Saturn Award for Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture | |
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Awarded for | Best motion picture of the year adapted from a comic book |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
First awarded | 2013 |
Currently held by | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2022/2023) |
Website | www |
The Saturn Award for Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given by the American professional organization, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society who reward science fiction and fantasy in various media, is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time for the 2013 film year to specifically reward comic book adaptations in film, which were previously rewarded in categories such as Fantasy or Science Fiction.
Through the 2022/2023 Saturn Awards:
32 nominations were for characters from Marvel Comics, including 23 in the MCU, 2 Spider-Man films outside the MCU, 6 X-Men films, and Kingsman: The Secret Service (which has been published by Marvel Comics, Image Comics, and Dark Horse Comics).
12 nominations were for characters from DC Comics, including 10 in the DCEU and 2 films outside the DCEU.
The remaining 4 nominations were 1 each for Attack on Titan from Kodansha (the only nominee to be based on a manga), Bloodshot from Valiant Comics, The Old Guard from Image Comics, and The Peanuts Movie.
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