Film director nominees announced for brand-new, fan-voted Saturn Award

Online Voting for the Legion M Breakout Director Award is Now Open Exclusively to Its Fan-Community, Including New Members Who Can Join Legion M Today for Free

Legion MÂ announced today that the world“s first Fan-Owned entertainment company is presenting its inauguralÂ Legion M Breakout Director AwardÂ at theÂ 45^thÂ annualÂ Saturn AwardsÂ show on Friday the 13th of September, in Hollywood. In celebrating the brightest new feature film directors in science-fiction, fantasy, and horror, Legion M is giving its more than 100,000 members, including nearly 20,000 investors, an exclusive opportunity to select the winning director for the new award. Legion M members have until 11:59 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, September 11 to cast their official ballot. Fans interested in becoming a member and voting for the Legion M Breakout Director Award can join today for free atÂ legionm.com/saturnawards.

The live online ballot for the Legion M Breakout Director Award features eight of Hollywood“s hottest film directors and their first feature length film from the past year, includingÂ Ari AsterÂ (“Hereditary”“),Â Michael ChavesÂ (“The Curse of La Llorona”“),Â Lee CroninÂ (“The Hole In The Ground”“),Â Gary DaubermanÂ (“Annabelle Comes Home”“),Â Steven S. DeKnightÂ (“Pacific Rim Uprising”“),Â Boots RileyÂ (“Sorry To Bother You”“),Â Christian RiversÂ (“Mortal Engines”“), andÂ Emma TammiÂ (“The Wind”“). The recipient of the Legion M Breakout Director Award will be the first Saturn Award winner chosen exclusively by fans, exhibiting Legion M“s influence in the industry through the collective power of fandom.

“We“re thrilled to be making history at this year“s Saturn Awards by introducing this important award celebrating new directorial voices while empowering our fan-community with the votes to make the final decision, a privilege typically only offered to industry insiders,”“ said Paul Scanlan, Co-Founder and CEO of Legion M. “Being directly involved in one of the biggest awards ceremonies of the year by introducing the Legion M Breakout Director Award, and having the winner selected by our members and investors, is yet another example of how Legion M is opening the gates of Hollywood.”“

“Legion M is the world“s greatest fan-owned company and the perfect partner to launch the Saturn“s first ever fan-voted award,”“ said Justin W. Hochberg, Executive Producer of the Saturn Awards. “Celebrating eight of this year“s best first-time directors who are revolutionizing the way films are made with our first ever Legion M Breakout Director Award is part of Saturn“s never ending mission to recognize great genre creators.”“

The Saturn Awards is an intimate, invitation-only industry event, andÂ Legion M members have an exclusive opportunity to enter to win a pair of free tickets to this year“s awards show plus theÂ pre-show cocktail reception and VIP after party. A select number of Saturn Awards show tickets are also on sale only to Legion M members atÂ legionm.com/saturnawards, with one pair of tickets given away via drawing (No purchase necessary). For more information on how you can become a member of Legion M for free and be eligible to win or buy tickets to the Saturn Awards, please go toÂ legionm.com/saturnawards. Entry for the ticket giveaway will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT on Sunday, September 8.

For more information about Legion M, please visitÂ legionm.com. For information on how you can vote for the Legion M Breakout Director Award, please visitÂ legionm.com/saturnawards. The 45^thÂ annual Saturn Awards show will take place on Friday the 13th of September at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywood, California. Information on how to watch the Saturn Awards show via livestream will be announced soon.

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Al Mega

I'm Al Mega the CEO of Comic Crusaders, CEO of the Undercover Capes Podcast Network, CEO of Geekery Magazine & Owner of Splintered Press (coming soon). I'm a fan of comics, cartoons and old school video games. Make sure to check out our podcasts/vidcasts and more!