‘Sinners’, ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’, ‘Fantastic Four’ And ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Lead Saturn Awards Nominations

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros’ record-setting Oscar nomination juggernaut Sinners, James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash and Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps lead all film nominees for the 53rd Saturn Awards, which recognize the year’s best movies, TV programs and home video releases in the fantasy, science fiction, horror, superhero and action-adventure genres.

Winners of the awards, bestowed annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, will be revealed Sunday, March 8 in a ceremony at the Universal Hilton hosted by Joel McHale.

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which snagged a record 16 Oscar nominations last week, landed 12 Saturn nominations, as did Avatar: Fire and Ash and Fantastic Four: First Steps. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein followed with 11 noms, while Wicked: For Good picked up nine and Superman had eight.

Among the TV nominees, Showtime/Paramount+’s Dexter: Resurrection led the way with six nominations, followed by Andor, It: Welcome to Derry and Stranger Things with five apiece.

“This year’s nominations really capture why genre fans show up year after year,” Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films president Robert Holguin and Saturn Awards toppers Bradley Marcus and Kevin Marcus said. “The imagination, scale, and passion on display across these films and series are bigger than ever. From science fiction and fantasy to horror, superheroes, and action, these stories do not just entertain, they bring fans together and remind us why genre continues to lead the way.”

Below is the full list of 2026 Saturn Awards nominees.

Film

Best Science Fiction Film

Jurassic World: Rebirth
(Universal Pictures)

Predator: Badlands
(20th Century Studios)

The Running Man
(Paramount Pictures)

Tron: Ares
(Walt Disney Studios)

Best Fantasy Film

Freakier Friday
(Walt Disney Studios)

Hamnet
(Focus Features)

How to Train Your Dragon
(Universal Pictures/DreamWorks)

The Life of Chuck
(Neon)

Lilo & Stitch
(Walt Disney Studios)

Wicked: For Good
(Universal Pictures)

Best Horror Film

28 Years Later
(Sony Pictures)

The Conjuring: Last Rites
(Warner Bros/New Line Cinema)

Final Destination Bloodlines
(Warner Bros/New Line Cinema)

Frankenstein
(Netflix)

The Monkey
(Neon)

Weapons
(Warner Bros/New Line Cinema)

Best Cinematic Film Adaptation (From Another Medium)

Black Phone 2
(Universal Pictures/Blumhouse)

Captain America: Brave New World
(Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studios)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studios)

A Minecraft Movie
(Warner Bros./Legendary)

Superman 
(Warner Bros /DC Studios)

Thunderbolts: The New Avengers
(Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studios)

Best Thriller Film

Highest 2 Lowest
(A24)

The Housemaid
(Lionsgate Films)

The Long Walk
(Lionsgate Films)

Marty Supreme
(A24)

Sinners
(Warner Bros)

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(Netflix)

Best Action/Adventure Film

Ballerina
(Lionsgate Films)

F1: The Movie
(Apple Films/Warner Bros

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
(Paramount Pictures)

Novocaine
(Paramount Pictures)

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
(Lionsgate Films)

One Battle After Another
(Warner Bros)

Best Actor in a Film

David Corenswet
Superman

Tom Cruise
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Tom Hiddleston
The Life of Chuck

Oscar Isaac
Frankenstein

Michael B. Jordan
Sinners

Pedro Pascal
The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Sam Worthington
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Actress in a Film

Rachel Brosnahan
Superman

Cynthia Erivo
Wicked: For Good

Elle Fanning
Predator: Badlands

Julia Garner
Weapons

Vanessa Kirby
The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Zoe Saldaña
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Emma Stone
Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor in a Film

Jacob Elordi
Frankenstein

Edi Gathegi
Superman

Jeff Goldblum
Wicked: For Good

Stephan Lang
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Delroy Lindo
Sinners

Mads Mikkelsen
Dust Bunny

Ebon Moss-Bachrach
The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Best Supporting Actress in a Film

Oona Chaplin
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Mia Goth
Frankenstein

Ariana Grande
Wicked: For Good

Amy Madigan
Weapons

Hailee Steinfeld
Sinners

Florence Pugh
Thunderbolts: The New Avengers

Sigourney Weaver
Dust Bunny

Best Younger Performer in a Film

Miles Caton
Sinners

Jack Champion
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Maia Kealoha
Lilo & Stitch

Madeleine McGraw
Black Phone 2

Sophie Sloan
Dust Bunny

Mason Thames
How to Train Your Dragon

Best Film Direction

James Cameron
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Ryan Coogler
Sinners

