House of the Dragon season 2 wins Best Fantasy Series at the Saturn Awards!

The other night, Joel McHale hosted the 52nd Saturn Awards, which are dedicated to honoring the best in sci-fi, fantasy and horror on the screen, big or small. The big winner of the night was Dune: Part Two, which won five awards, including Best Science Fiction Film, where it beat out the likes of Furiosa: A Mad Max Story and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. And while Dune director Denis Villeneuve may have once again been snubbed at the Oscars, he was rightly lauded at the Saturn Awards.

Check out the full list of film awards below:

• Best Science Fiction Film: Dune: Part Two
• Best Fantasy Film: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
• Best Horror Film: Alien: Romulus
• Best Action / Adventure Film: Deadpool & Wolverine
• Best Thriller Film: Strange Darling
• Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
• Best Independent Film: Late Night With The Devil
• Best International Film: Godzilla Minus One
• Best Film Direction: Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
• Best Film Screenwriting: Osgood Perkins, Longlegs
• Best Actor in a Film: Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario as Paul Matthews
• Best Actress In A Film: Demi Moore, The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
• Best Supporting Actor in a Film: Hugh Jackman, Deadpool & Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine
• Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Rebecca Ferguson, Dune: Part Two as Lady Jessica
• Best Younger Performer in a Film: Jenna Ortega, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Astrid Deetz
• Best Film Editing: Deadpool & Wolverine, Dean Zimmerman and Shane Reid
• Best Film Music: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Danny Elfman
• Best Film Production Design: Dune: Part Two, Patrice Vermette
• Best Film Costume Design: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Colleen Atwood
• Best Film Make Up: The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin
• Best Film Visual / Special Effects: Dune: Part Two, Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefze

The big surprise here was probably Nicolas Cage winning Best Actor for Dream Scenario, a little-seen dramedy where Cage plays an evolutionary biology professor who starts appearing in other people's dreams. He won out over the likes of Timothée Chalamet from Dune: Part Two, Ryan Reynolds from Deadpool & Wolverine, and Michael Keaton from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. According to NME, Cage used his acceptance speech to honor the late director David Lynch and to speak out against the proliferation of generative AI.

Over on the TV side, nothing was quite as dominant as Dune: Part Two, although The Penguin got two acting nods for Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti; if you watched the show you'll probably agree they were deserved. Fallout beat out the likes of 3 Body Problem and Ahsoka to win Best Science Fiction Series, while House of the Dragon triumphed over Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power to take home the title of Best Fantasy Series.

Check out the TV awards below:

• Best Science Fiction Series: Fallout
• Best Fantasy Television Series: House Of The Dragon
• Best Horror Television Series: From
• Best Action / Thriller Television Series: Cobra Kai
• Best Animated Television Series or Special: Star Wars: The Bad Batch
• Best Superhero Television Series: Agatha All Along
• Best Television Presentation: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
• Best Actor In A Television Series: Colin Farrell as Oswald “Oz” Cobb in The Penguin
• Best Actress In A Television Series: Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano in Ahsoka
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: Antony Starr as Homelander in The Boys
• Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series: Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone in The Penguin
• Best Young Performer in a Television Series: Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz in Cobra Kai
• Best Guest Star In A Television Series: Mark Hamill as Arthur Gordon Pym in The Fall Of The House of Usher

They also gave out a few Home Entertainment Awards:

• Best 4K Home Media Release: Saw X
• Best Classic Film Home Media Release: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
• Best Film Home Media Collection Release: Batman: 85th Anniversary Collection

And finally, there were the Special Achievement Awards:

• Spotlight Award: Fallout
• Dan Curtis Legacy Award: Superman & Lois
• Lifetime Achievement Award: William Shatner
• George Pal Memorial Award: Back to the Future
• Robert Forster Artist’s Award: Hiroyuki Sanada
• Lance Reddick Legacy Award: Laurence Fishburne

I think everyone can agree that Star Trek icon William Shatner deserves a lifetime achievement award from the Saturns. He used his speech to talk about space travel:

For a fun blast from the past, at the 1978 Saturn Awards, Shatner famously performed a spoken word verison of Elton John's song "Rocket Man," so this fondness for space travel goes way back:

Congrats to all the winners!

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