“Avengers: Endgame,” Other Disney Films Dominate Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards are designed to honor the best films and television series in science fiction, fantasy and horror and the 45th awards had Disney fingerprints all over them. Avengers: Endgame in particular was all over this year’s awards, earning 14 nominations.

  • Out of the 14 nomination it earned, Endgame won six awards, including:
    • Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture
    • Best Actor – Robert Downey Jr.
    • Best Production Design
    • Best Editing
    • Best Make-up
    • Best Special Effects
  • The film might as well have won a seventh awards as well, as Josh Brolin won for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Thanos but won it for Avengers: Infinity War.
  • The remaining nominations for Endgame included:
    • Best Actor – Chris Evans
    • Best Supporting Actor – Jeremy Renner
    • Best Supporting Actress – Karen Gillan and Scarlett Johansson
    • Best Director
    • Best Writing
    • Best Music
    • Best Costume Design
  • Other awards won by Disney, Fox, Marvel, or Pixar films include:
    • Best Fantasy Film – Toy Story 4
    • Best Thriller Film – Bad Times at the El Royale
    • Best Music – Mary Poppins Returns
    • Best Costume Design – Aladdin
  • Other notable film awards that didn’t necessarily go to Disney include:
    • Best Animated Film – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    • Best Performance by a Younger Actor – Tom Holland for Spider-Man: Far From Home
    • Best Supporting Actress – Zendaya for Spider-Man: Far From Home

  • On the television side, Disney wasn’t exactly as dominant but it did still manage to pick up one win for Best Animated Series on Television with Star Wars Resistance.
  • They picked up one more when it comes to streaming as Marvel’s Daredevil won Best Streaming Superhero Series.
  • Some other notable nominations on the television side included Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger for Best Superhero Series, Fox’s The Orville for Best Science-Fiction Series and a clean sweep of the Best Animated Series nominations with Fox’s The Simpsons and Family Guy, FX’s Archer and Disney Channel’s DuckTales.