RAZZIE Awards Nominations 2013

On the same day that BAFTA announces it’s nominations list for the best films and performances of the past year in cinemas, the Golden Rasberry Awards nominations list have also been released, naming and shaming some of the worst on screen efforts.

Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2, Battleship and That’s My Boy are among those films embarrassingly leading the field of this years Razzie nods. Provoking strong reactions as always, but particularly from furious Twilight fans.

Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2013 Golden Raspberry Awards:

WORST PICTURE

• Battleship
• The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
• That’s My Boy
• A Thousand Words
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

WORST DIRECTOR

• Sean Anders, That’s My Boy
• Peter Berg, Battleship
• Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Tyler Perry, Good Deeds/Madea’s Witness Protection
• John Putch, Atlas Shrugged: Part 2

WORST ACTRESS

• Katherine Heigl, One for the Money
• Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil: Retribution
• Tyler Perry, Madea’s Witness Protection
• Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2/Snow White and the Huntsman
• Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip

WORST ACTOR

• Nicolas Cage, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance/Seeking Justice
• Eddie Murphy, A Thousand Words
• Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Tyler Perry, Alex Cross/Good Deeds
• Adam Sandler, That’s My Boy

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jessica Biel: Playing for Keeps/Total Recall
• Brooklyn Decker: Battleship/What to Expect When You’re Expecting
• Ashley Greene: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Jennifer Lopez: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
• Rihanna: Battleship

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• David Hasselhoff, Piranha 3D
• Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Liam Neeson, Battleship/Wrath of the Titans
• Nick Swardson, That’s My Boy
• Vanilla Ice, That’s My Boy

 WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE

• Battleship
• The Oogieloves in the Balloon Adventure
• That’s My Boy
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Madea’s Witness Protection

WORST SCREENPLAY

• Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
• Battleship
• That’s My Boy
• A Thousand Words
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

 WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL

• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
• Piranha 3D
• Red Dawn
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Madea’s Witness Protection

WORST SCREEN COUPLE

• Any two cast members from The Jersey Shore in The Three Stooges
• Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
• Tyler Perry and his drag in Madea’s Witness Protection
• Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester or Susan Sarandon in That’s My Boy

BAFTA Film Awards 2013 Nominations Live Stream

Live announcement of this year’s BAFTA Film Awards  nominations below at 7.35am this morning:

Live Action Cinderella Film Loses Director

Mark Romanek will no longer be directing a live action version of Disney Classic Cinerella, having parted company with the project over reported creative differences. The film previously had a script in place courtesy of Chris Weitz and Aline Brosh McKenna, with Cate Blanchett attached to play Cinderella’s wicked step-mother.

The studio was reportedly unhappy with Romanek’s uncompromisingly dark vision of the familiar fairy tale but remain “committed to moving the project forward and have begun the search for a new director”.  It’s likely the new director will be encouraged to focus more on the feel-good whimsy of glass slippers, fairy godmothers and charming Princes.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joins Sin City 2

Much in demand star Joesph Gordon-Levitt has officially joined the cast film noir sequel Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, while turning down the opportunity to take the lead role of alien hero Star Lord in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Explaining his decision to choose to work with Director Robert Rodriguiez on the second adaptation of Frank Miller’s iconic monochrome graphic novel series Joseph Gordon-Levitt said:

“I love how the first movie uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality. Plus, nobody makes a badass like Mr. Rodriguez.”

Gordon-Levitt will be playing a new character specifically created for the film, with the part originally intended for Johnny Depp. The character, still called Johnny,  is a cocky gambler harboring a grudge against a sworn enemy. As one of the films key roles Gordon-Levitt’s character will bind together the various strands of Sin City’s complicated interwoven plot.

Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen and Rosario Dawson are also set to star with the film due to finally hit cinemas in the US on 4 October 2013. A UK release date is yet to be confirmed.

Guillermo Del Toro Turns Down Star Wars

Director Guillermo Del Toro has revealed that he recently turned down an approach from Disney to be considered for directing Star Wars Episode VII the first film in the studios newly acquired franchise.

“We got one phone call to my agent saying, ‘Is Guillermo interested?’ And basically I have so much stuff already of my own, and I’m pursuing stuff that I’m generating already… It was very flattering. It was just a phone call, it didn’t go past that, it was very nice to be asked, but believe it or not, I’m busy enough.”

Del Toro is much in demand as always and has a seemingly endless list of projects in various stages of development or production. Recent reports and announcements have him directing a remake of The Haunted Mansion, a stop-motion animated Pinocchio, a new Incredible Hulk TV series, a possible third Hellboy film and an expensive adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft classic At The Mountains of Madness.  His much anticipated giant monster film Pacific Rim will be released  later this summer, with a sequel already being planned.

While fans may be disappointed to see him out of the running for Star Wars Del Toro has his own views on who should take over responsibility for the iconic George Lucas space saga:

 “I think the fans deserve somebody that is just going to immerse themselves completely. As a geek, I would have loved to see Brad Bird take it.”