‘Zoolander 2’ and ‘Batman v Superman’ Tie For The Most Razzie Nominations

If it’s the day before the Academy Awards nominations are announced, then it must be the day the Golden Raspberry Awards nominations are revealed. “The Razzies” are the awards body that highlights the worst movies of the year, and although they have a long and storied history of taking cheap shots at obvious but not necessarily deserving targets, they’re still one of the only organizations that acknowledges – when all is said and done – that sometimes movies suck. And if nothing else we do appreciate that.

But this year there seems to be a bit of a problem. Most outlets are reporting that Zoolander 2 leads the pack of nominations with nine total, and that Batman v Superman comes in second with eight. That count seems to have come from the press release at (found here at Razzies.com), but that press release only lists eight nominations for Zoolander 2: Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actor (twice), Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Screen Combo and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel.

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Unless somehow a category was left off of the press release, it seems as though a clerical error has probably been made. It seems unlikely that “Worst Screen Combo” counts as two nominations, for both Ben Stiller and his Zoolander 2 co-star Owen Wilson, since Batman v Superman was also nominated in that category and that would push that film’s total nominations to nine, which would – again – tie it with Zoolander 2.

It’s highly unlikely that this is anything sinister, it’s probably just a typo. Either Zoolander 2 had another nomination that got left off the ballot by mistake, or the press release had an inaccurate count. For now, here are the list of nominees in each of the Razzies’ categories.

 

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 Madea 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 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 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 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 Madea Halloween
Ben Stiller and 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 Madea 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: 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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William Bibbiani (everyone calls him ‘Bibbs’) is Crave’s film content editor and critic. You can hear him every week on The B-Movies Podcast and Canceled Too Soon, and watch him on the weekly YouTube series Most CravedRapid Reviews and What the Flick. Follow his rantings on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.

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