Universal Leads Saturn Award Sci-Fi Noms with Renfield, M3GAN, Chucky, The Ark, Oppenheimer & More!

It's been an impressive year of genre storytelling for Universal Pictures and the Saturn Awards have taken notice.

The studio will be well represented at the 51st annual ceremony with a total of 23 nominations for Oppenheimer, M3GAN, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Fast X (now streaming exclusively on Peacock), Renfield, and Knock at the Cabin. Christopher Nolan's 3-hour exploration of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer — aka the "father of the atomic bomb" — leads the bunch with 11 nods, including Best Thriller Film and Best Film Director. On the television side of things, SYFY landed nods for The Ark and Chucky.

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Other contenders are Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Avatar: The Way of Water, Barbie, Talk To Me, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Menu, The Last of Us, House of the Dragon, Andor, The Mandalorian, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Silo, and more.

Universal Pictures lands 23 Saturn Award nominations

Oppenheimer

• Best Thriller Film

• Best Actor in a Film (Cillian Murphy)

• Best Supporting Actor in a Film (Robert Downey Jr.)

• Best Supporting Actress in a Film (Emily Blunt)

• Best Film Director (Christopher Nolan)

• Best Film Screenwriting (Christopher Nolan)

• Best Film Makeup (Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer)

• Best Film Editing (Jennifer Lane)

• Best Film Production Design (Ruth De Jong)

• Best Film Costume (Ellen Mirojnick)

• Best Film Visual Effects (Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher, Dave Drzewiecki)

M3GAN

• Best Science Fiction Film

• Best Younger Performer in a Film (Violet McGraw)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• Best Animated Film

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

• Best Animated Film

Fast X

• Best Action/Adventure Film

• Best Film Editing (Dylan Highsmith, Kelly Matsumoto, Corbin Mehl, Laura Yanovich)

Renfield

• Best Horror Film

• Best Supporting Actor in a Film (Nicolas Cage)

• Best Film Music (Marco Beltrami)

• Best Film Makeup (Christien Tinsley)

• Best Film Production Design (Alec Hammond)

Knock at the Cabin

• Best Thriller Film

SYFY Original Series The Ark

• Best New Genre Television Series

SYFY & USA Network Original Series Chucky

• Best Horror Television Series

• Best Younger Performer in a Television Series (Zackary Arthur)

When will the Saturn Awards be presented?

The 2023 Saturn Awards will be presented on February 2 at the L.A. Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel. Can't make it to California? No problem! The event is set to be live-streamed via Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment’s ElectricNOW.

Click here for the complete list of the 2023 nominees.

All of the nominated titles are now available to rent and/or purchase from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.