‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Among Winners At Saturn Awards

Avatar: The Way of Water, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Star Trek: Picard were among the main winners Sunday at the 51st Saturn Awards, which honor the best in genre entertainment.

Winners across film, TV and home media were revealed Sunday during a ceremony at the L.A. Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel hosted by Joel McHale. The awards are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

James Cameron’s Avatar sequel won a leading four awards on the film side for Best Science Fiction Film, Direction, Screenwriting and Visual Effects after coming in to the night with a leading 12 nominations. Oppenheimer, which had 11 noms, was named Best Thriller and won for Best Editing while the film’s Emily Blunt won Best Supporting Actress. Blunt also presented Nolan with the honorary Saturn Visionary Award.

Other honorary awards went to Life Career honoree Jodie Foster, Keanu Reeves, Seth MacFarlane, Dave Filoni, and the The Walking Dead and Star Trek: The Next Generation franchises.

Another Star Trek iteration, Star Trek: Picard, won four Saturns out of its seven noms including for Best Science Fiction Series, Best Actor for Patrick Stewart and supporting actor prizes for Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Frakes.

Other multi-winners Sunday included Barbie and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on the film side, and Outlander and Wednesday in the TV categories.

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