Transformers: Age of Extinction earns 7 Razzies nominations
Michael Bay's Transformers films are well represented at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards, a ceremony dedicated to the absolute worst Hollywood had to offer in 2014, just a day before the Academy Awards is set to celebrate its best.
Transformers: Age of Extinction earned seven nominations, including Worst Picture, Worst Director (Michael Bay), and Worst Supporting Actor (Kelsey Grammar).
Michael Bay's bombastic mangling of the 1980s toy and cartoon franchise has been well represented in the Razzies of years past; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was named the Worst Picture of 2009.
Other films represented include Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West, The Legend of Hercules which features Twilight alum Kellan Lutz, and Sex Tape, starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel. The latter duo are nominated in the Worst Screen Combo category, which also includes Kirk Cameron and His Ego, and Kellan Lutz "and either his abs, his pecs or his glutes."
The Golden Raspberry Awards, better known as the Razzies, were launched in 1980 as a humorous counterpoint to the Academy Awards.
New this year is The Redeemer, an award that acknowledges that past Razzie winners "can (and often do) go on to do far, far better things." Nominees include Ben Affleck ("From Gigli to Argo and Gone Girl") and Jennifer Aniston ("from four-time Razzie nominee to Cake").
Here's the full list of nominees:
Worst Picture
- Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
- Left Behind
- The Legend of Hercules
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
Worst Director
- Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Darren Doane, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
- Renny Harlin, The Legend of Hercules
- Jonathan Liebesman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways To Die in the West
Redeemer Award
- Ben Affleck - from Gigli to Argo and Gone Girl
- Jennifer Aniston - from four-time Razzie nominee to Cake
- Mike Myers - from The Love Guru to directing Supermensch
- Keanu Reeves - from six-time Razzie nominee to John Wick
- Kristen Stewart - from six-time Razzie winner for Twilight to Camp X-Ray
Worst Actor
- Kirk Cameron, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
- Nicholas Cage, Left Behind
- Kellan Lutz, The Legend of Hercules
- Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways To Die in the West
- Adam Sandler, Blended
Worst Supporting Actor
- Mel Gibson, The Expendables 3
- Kelsey Grammer, The Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too, Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Shaquille O'Neal, Blended
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Expendables 3
- Kiefer Sutherland, Pompeii
Worst Actress
- Drew Barrymore, Blended
- Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman and Sex Tape
- Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
- Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Gaia Weiss, The Legend of Hercules
Worst Supporting Actress
- Cameron Diaz, Annie
- Megan Fox, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Nicola Peltz, Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Susan Sarandon, Tammy
- Brigitte Ridenour, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
- Annie
- Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?
- The Legend of Hercules
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
Worst Screen Combo
- Any Two Robots, Actors (or Robotic Actors) - Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Kirk Cameron and His Ego - Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
- Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel - Sex Tape
- Kellan Lutz and Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes - The Legend of Hercules
- Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron - A Million Ways to Die in the West
Worst Screenplay
- Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
- Left Behind
- Sex Tape
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
