'Fifty Shades of Grey,' 'Fantastic Four' in Razzie Awards 2016 Worst Picture Race
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were both nominated for 2016 Razzies for their ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ performances (AP Photo/Universal Pictures and Focus Features)
By Thom Geier
Jupiter Ascending, Pixels, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 dominated the nominations for the 36th annual Razzie Awards, recognizing massive underachievements in motion picture arts and sciences.
Each film earned six nominations, including the less-than-prestigious Worst Picture of the Year. Josh Trank‘s misfired reboot attempt Fantastic Four followed close behind, with five nominations.
Last year’s Oscar winners for Best Actor and Actress, Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore, also received Razzie nods this year, Redmayne for his supporting role in Jupiter Ascending and Moore for hers in Seventh Son.
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In addition, the organization behind the awards recognized four performers who have drawn fire (and past Razzie recognition) but who have strayed into more worthwhile territory in 2015.
The nominees for the Razzie Redeemer Award are Elizabeth Banks, a winner for directing Movie 47 who directed last year’s Pitch Perfect 2; past winner M. Night Shyamalan, for directing The Visit; Will Smith, for following After Earth with Concussion; and all-time Razzie champ Sylvester Stallone for his Golden Globe-winning performance in Creed.
Here’s the full list of Razzie nominees:
WORST PICTURE
Fantastic Four
Fifty Shades of Grey
Jupiter Ascending
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Pixels
WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp, Mortdecai
Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
Kevin James, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Adam Sandler, The Cobbler and Pixels
Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending
WORST ACTRESS
Katherine Heigl, Home Sweet Hell
Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending
Jennifer Lopez, The Boy Next Door
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mortdecai
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WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chevy Chase, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 and Vacation
Josh Gad, Pixels and The Wedding Ringer
Kevin James, Pixels
Jason Lee, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip
Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip (Voice Only) and The Wedding Ringer
Rooney Mara, Pan
Michelle Monaghan, Pixels
Julianne Moore, Seventh Son
Amanda Seyfried, Love the Coopers and Pan
WORST REMAKE/RIP-OFF/SEQUEL
Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip
Fantastic Four
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
WORST SCREEN COMBO
All Four “Fantastics,” Fantastic Four
Johnny Depp and His Glued-On Moustache, Mortdecai
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Kevin James and EITHER His Segue OR His Glued-On Moustache, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Adam Sandler and Any Pair of Shoes, The Cobbler
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WORST DIRECTOR
Andy Fickman, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Tom Six, Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Josh Trank (and Alan Smithee?), Fantastic Four
The Wachowskis (Andy & Lana), Jupiter Ascending
WORST SCREENPLAY
Fantastic Four
Screenplay by Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater, and Josh Trank, Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Fifty Shades of Grey
Screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Based on the Novel by E.L. James
Jupiter Ascending
Written by Andy and Lana Wachowski
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Screenplay by Kevin James and Nick Bakay
Pixels
Screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, Story by Herlihy, Based on a Work by Patrick Jean
RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD
Elizabeth Banks (Razzie “Winner” for Movie 47, Multiple Hit Movies This Year)
M. Night Shyamalan (Perennial Razzie nominee and “winner,” director of The Visit)
Will Smith (For following up After Earth with Concussion)
Sylvester Stallone (All-Time Razzie Champ, award contender for Creed)
Revisit the Red Room from Razzie nominee ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’:
