'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' leads the way at MTV Movie Awards 2016 with 11 nominations.
Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley
Despite being omitted from most of the major categories at the Oscars and Golden Globes, the sci-fi blockbuster is in the running to take home a slew of top prizes from the annual ceremony including Movie of the Year.
In the category 'The Force Awakens' is up against 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', 'Creed', 'Deadpool', 'Jurassic World' and 'Straight Outta Compton'.
Notable nominations for the 'Star Wars' cast include Daisy Ridley being up Best Female Performance for her portrayal of Rey, John Boyega up for Best Action Performance for his turn as Finn, Adam Driver competing for Best Villain for his portrayal of Kylo Ren and Lupita Nyong'o acknowledged in the Best Virtual Performance list for her interpretation of CGI character Maz Kanata.
John and Daisy will be up against one another in the Breakthrough Performance category along with Amy Schumer, Brie Larson, Dakota Johnson and O'Shea Jackson Junior.
'Deadpool' is up for an impressive eight awards including Best Male Performance for lead star Ryan Reynolds, but if he wants to win it he's going to have to beat Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio - acknowledged again for his incredible performance in 'The Revenant' - 'Jurassic World' star Chris Pratt, 'The Martian' actor Matt Damon, Michael B. Jordan for 'Creed' and Will Smith for 'Concussion'.
The star-studded event - which is celebrating its 25th year - will be hosted by 'Central Intelligence' co-stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, who are up for the Best Comedic Performance and Best Hero prizes respectively, and will be broadcast on MTV on April 10 at 8pm.
Fans can go to the official MTV website to vote for their winners.
MTV Movie Awards 2016 full list of nominations:
Movie of the Year:
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Creed
Deadpool
Jurassic World
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton
True Story:
Concussion
Joy
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton
The Big Short
The Revenant
Documentary:
Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
The Hunting Ground
The Wolfpack
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Best Female Performance:
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Anna Kendrick - Pitch Perfect 2
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Morena Baccarin - Deadpool
Best Male Performance
Chris Pratt - Jurassic World
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Matt Damon - The Martian
Michael B. Jordan - Creed
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool
Will Smith - Concussion
Breakthrough Performance
Amy Schumer - Trainwreck
Brie Larson - Room
Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dakota Johnson - Fifty Shades of Grey
John Boyega - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
O'Shea Jackson Junior - Straight Outta Compton
Best Comedic Performance:
Amy Schumer - Trainwreck
Kevin Hart - Ride Along 2
Melissa McCarthy - Spy
Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect 2
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool
Will Ferrell - Get Hard
Best Action Performance:
Chris Pratt - Jurassic World
Dwayne Johnson - San Andreas
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
John Boyega - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool
Vin Diesel - Furious 7
Best Hero:
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Evans - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dwayne Johnson - San Andreas
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Paul Rudd - Ant-Man
Best Villain:
Adam Driver - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ed Skrein - Deadpool
Hugh Keays-Byrne - Mad Max: Fury Road
James Spader - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Samuel L. Jackson - Kingsman: The Secret Service
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Best Virtual Performance:
Amy Poehler - Inside Out
Andy Serkis - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jack Black - Kung Fu Panda 3
James Spader - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Lupita Nyong'o - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Seth MacFarlane - Ted 2
Ensemble Cast:
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Furious 7
Pitch Perfect 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Trainwreck
Best Kiss:
Amy Schumer & Bill Hader - Trainwreck
Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan - Fifty Shades of Grey
Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth - Vacation
Margot Robbie & Will Smith - Focus
Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool
Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine - Pitch Perfect 2
Best Fight:
Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein) - Deadpool
Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear - The Revenant
Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) - Mad Max: Fury Road
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri)
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