Some people might have thought that, with the conclusion of the Oscars at the end of February, the 2016 awards season was done with. Well, not so fast, general public! MTV still exists and so does the award it gives to movies tweens love. Yeah, that’s right, the MTV Movie Awards are coming up, and MTV has announced the nominees. Via Snapchat, of course, because it’s 2016.
I have no idea how Snapchat works, so I don’t know if that’s a good idea, but I will say that this crop of nominees is refreshing after three, four, or five months of the same movies getting award after award. MTV represents the common people, which is why Chris Pratt is nominated for Best Male Performer, and why Dakota Johnson is nominated for her breakthrough performance in Fifty Shades of Grey. Also, Spotlight is noticeably absent from all categories, because tweens don’t care about journalism, obviously.
The above probably all reads as sarcasm, but it is nice to see an awards show that caters so unabashedly to what is popular. It’s nice to see Spy get some love, and it’s also nice to see Creed, Star Wars, and Deadpool in the running for Movie of The Year — in fact, Star Wars leads the pack in nominations, with a total of 11.
See the full list of nominees below. The awards will air on MTV at 8 p.m. on April 10, and will be hosted by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
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 (20th 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)