The Razzies announce this year's nominations, with 'Joker: Folie à Deux' in the lead

by · RNZ
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The nominees for the best of the worst of cinema - the awards known as the Razzies - have been released, and the oft-derided "Joker" sequel leads the pack.

Joker: Folie à Deux scored seven nominations including worst actor and actress for stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, respectively, followed by Borderlands, Madame Web, Megalopolis and Reagan with six apiece. Joker: Folie à Deux was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which like CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Golden Raspberry Awards (the formal name for the Razzies) celebrate what they view as Hollywood's duds in cinema since they began in the early 1980s. In keeping with its history, the "winners" are announced the day before the Academy Awards ceremony.

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux.Photo: Supplied

Here is a list of what's up for the unceremonious honour of receiving a Razzie for the year of 2024:

Worst picture

  • Borderlands
  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Madame Web
  • Megalopolis
  • Reagan

Actor

  • Jack Black / Dear Santa
  • Zachary Levi / Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • Joaquin Phoenix / Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Dennis Quaid / Reagan
  • Jerry Seinfeld / Unfrosted

Actress

  • Cate Blanchett / Borderlands
  • Lady Gaga / Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Bryce Dallas Howard / Argylle
  • Dakota Johnson / Madame Web
  • Jennifer Lopez / Atlas

Supporting actor

  • Jack Black (voice only) / Borderlands
  • Kevin Hart / Borderlands
  • Shia LaBeouf (in drag) / Megalopolis
  • Tahar Rahim / Madame Web
  • Jon Voight / Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land and Strangers

Supporting actress

  • Ariana DeBose / Argylle and Kraven the Hunter
  • Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher) / Reagan
  • Emma Roberts / Madame Web
  • Amy Schumer / Unfrosted
  • FKA twigs / The Crow

Director

  • S.J. Clarkson / Madame Web
  • Francis Ford Coppola / Megalopolis
  • Todd Phillips / Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Eli Roth / Borderlands
  • Jerry Seinfeld / Unfrosted

Screen combo

  • Any two obnoxious characters (but especially Jack Black) in Borderlands
  • Any two unfunny "comedic actors" in Unfrosted
  • The entire cast of Megalopolis
  • Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Dennis Quaid & Penelope Ann Miller (as Ronald and Nancy Reagan) in Reagan

Prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel

  • The Crow
  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • Mufasa: The Lion King
  • Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver

Screenplay

  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • Madame Web
  • Megalopolis
  • Reagan

-CNN