One such talented artist to win an award was Danny Elfman, who won Best Film Music for composing the music of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. After receiving his award, he took to the press room to talk about his history with Tim Burton and got to work on the world of Beetlejuice again.

Joel McHale hosted for the third time in a row, and last year’s guests included director James Cameron (Avatar) and producer Jon Landau (Avatar), who passed away in 2024 and was honored at this year’s awards show.

In the films category, Dune: Part Two won for Best Science Fiction Film, Film Direction, Production Design, Visual Effects, and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Ferguson.

Colin Farrell and Rosario Dawson won Best Actor and Best Actress in a Television Series, respectively.

Xolo Maridueña won Best Yount Performer in a Television Series for Cobra Kai.

Nicolas Cage won Best Actor in a Film for Dream Scenario. The actor praised the late director David Lunch and was vocal against AI.

Fallout won Best Science Fiction Television Series and House of the Dragon won Best Fantasy Series.

The Saturn Awards was created in 1973 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

Dafne Keen, who starred in Deadpool & Wolverine, was in attendance, and Nerd Reactor had the chance to chat with the actor about her role as X-23 in the Marvel Studios film.

Here is the full list of winners for The Saturn Awards 2025:

Film Awards

• 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

Television Awards

• 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, The Penguin as Oswald “Oz” Cobb / The Penguin
• Best Actress In A Television Series – Rosario Dawson – Ahsoka as Ahsoka Tano
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Antony Starr, The Boys as Homelander
• Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series – Cristin Milioti, The Penguin as Sofia Falcone
• Best Young Performer in a Television Series – Xolo Maridueña, Cobra Kai as Miguel Diaz
• Best Guest Star In A Television Series – Mark Hamill, The Fall Of The House of Usher as Arthur Gordon Pym

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

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

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Check out the trailer below:

Tracer Pack: Dune Part Two – Harkonnen Pack

Dune is now out in theaters and has grossed over $81 million for its domestic box office opening. The hype is strong, and it continues with Call of Duty.

Players can currently get the Paul Atreides Bundle if they have COD Points. It includes Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides’ skin and more.

As for the new mid-season content, players can get the Harkonnen Pack. This includes the “Harkonnen Hunter” Operator Skin, the blueprints for the “Harkonnen Assault Rifle” with underbarrel flamethrower, “Harokonnen Sniper Rifle,” “Harkonnen Long Sword” Melee weapon, “The Oppressors” animated Calling Card, the “Harkonnen Rage” Large Decal, the “Baron’s Pet” Weapon Charm, and the “House Harkonnen” animated Emblem.

If you purchase both the Harkonnen Operator Bundle and the Paul Atreides Operator Bundle, you will unlock the “Paul Atreides Fedaykin Stealth Suit” Operator Skin.

Tracer Pack: Godzilla x Kong: New Empire – Kong

To celebrate the upcoming Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire film, the Kong Tracer Pack will be made available. It includes the “Kong Armor” Operator Skin, “Titan Tech Rifle” LMG and “Monarch Stinger” Assault Rifle blueprints, “Kong’s Knuckle Slamwich” Finishing Move, “Bow to No-One” Large Decal and the “King Kong” Weapon Charm.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire stomps into theaters on March 29, 2024.

Here’s what players can expect from the rest of the season 2 mid-season content courtesy of Infinity Ward.

Modern Warfare III

• New (Remastered) 6v6 Multiplayer Map. Revisit Das Haus in a whole new location as the setting moves from a training facility to the top of a skyscraper.
• Introducing Bounty, Juggermosh. Eliminate the HVT in Bounty for extra points, and battle as a Space Marine inspired Juggernaut in the Juggermosh limited-time mode.
• Vortex: Decay’s Realm. Redeploy to the Vortex with an expanded map pool featuring the new map variants Skidgrow and Airborne.

Zombies

• New Story Mission. Continue your journey alongside Sergei Ravenov as you’re pulled back into the Dark Aether while investigating a new anomaly, presenting terrifying and exciting challenges you haven’t encountered before.
• Dark Aether Rift. Squad up and conquer the Dark Aether once more in an all-new Dark Aether Rift, earning new and powerful rewards.
• Battle Warlord Keres. A new Warlord enters the Exclusion Zone, a chemical warfare specialist who’s willing to use any means necessary to choke out opposing Operators.
• New Schematics. Fire and keep on firing with the Mags of Holding. Summon an otherworldly two-wheeler with the Blood Burner Key. Expand your squad with the V-R11 Wonder Weapon.

Warzone

• Research Vessel Mobile POI. Board the Research Vessel on Fortune’s Keep, a new mobile POI circling the island’s shoreline.
• New Killstreak: Clear out buildings of entrenched enemies with this aerial attack that decimates anyone within the targeted location.
• New Field Upgrade: Create a safe zone in the gas with the Portable Decontamination Station, protecting any Operators within its area of effect.

For Both Titles

• Two New Weapons. Slice up the competition with the Soulrender Melee weapon and dominate the mid-range with the SOA Subverter Battle Rifle.
• New Store Offerings. In the grim of darkness of the far future, there is only war! Warhammer 40,000 storms into the Store in Season 2 alongside Godzilla x Kong and a new Dune Bundle.
• New Weekly Challenges, Events. Amass awesome rewards through completing new Weekly Challenges and Events going live in the mid-season.

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Dune: Part Two will be available in theaters on Friday, March 1st, and you can pre-order Dolby Cinema tickets at dolbylabs.co/DunePartTwo.

Dolby Cinema features both immersive Dolby Atmos sound and vivid Dolby Vision colors.

About Dune: Part Two

Synopsis: Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

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Director Denis Villeneuve invites viewers back into the sands of Arrakis filled with explosions, romance, battles, and a giant sandworm. Based on the Frank Herbert novel, Dune, the live-action adaptation is filled with an all-star cast and will be released in theaters on March 1, 2024.

About Dune

Synopsis: Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Returning and new cast members include Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”), Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), Souheila Yacoub (“The Braves,” “Climax”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”).

Villeneuve directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe and Patrick McCormick. The executive producers are Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant.

Dune: Part Two will be released in theaters and IMAX on March 1, 2024, and internationally starting on 28 February 2024.

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In the trailer, we get to see Christopher Walken Shaddam IV, Austin Butler as Feyd, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, and more. Paul Atreides is still afraid of his future, but there’s a taste of his rise as he gives his speech to the Fremen.

About Dune: Part Two

Here’s the synopsis for the film:

“Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.”

The film stars Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”), Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (“Fences,” “Lady Bird”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”).

Villeneuve has returned to direct the film, which he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe and Patrick McCormick. The executive producers are Josh Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant.

Dune: Part Two is scheduled to be released in theaters on November 3, 2023.

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