The 52nd Saturn Awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to honor the best in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other genres belonging to genre fiction in film, television, and home entertainment.
The ceremony was held on February 2, 2025, at Hilton Universal City in Los Angeles, and was live-streamed for the third consecutive year on Electric Entertainment's OTT app, as well as the FAST channel ElectricNow and, for the first time, The Roku Channel. Joel McHale hosted the event for the third year in a row. Additionally, the ceremony was dedicated to film producer Jon Landau, who was a long-time collaborator of filmmaker James Cameron and died in 2024. Due to the Southern California wildfires, the ceremony incorporated fundraising for relief efforts by including QR codes that allowed both in-person attendees and viewers at home to donate.
The nominations were announced on December 5, 2024. The epic space opera Dune: Part Two led the film nominations with fourteen, including Best Science Fiction Film and five acting nominations, followed by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with thirteen and Deadpool & Wolverine with ten. For the television categories, the Prime Video series Fallout and the AMC miniseries The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live led the nominations with five each, with the latter winning Best Television Presentation and the former winning Best Science Fiction Television Series. Ultimately, Dune: Part Two won the most film awards with five, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Film Direction (Denis Villeneuve), followed by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with four. On the television side, Cobra Kai, Fallout and The Penguin won the most awards with two wins each.
Additionally, Fallout was honored with the Spotlight Award, William Shatner was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 1985 film Back to the Future was honored with the George Pal Memorial Award in honor of its 40th anniversary; actors Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson, and writer and producer Bob Gale were the film's representatives. Furthermore, Laurence Fishburne was honored with the Lance Reddick Legacy Award, which represents and honors a performer's exceptional talent and character, recognizing an individual who serves as an exemplary goodwill ambassador within their industry, while Hiroyuki Sanada was honored with the Robert Forster Artist's Award, which honors an actor for their body of work and impact on the industry in memory of actor Robert Forster. Additionally, Superman & Lois was honored with the Dan Curtis Legacy Award in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the genre of superhero storytelling.
This year's eligibility period for nominations extended from October 2023 to October 31, 2024.
Category changes
Introduced Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Television Series split into: Best Action / Thriller Television Series Best Adventure Television Series
Renamed Best New Genre Television Series → Best Genre Comedy Television Series
Discontinued Best Superhero Film
Winners and nominees
Film
{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Science Fiction Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Fantasy Film |- | valign="top" | Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Megalopolis Venom: The Last Dance | valign="top" | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire My Old Ass Poor Things Wonka |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Horror Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Action / Adventure Film |- | valign="top" | Alien: Romulus Abigail The First Omen In a Violent Nature Longlegs A Quiet Place: Day One Smile 2 | valign="top" | Deadpool & Wolverine Argylle The Fall Guy Fly Me to the Moon The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Twisters |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Thriller Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Animated Film |- | valign="top" | Strange Darling Blink Twice Civil War Saltburn Speak No Evil Wolfs | valign="top" | The Wild Robot The Boy and the Heron Despicable Me 4 Inside Out 2 Kung Fu Panda 4 Spy × Family Code: White Transformers One |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Independent Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best International Film |- | valign="top" | Late Night with the Devil Dream Scenario MaXXXine The Substance Thelma The Thicket | valign="top" | Godzilla Minus One () The Animal Kingdom () Kill () Monkey Man ( / ) Oddity () Society of the Snow () |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Direction ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Screenwriting |- | valign="top" | Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Fede Álvarez – Alien: Romulus Wes Ball – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Tim Burton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Shawn Levy – Deadpool & Wolverine JT Mollner – Strange Darling Takashi Yamazaki – Godzilla Minus One | valign="top" | Osgood Perkins – Longlegs Josh Friedman – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Alfred Gough and Miles Millar – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice JT Mollner – Strange Darling Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Shawn Levy – Deadpool & Wolverine Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two Takashi Yamazaki – Godzilla Minus One |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Actor in a Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Actress in a Film |- | valign="top" | Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario as Paul Matthews Tom Blyth – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Coriolanus Snow Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two as Paul Atreides David Dastmalchian – Late Night with the Devil as Jack Delroy Kyle Gallner – Strange Darling as The Demon Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Betelgeuse Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool & Wolverine as Wade Wilson / Deadpool | valign="top" | Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Willa Fitzgerald – Strange Darling as The Lady Lupita Nyong'o – A Quiet Place: Day One as Samira Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Lydia Deetz Naomi Scott – Smile 2 as Skye Riley June Squibb – Thelma as Thelma Post Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Imperator Furiosa |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Supporting Actor in a Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Supporting Actress in a Film |- | valign="top" | Hugh Jackman – Deadpool & Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine Josh Brolin – Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen Nicolas Cage – Longlegs as Dale Ferdinand Kobble / Longlegs Willem Dafoe – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Wolf Jackson David Jonsson – Alien: Romulus as Andy Carradine Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Noa | valign="top" | Rebecca Ferguson – Dune: Part Two as Lady Jessica Emma Corrin – Deadpool & Wolverine as Cassandra Nova Barbara Hershey – Strange Darling as Genevieve Juliette Lewis – The Thicket as Cut Throat Bill Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Cailee Spaeny – Alien: Romulus as Rain Carradine Zendaya – Dune: Part Two as Chani |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Younger Performer in a Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Editing |- | valign="top" | Jenna Ortega – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Astrid Deetz Freya Allan – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Mae Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Phoebe Spengler Kaylee Hottle – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as Jia Calah Lane – Wonka as Noodle Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail Rachel Zegler – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Lucy Gray Baird | valign="top" | Deadpool & Wolverine – Dean Zimmerman and Shane Reid Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Jay Prychidny Civil War – Jake Roberts Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel Strange Darling – Christopher Robin Bell |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Music ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Production Design |- | valign="top" | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Danny Elfman Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Dario Marianelli The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – James Newton Howard Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – John Paesano Smile 2 – Cristobal Tapia de Veer | valign="top" | Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette Alien: Romulus – Naaman Marshall Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Mark Scruton Deadpool & Wolverine – Ray Chan Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Daniel T. Dorrance Longlegs – Danny Vermette |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Costume Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Make Up |- | valign="top" | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Colleen Atwood Deadpool & Wolverine – Graham Churchyard and Mayes C. Rubeo Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Alexis Fortes and Ruth Myers The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Trish Summerville Wonka – Lindy Hemming | valign="top" | The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin Alien: Romulus – Pam Smyth Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Neal Scanlan, Christine Blundell, and Lesa Warrener Dune: Part Two – Donald Mowat, Love Larson, and Eva von Bahr Longlegs – Werner Pretorius, Felix Fox, and Madelaine Hermans Smile 2 – Jeremy Selenfriend, Sasha Grossman, and Alec Gillis |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film Visual / Special Effects |- | colspan="2" valign="top" | Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer Alien: Romulus – Alec Gillis, Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Angus Bickerton, James Brennan-Craddock, Neal Scanlan, and Stefano Pepin Deadpool & Wolverine – Swen Gillberg, Matthew Twyford, Vincent Papaix, and Dominic Tuohy Godzilla Minus One – Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuji Nojima, Kiyoko Shibuya, and Takashi Yamazaki Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke Twisters – Ben Snow, Florian Witzel, Charles Lai, Scott R. Fisher, Dave Crispino, and Bill Georgiou
Television
Programs {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Science Fiction Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Fantasy Television Series |- | valign="top" | Fallout (Prime Video) 3 Body Problem (Netflix) Ahsoka (Disney+) The Ark (Syfy) Dark Matter (Apple TV+) Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) | valign="top" | House of the Dragon (Max) Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video) Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+) The Spiderwick Chronicles (The Roku Channel) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Horror Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Action / Thriller Television Series |- | valign="top" | From (MGM+) Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) Creepshow (Shudder) Evil (Paramount+) Grotesquerie (FX) Teacup (Peacock) The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC) | valign="top" | Cobra Kai (Netflix) Bosch: Legacy (Amazon Freevee) Found (NBC) High Potential (ABC) Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+) True Detective: Night Country (Max) Tulsa King (Paramount+) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Adventure Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Animated Television Series or Special |- | valign="top" | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+) La Brea (NBC) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video) Reacher (Prime Video) Shōgun (FX) Sugar (Apple TV+) | valign="top" | Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney+) Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video) Gremlins: The Wild Batch (Max) Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll) Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)