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Actor and director Aisha Tyler will host the 45th annualSaturn Awardsat the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywoodthis Friday the 13th of September , Screen Rantcan entirely theme .
For the first time ever , this yearsSaturn Awardsshow will be broadcast live in a simulcast across Cinedigm , Nerdist , the new launched Pluto TV Sci - Fi Channel , Shout Factory TV , Twitch , WatchMojo.com , and via YouTube on theSaturn Awardschannelmaking the new and regenerate observance available to millions of fans across the world .
TheSaturn Awardswill air live across these platforms on Friday the 13th of September at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT . Host Aisha Tyler shared , “ I ’m thrilled to be spending a Nox honoring the best in genre storytelling . I ’ve loved sci - fi and fantasy since I was a little girl , and it ’s a attack to get to fete the superb minds and thrilling stories that shape our gallant dreams , and fire our darkest nightmares . ”
Saturn Media ’s CEO Justin W. Hochberg , adds,“For the first time ever fans can watch the Saturn , it only made sense to make the enceinte collaborationism of partners ever assembled to showcase the biggest nighttime in genre programming . Aisha Tyler is one of the most various creative person in amusement and we could not ideate a more unadulterated host to take the Saturn Awards into this fresh epoch and throughout the galaxy . You ’re all invited ! ”
Some of the amazing talent appear at the 45thSaturn Awardsinclude Melissa Benoist ( Supergirl ) , Gina Carano ( The Mandalorian ) , Jon Cryer ( Supergirl ) , Cameron Cuffe ( Krypton ) , Jamie Lee Curtis ( Halloween ) , Dean Devlin ( Outpost ) , The Duffer Brothers ( Stranger Things ) , Jon Favreau ( Visionary Award recipient ) , Kevin Feige ( Stan Lee World Builder Award receiver ) , Robert Forster ( Twin Peaks , Jackie Brown ) , Vince Gilligan ( Better Call Saul ) , Jessica Green ( The Outpost ) , Harvey Guillen ( What We Do in the Shadows ) , Faithe Herman ( Shazam ) , Sydney Lemmon ( Fear the Walking Dead ) , Jeph Loeb ( Dan Curtis Legacy Award Recipient ) , Christopher Markus ( Avengers : Endgame ) , Stephen McFeely ( Avengers : Endgame ) , Tonya Pinkins ( reverence the Walking Dead),Lance Reddick(Bosch , John Wick ) , Jason Mewes ( Jay and Silent Bob Reboot ) , George Takei ( Star Trek ) , Henry Thomas ( The Haunting of Hill House ) , Jennifer Tilly ( Bound , Bride of Chucky ) , Gina Torres ( Pearson , Firefly ) , and Daphne Zuniga ( Spaceballs ) .
After having seen Aisha Tyler host many other shows and springy demonstration , include some of the skilful Ubisoft pressers at E3 over the years , we could n’t be more aroused for this Friday !
ABOUT THE SATURN AWARDS
Since 1973 , the Saturn Awards honor the very best in science - fabrication , fantasy and horror entertainment and is the official accolade presentment of the non - profit Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films . The Academy was founded in 1972 by noted motion-picture show historian Dr. Donald A. Reed to realize moving picture often overlooked by mainstream awards . Recent preceding winners include Black Panther , The Shape of Water , Get Out , Gal Gadot , Mark Hamill , Danai Gurira , Ryan Coogler , The Walking Dead , Sonequa Martin - Green , Tom Holland and Chloe Grace Moretz , among many others .
The Saturn Awards is produce by veteran boob tube producer Justin W. Hochberg , CEO of Saturn Media , Inc. a live result , digital media and social commerce ship’s company launched in conjunction with its partnership with the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror maneuver by President Robert Holguin . The newly create Saturn Awards Advisory Board includes spectacular creatives in entertainment such as Roberto Orci ( Star Trek , Transformers 1 - 3 ) , Christina Steinberg ( manufacturer of the Oscar winning Spider - Man : Into the Spider - Verse ) , filmmaker Dean Devlin ( Independence Day ) , producer Roy Lee ( It , Bates Motel ) , director Robert Rodriquez ( Alita : Battle Angel , Cannes winner Sin City ) and music director / producer Kirk DeMicco ( The Croods , Lin Manuel - Miranda ’s Vivo ) Oscar - gain director Peter Ramsey ( Spider - Man : Into the Spider - Verse ) . These newfangled partnerships will expand the Saturn Awards brand name to create a household for fandom yr - round , with new content currently in development and capitalizing on X of never - before - see exclusive archival laurels show footage with fandom ’s fabled icons over its 45 - class story .
ABOUT AISHA TYLER
Aisha Tyler is an awarding - winning director , thespian , comedian , bestselling author , podcaster and activist . She voices superspy Lana Kane on FX ’s Emmy - winning hit quicken comedy Archer , the winner of four back - to - back Television Critics ’ Choice Awards . She is a series even on the hit CBS show “ Criminal Minds , ” for which she also calculate two episodes . She also continues to host the CW ’s hit improv show , Whose air Is It Anyway , and is recording a main quality vocalization for the upcoming Disney+ series Monsters at Work , base on the popular plastic film Monsters , Inc. In gain , Aisha is an enterpriser , launching a occupation of premium , bottled cocktails she personally create and developed , called Courage+Stone , in Summer 2019 .
Aisha was a co - host for seven season of CBS ’s Emmy - winning day show The Talk , which she depart in September 2017 to focus more on acting and directing . She hosted her own nighttime talk show , “ Unapologetic ” on AMC , which focalise on female - centric issues , particularly inform by the current social and political clime .
Aisha is well - remembered for her character reference arc on friend , where she was the first African - American to have a long - standing role on the show . Her feature film moving-picture show aim debut , the thriller AXIS , premiered 2017 , and the won the Outstanding Achievement in Feature Filmmaking award at the 2017 Newport Beach Film Festival , then had a theatrical run at Arclight Hollywood , Landmark NYC and Drafthouse , Austin , Texas . presently , she is bond to manoeuver the unexampled Irwin Winkler write and produced action thriller , Vigilante .
A San Francisco indigen , Ms. Tyler graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Government and Environmental Policy . An avid gamer and passionate counselor-at-law ( and episodic antagonist ) of the gambling residential area , Aisha ’s spokesperson can be hear in the TV games Halo : Reach ; Gears of War 3 , and Watch Dogs . She is a dining table member of Planned Parenthood , and is an advocate for reason include the International Rescue Committee , Family Violence Prevention Fund , Dr. Without Borders and more .
Aisha is a Bourbon dynasty and toilsome rock fan , a snowboarder and sci - fi obsessive .
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The Saturn Awardswill tune live across these platform on Friday the 13th of September at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT .
