Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 10 Mad Max: Fury Road 9 Crimson Peak 8 Jurassic World 6 Ant-Man Ex Machina The Martian 5 Baahubali: The Beginning The Hateful Eight Kingsman: The Secret Service 4 Avengers: Age of Ultron Sicario 3 Furious 7 2 99 Homes The Age of Adaline Black Mass Bone Tomahawk Cinderella Cop Car Goodnight Mommy Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Mr. Holmes The Revenant Room The Visit

Series with multiple nominations Nominations Television Series 7 The Walking Dead 5 Game of Thrones Hannibal 4 Marvel's Daredevil Supergirl Wayward Pines The X-Files 3 Continuum Doctor Who Fear the Walking Dead The Flash Marvel's Jessica Jones Outlander Teen Wolf 2 Ash vs Evil Dead Bosch Fargo Haven The Librarians The Strain

References

1. "The 42nd Annual Saturn Awards nominations are announced for 2016!". Saturn Awards. February 24, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
2. "Saturn Award nominations on YouTube". Saturn Awards. February 24, 2016.
3. "Saturn Award nominations on YouTube". Saturn Awards. February 24, 2016.

External links

• Official Saturn Awards website