The Oscars may be the most celebrated awards during this season of praise, but with that also comes the arrival of the annual Golden Raspberry Awards, otherwise known as The Razzies. In traditional fashion, Hollywood will be making their announcement for Oscar nominees tomorrow (January 24), but today we’ve been given the complete nominations list for the upcoming Golden Raspberry Awards, which marks the worst movies of the past year.
Curators of the list are clearly no fans of the DC Extended Universe, with both 2016 movies entering into that franchise receiving multiple nominations, and in Batman V Superman’s case, grabbing the title of second most-nominated movie of the year. A little bit of a controversial choice for sure, as the film was certainly one that had its fans and caused perhaps the biggest divide in critics versus fans of 2016. The flick may have been panned by the official critics and review outlets, but when it comes to the legions of DC fans that went to see it, there were plenty who were impressed with the end result - especially after watching the extended edition of the film at home.
Zoolander No. 2, however, is the movie that’s earned the most nominations of the year, with a total of nine that include Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Actor for Ben Stiller; unsurprising, when you see its score of 23% on Rotten Tomatoes. In the Worst Picture category it battles against previously-mentioned Batman V Superman, Dirty Grandpa, Gods of Egypt, Independence Day: Resurgence and Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.
Those behind the Razzies event explained in a statement that because of the amount of bad movies that came out over the past 12 months, an expansion was made in each of the nine Razzies categories; instead of their usual five nominees, there are now six. Here are all of those nominations ahead of the (un)lucky winners claiming their prizes late next month:
WORST PICTURE – Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Dirty Grandpa, Gods of Egypt, Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, Independence Day: Resurgence, Zoolander No. 2
WORST ACTOR – Ben Affleck / Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gerard Butler / Gods of Egypt & London Has Fallen, Henry Cavill / Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Robert de Niro / Dirty Grandpa, Dinesh D’Souza [as himself] / Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2
WORST ACTRESS – Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Tyler Perry / BOO! A Medea Halloween, Julia Roberts / Mother’s Day, Becky Turner [as Hillary Clinton] / Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, Naomi Watts / Divergent Series: Allegiant & Shut-In, Shailene Woodley / Divergent Series: Allegiant
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Nicolas Cage / Snowden, Johnny Depp / Alice Through the Looking Glass, Will Ferrell / Zoolander No. 2, Jesse Eisenberg / Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Jared Leto / Suicide Squad, Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Julianne Hough / Dirty Grandpa, Kate Hudson / Mother’s Day, Aubrey Plaza / Dirty Grandpa, Jane Seymour / Fifty Shades of Black, Sela Ward / Independence Day: Resurgence, Kristen Wiig / Zoolander No. 2
WORST SCREEN COMBO – Ben Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill / Batman V Superman:Dawn of Justice, Any 2 Egyptian Gods or Mortals / Gods of Egypt, Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume / Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors / Collateral Beauty, Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig / BOO! A Medea Halloween, Ben Stiller & His BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2
WORST DIRECTOR – Dinesh D’Souza and Bruce Schooley / Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, Roland Emmerich / Independence Day: Resurgence, Tyler Perry / BOO! A Medea Halloween, Alex Proyas / Gods of Egypt, Zack Snyder / Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL – Alice Through the Looking Glass, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Fifty Shades of Black, Independence Day: Resurgence, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Zoolander No. 2
WORST SCREENPLAY – Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Dirty Grandpa, Gods of Egypt, Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, Independence Day: Resurgence, Suicide Squad
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The winners of each category will be announced on February 25. Stick with Screen Rant to find out the latest news straight from the Razzies as it becomes available.
Source: The Golden Raspberry Awards