Guillermo del Toro
Frankenstein

James Gunn
Superman

Christopher McQuarrie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Matt Shakman
The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Dan Trachtenberg
Predator: Badlands

Best Film Screenwriting

Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver; Story by Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno

Dust Bunny
Bryan Fuller

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro

Mission: Impossible –  The Final Reckoning
Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen

Sinners
Ryan Coogler

Weapons
Zach Cregger

Best Visual/Special Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Scott Stokdyk, Daniele Bigi, Lisa Marra 

How to Train Your Dragon
Christian Manz, Andy Kind, François Lambert, Glenn Melenhorst, Glen McIntosh

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Alex Wuttke, Jeff Sutherland, Ian Lowe, Kristin Hall, Dave Newton

Superman
Stephane Ceretti, Guy Williams, Enrico Damm, Stephane Nazé

Wicked: For Good
Pablo Helman, Dale Newton

Best Film Music

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Simon Franglen

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Michael Giacchino

Frankenstein
Alexandre Desplat

Sinners
Ludwig Göransson

Tron: Ares
Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

Wicked: For Good
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz

Best Film Production Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Dylan Cole & Ben Procter

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis

Frankenstein
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau

Sinners
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne

Superman
Beth Mickle

Wicked: For Good
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

Best Film Make-up

28 Years Later
John Nolan

Frankenstein
Mike Hill, Megan Many

Sinners
Mike Fontaine, Siân Richards

Tron: Ares
Donald Mowat, Zabrina Matiru

Weapons
Jason Collins, Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat

Wicked: For Good
Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier

Best Film Editing

Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron, John Refoua, Steve Rivkin, Nicolas De Toth, Jason Gaudio

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Jeffrey Ford

Frankenstein
Cam McLauchlin

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Eddie Hamilton

Predator: Badlands
Stefan Grube, Dave Trachtenberg

Sinners
Michael P. Shawyer

Best Film Costume

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Alexandra Byrne

Frankenstein
Kate Hawley

Predator: Badlands
Ngila Dickson

Sinners
Ruth E. Carter

Superman
Judianna Makovsky

Wicked: For Good
Paul Tazewell

Best Independent Film

Adulthood
(Republic Pictures)

Eden
(Vertical Entertainment)

Dust Bunny
(Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate)

Good Boy
(Independent Film Company/Shudder)

The Rule of Jenny Pen
(Independent Film Company)

The Plague
(Independent Film Company)

The Toxic Avenger
(Cineverse)

Best International Film

40 Acres
(Magnolia)

Bring Her Back
(A24)

Dead of Winter
(Vertical Entertainment)

Night Call
(Magnet Releasing)

The Ugly Stepsister
(Independent Film Company)

Sisu 2: Road to Revenge
(Screen Gems/Sony Pictures)

Best Animated Film

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
(Ketchup Entertainment)

The Bad Guys 2
(DreamWorks Animation)

Elio
(Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)

KPop Demon Hunters
(Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation)

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants
(Nickelodeon Animation/Paramount)

Zootopia 2
(Walt Disney Studios)

Best International Animated Film

Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack
(Crunchyroll)

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
(Sony Pictures)

The Colors Within
(Gkids)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinite Castle
(Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures)

Ne Zha 2
(A24)

Stitch Head
(Briarcliff)

Television

Best Science Fiction Television Series

Andor
(Lucasfilm)

The Ark
(SyFy)

Foundation
(Apple/Skydance Television)

Severance
(Apple)

Silo
(Apple/AMC Studios)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
(CBS/Paramount)

Best Fantasy Television Series

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches
(AMC)

Ghosts
(CBS/Paramount)

The Librarians: The Next Chapter
(TNT/Electric Entertainment)

Outlander
(Starz/Sony Pictures Television)

Stranger Things
(Netflix)

Wednesday
(Netflix/MGM Television)

Best Horror Television Series

Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order
(AMC)

The Institute
(MGM/Amazon)

It: Welcome to Derry
(HBO/Warner Bros. Television)

The Last of Us
(HBO/Sony Pictures Television)

The Walking Dead: Dead City
(AMC)

Yellowjackets
(Showtime/Paramount)

Best New Genre Television Series

Alien: Earth
(FX)

Outlander: Blood of My Blood
(Starz/Sony Pictures Television)

Pluribus
(Sony Pictures Television/Apple)

Robin Hood 
(MGM/Amazon)

Spartacus: House of Ashur
(Starz)

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
(Lucasfilm)

Best Action/Adventure Television Series

Cobra Kai
(Netflix/Sony Pictures Television)

