Still of John Boyega and Daisy Ridley in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ Photo courtesy of LucasFilms
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” scored a leading 11 nominations Tuesday for the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, the off-beat movie honors famed for non-traditional categories such as best kiss, best fight, best villain and best virtual performance.
“Star Wars” was nominated for movie of the year, along with “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Creed,” “Deadpool,” “Jurassic World” and “Straight Outta Compton.”
“Deadpool,” the film about a wisecracking superhero played by Ryan Reynolds, earned eight nominations for the “Golden Popcorn” statuettes, while “Avengers: Age of Ultron” scored six.
Oscar nominees “The Revenant” and “The Big Short” were nominated for MTV awards for “true story,” as were “Concussion,” “Joy,” “Steve Jobs” and “Straight Outta Compton.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, who won his first best-actor Oscar for “The Revenant,” was nominated for best male performance. Oscar nominee Matt Damon is also in the category for “The Martian,” along with Chris Pratt for “Jurassic World,” Michael B. Jordan for “Creed,” Reynolds for “Deadpool” and Will Smith for “Concussion.”
For best female performance, Alicia Vikander was nominated for her role as a self-aware robot in “Ex Machina.” Vikander won the best supporting actress Oscar this year for her work in a different film, “The Danish Girl.” She will compete for the MTV honor with Anna Kendrick for “Pitch Perfect 2,” Charlize Theron for “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Daisy Ridley for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Jennifer Lawrence for “Joy” and Morena Baccarin for “Deadpool.”
The MTV Awards ceremony will be taped at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on April 9, and air the following night. The ceremony is expected to be filmed primarily outdoors on the studio backlot “to capture the essence of movie-making magic.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and comedian Kevin Hart will host the ceremony.
Fans can vote on the winners online at www.MovieAwards.MTV.com until March 20.
Here is a complete list of nominees: MOVIE OF THE YEAR
— “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— “Creed” (Warner Bros.)
— “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— “Jurassic World” (Universal Pictures)
— “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures) TRUE STORY
— “Concussion” (Columbia Pictures)
— “Joy” (20th Century Fox)
— “Steve Jobs” (Universal Pictures)
— “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
— “The Big Short” (Paramount Pictures)
— “The Revenant” (20th Century Fox) DOCUMENTARY
— “Amy” (A24)
— “Cartel Land” (The Orchard)
— “He Named Me Malala” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
— “The Hunting Ground” (RADiUS-TWC)
— “The Wolfpack” (Magnolia Pictures)
— “What Happened, Miss Simone?” (Netflix) BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
— Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina” (A24)
— Anna Kendrick, “Pitch Perfect 2” (Universal Pictures)
— Charlize Theron, “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Warner Bros.)
— Daisy Ridley, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy” (20th Century Fox)
— Morena Baccarin, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox) BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
— Chris Pratt, “Jurassic World” (Universal Pictures)
— Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” (20th Century Fox)
— Matt Damon, “The Martian” (20th Century Fox)
— Michael B. Jordan, “Creed” (Warner Bros.)
— Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— Will Smith, “Concussion” (Columbia Pictures) BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
— Amy Schumer, “Trainwreck” (Universal Pictures)
— Brie Larson, “Room” (A24)
— Daisy Ridley, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Dakota Johnson, “Fifty Shades of Grey” (Universal Pictures)
— John Boyega, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— O’Shea Jackson Jr., “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures) BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
— Amy Schumer, “Trainwreck” (Universal Pictures)
— Kevin Hart, “Ride Along 2” (Universal Pictures)
— Melissa McCarthy, “Spy” (20th Century Fox)
— Rebel Wilson, “Pitch Perfect 2” (Universal Pictures)
— Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— Will Ferrell, “Get Hard” (Warner Bros.) BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE
— Chris Pratt, “Jurassic World” (Universal Pictures)
— Dwayne Johnson, “San Andreas” (Warner Bros.)
— Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, “Part 2” (Lionsgate)
— John Boyega, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— Vin Diesel, “Furious 7” (Universal Pictures) BEST HERO
— Charlize Theron, “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Warner Bros.)
— Chris Evans, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Daisy Ridley, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Dwayne Johnson, “San Andreas” (Warner Bros.)
— Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” (Lionsgate)
— Paul Rudd, “Ant-Man” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) BEST VILLAIN
— Adam Driver, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Ed Skrein, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— Hugh Keays-Byrne, “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Warner Bros.)
— James Spader, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Samuel L. Jackson, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (20th Century Fox)
— Tom Hardy, “The Revenant” (20th Century Fox) BEST VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE
— Amy Poehler, “Inside Out” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Andy Serkis, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Jack Black, “Kung Fu Panda 3” (20th Century Fox)
— James Spader, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Lupita Nyong’o, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Seth MacFarlane, “Ted 2″ (Universal Pictures) ENSEMBLE CAST
— Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— Furious 7″ (Universal Pictures)
— Pitch Perfect 2″ (Universal Pictures)
— Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2″ (Lionsgate)
— Trainwreck” (Universal Pictures) BEST KISS
— Amy Schumer & Bill Hader, “Trainwreck” (Universal Pictures)
— Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan, “Fifty Shades of Grey” (Universal Pictures)
— Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth, “Vacation” (Warner Bros.)
— Margot Robbie & Will Smith, “Focus” (Warner Bros.)
— Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine, “Pitch Perfect 2” (Universal Pictures) BEST FIGHT
— “Deadpool” Ryan Reynolds vs. “Ajax” Ed Skrein, “Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
— “Hugh Glass” Leonardo DiCaprio vs. The Bear, “The Revenant” 920th Century Fox)
— “Imperator Furiosa” (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky” (Tom Hardy), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Warner Bros.)
— “Iron Man” (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. “Hulk” (Mark Ruffalo), “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— “Rey” (Daisy Ridley) vs. “Kylo Ren” (Adam Driver), “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
— “Susan Cooper” (Melissa McCarthy) vs. “Lia” (Nargis Fakhri), “Spy” (20th Century Fox)
—City News Service
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