“DJANGO UNCHAINED”, “TED”, “THE DARK KNIGHT RISES” LEAD NOMINATIONS FOR MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2013
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… Awards to Air Live on MTV (DStv Channel 130) on
Wednesday 17 April from 6PM
MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) today revealed
the nominees for the “2013 MTV Movie Awards”,honouring the actors and films that
have enthralled and electrified audiences this year.
Leading the pack with seven nominations each are
Quentin Tarantino’s sweeping American slavery Western Django Unchained and
Seth MacFarlane’s bro-mantic comedy Ted, followed by the critically
acclaimed Silver Linings Playbook with six nods and the epic
blockbuster conclusion to the Batman trilogy The Dark Knight Rises with five.
Rounding out the most nominated films are The Avengers, The
Perks of Being a Wallflower, Pitch Perfect and Skyfall with
four each.
Voting for the MTV Movie Awards winners
begins today (Tuesday 5 March) at www.mtvbase.com and runs right through until
Saturday 13 April.
Airing Wednseday 17 April (18:00 WAT), the 2013
MTV Movie Awards will take place at the Sony Pictures Studios Lot in
Culver City, California. Serving as the official kick-off to the Summer
Blockbuster season, the show will continue MTV’s tradition of irreverent
celebration of the movies, actors and music that audiences love.
Rising superstar Rebel Wilson, nominated for Best
Female Performance and Breakthrough Performance as “Fat Amy” in Pitch
Perfect, will star as host and be joined by MTV’s Inaugural Comedic Genius
Award recipient Will Ferrell, who is nominated for Best
On-Screen Duo with Zach Galifianakis for The Campaign.
Keeping with the show’s tradition of celebrating
current cultural memes, this year’s telecast will introduce two new
categories. Abdominally blessed nominees Channing Tatum (Magic
Mike), Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Daniel Craig
(Skyfall) and Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Rises) will sweat it
out against fan-favourite stuffed bear Seth MacFarlane as “Ted”
for the crown of Best Shirtless Performance, while unforgettable
moments from Les Misérables, Magic Mike, Pitch Perfect, Silver
Linings Playbook and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will
compete to win the inaugural Best Musical Moment award.
Leading lady and recent Academy Award® winner Jennifer
Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook and House at the End of the
Street) joins fellow female front-runners Emma Watson (The Perks of
Being a Wallflower), Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect), Anne Hathaway (Les
Misérables) and Mila Kunis (Ted) for the chance to take home the most
Golden Popcorn trophies. At the head of the pack for the men are Seth
MacFarlane as “Ted” (Ted), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Bradley
Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) and Channing Tatum (Magic
Mike).
Additional presenters, performers and special award
recipients will be announced at a later date.
Emma Watson (nominee for Best Female
Performance, Best Kiss, Best Musical Moment) commented, "I am so
excited to have been nominated for three MTV Movie Awards for Perks
of Being a Wallflower! I love the show and I love this movie! I'm so
thrilled."
Voting Now Open at www.mtvbase.com
2013 MTV Movie Awards: Total Number of Combined
Category Nominations
Django Unchained 7
Ted
7
Silver Linings
Playbook
6
The Dark Knight
Rises
5
The
Avengers
4
The Perks of Being a
Wallflower
4
Pitch
Perfect
4
Skyfall
4
Magic
Mike
3
Les Misérables
3
Life of
Pi
2
Argo
1
Beasts of the Southern
Wild
1
Flight
1
House at the End of the
Street
1
Lincoln
1
Moonrise
Kingdom
1
Texas Chainsaw
3D
1
The
Campaign
1
The Hobbit: An Unpected
Journey
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part
2
1
Zero Dark
Thirty
1
2013 MTV Movie Awards: Total Number of Combined
Studio Nominations
Universal
Pictures
14
The Weinstein
Company
13
Warner Bros.
Pictures
11
Sony
Pictures
5
Summit Entertainment,
LLC
5
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures
5
20th Century
Fox
2
Focus
Features
1
Fox
Searchlight
1
Lionsgate
1
Paramount Pictures
1
Relativity
Media
1
Nominees for the “2013 MTV Movie Awards” were
elected by a special voting Academy, including members of the MTV
audience.
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