Awards season is upon us, and last night the nominations for the awards no one wants to win were announced. Yes, the contenders for the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, are out. These are the annual awards for the worst films of the year, co-founded by industry veterans John JB Wilson and Mo Murphy in 1980.
The Razzies nominations always come out a day before the Oscars and the ceremony is also held on the day before the Academy Awards.
The nominees were announced via an online video titled How to Protect Humanity from Toxic Waste. The big "winner" on the night was the latest Transformers movie, which the announcement cheekily referred to as Transformers XVII: The Last Knight throughout, with a whopping eight raspberries blown its way, including the not-so-coveted Worst Picture, Worst Director for Michael Bay, and Worst Actor for Mark Wahlberg, who stormed this category with a second Worst Actor nomination for Daddy's Home 2 .
Fifty Shades Darker also put up a strong fight with seven nominations, while other big names in the running included Tom Cruise for The Mummy and Emma Watson for The Circle.
Among the nominations:
WORST PICTURE
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers XVII: The Last Knight
WORST ACTRESS
Katherine Heigl / Unforgettable
Dakota Johnson / Fifty Shades Darker
Jennifer Lawrence / Mother!
Tyler Perry / BOO! 2: A Medea Halloween
Emma Watson / The Circle
WORST ACTOR
Tom Cruise / The Mummy
Johnny Depp / Pirates of The Caribbean XIII: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Jamie Dornan / Fifty Shades Darker
Zac Efron / Baywatch
Mark Wahlberg / Daddy's Home 2 & Transformers XVII: The Last Knight
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem / Mother! & Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Russell Crowe / The Mummy
Josh Duhamel / Transformers XVII: Last Knight
Mel Gibson / Daddy’s Home 2
Anthony Hopkins / Collide & Transformers XVII: Last Knight
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kim Basinger / Fifty Shades Darker
Sofia Boutella / The Mummy
Laura Haddock / Transformers XVII: Last Knight
Goldie Hawn / Snatched
Susan Sarandon / A Bad Moms Christmas
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Baywatch
BOO 2: A Medea Halloween
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers XVII: Last Knight
WORST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky / Mother!
Michael Bay / Transformers XVII: Last Knight
James Foley / Fifty Shades Darker
Alex Kurtzman / The Mummy
Anthony (Tony) Leonidis / The Emoji Movie
WORST SCREENPLAY
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers XVII: The Last Knight