Duster
(Bad Robot/Warner Bros. Television)

Paradise
(Hulu/20^th Television)

Reacher
(Prime Video)

Squid Game
(Netflix)

Twisted Metal
(Peacock/Sony Pictures Television)

Best Thriller Television Series

Dark Winds
(AMC)

Dexter: Resurrection
(Showtime/Paramount+)

The Lowdown
(FX)

MobLand
(CBS/Paramount)

The Rainmaker
(Blumhouse Television/USA Network)

Your Friends and Neighbors
(Apple)

Best Superhero Television Series

Daredevil: Born Again
(Marvel Television)

Gen V
(Prime Video/Sony Pictures Television)

Invincible
(Prime Video)

Iron Heart
(Marvel Television)

Peacemaker
(Warner Bros. Television/DC Studios)

The Sandman
(Netflix/DC Studios)

Best Television Presentation or Limited Series

The Beast in Me
(Netflix)

Black Mirror
(Netflix)

Murderbot
(CBS/Paramount/Apple)

Nautilus
(AMC)

The Pitt
(Warner Bros.)

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
(AMC)

Best Animated Television Series or Event

Creature Commandos
(Warner Bros. Television/DC Studios)

Harley Quinn
(Warner Bros. Television/DC Studios)

Marvel Zombies
(Marvel Animation)

Predator: Killer of Killers
(Hulu/20^th Century Studios)

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
(Lucasfilm)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
(Marvel Animation)

Solo Leveling Season 2 – Arise from the Shadow
(Crunchyroll)

Best Actor in a Television Series

Sterling K. Brown
Paradise

John Cena
Peacemaker

Michael C. Hall
Dexter: Resurrection

Sam Heughan
Outlander

Diego Luna
Andor

Norman Reedus
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Adam Scott
Severance

Best Actress in a Television Series

Caitriona Balfe
Outlander

Millie Bobby Brown
Stranger Things

Sydney Chandler
Alien: Earth

Britt Lower
Severance

Melissa McBride
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Jenna Ortega
Wednesday

Rhea Seehorn
Pluribus

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series

Jack Alcott
Dexter: Resurrection

William Fichtner
Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order

Jude Law
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

James Marsden
Paradise

Babou Ceesay
Alien: Earth

Ethan Peck
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Stellan Skarsgård
Andor

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series

Christina Chong
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Denise Gough
Andor

Julianne Nicholson
Paradise

Jennifer Holland
Peacemaker

Genevieve O’Reilly
Andor

Uma Thurman
Dexter: Resurrection

Karolina Wydra
Pluribus

Best Guest Star in a Television Series

Dave Dastmalchian
Dexter: Resurrection

Peter Dinklage
Dexter: Resurrection

Linda Hamilton
Stranger Things

James Remar
It: Welcome to Derry

Bill Skarsgård
It: Welcome to Derry

Samba Schutte
Pluribus

Paul Wesley
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Best Younger Performer in a Television Series

Ravi Cabot-Conyers
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Arian S. Cartaya
It: Welcome to Derry

Joe Freeman
The Institute

Noah Schnapp
Stranger Things

Jaz Sinclair
Gen V

Sadie Sink
Stranger Things

Clara Stack
It: Welcome to Derry

Home Video

Best 4K Home Media Release

Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning
(Paramount)

Nightmare Alley
(Criterion)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(Disney/Marvel)

Thunderbolts – The New Avengers
(Disney/Marvel)

When Evil Lurks
(Second Sight Films)

Wicked
(Universal)

Best Home Media Collection Release

007: James Bond – Sean Connery 6 Film Collection
(Warner Bros.)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 Film Collection
(Warner Bros.)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy
(Arrow)

Terror in the Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC
(Eureka)

The Abbott and Costello Horror Film Collection
(Kino Lorber)

The Pink Panther Peter Sellers Comedy Collection
(Kino Lorber)

Best Television Home Media Release

Chucky: The Complete Series
(Universal)

Creepshow Complete Series
(Shudder)

Knight Rider: The Complete Series
(Universal)

Peanuts 75^th Ultimate TV Specials
(Warner Bros.)

The Huckleberry Hound Show
(Warner Archives)

The Penguin Season 1
(Warner Bros.)

Best Classic Film Home Media Release

Dead of Night
(Kino Lorber)

Frailty
(Lionsgate Home Video)

Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut)
(20^th Century/Disney)

Night of the Juggler
(Kino Lorber)

Night of the Living Dead 1990
(Sony)

The Re-Animator 40^th Anniversary
(Ignite Films)

Tombstone
(Disney)