Mark Wahlberg's blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction has been named among the "worst" films of the year after scoring seven nominations for the 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards.
The fourth instalment of Michael Bay's action franchise claimed the most nods ahead of the annual prizegiving, which celebrates the worst Hollywood films and performances.
Despite being named the highest-grossing film of 2014 with US$1.1 billion earnings at the global box office, the latest Transformers movie is up for Worst Sequel, Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Combo, Worst Director for Bay,Worst Supporting Actress for Nicola Peltz, and Worst Supporting Actor for Kelsey Grammer.
Transformers is also up for Worst Picture, going up against Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, Left Behind, The Legend of Hercules and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Saving Christmas and The Legend of Hercules trail Transformers with six nominations each. Cameron and Hercules star Kellan Lutz will face off in the Worst Actor category, along with Nicolas Cage (Left Behind), Seth MacFarlane (A Million Ways to Die in the West), and Razzie regular Adam Sandler (Blended).
Hercules' Gaia Weiss is up for the "dis-honour" of Worst Actress, against Drew Barrymore (Blended), Cameron Diaz (The Other Woman and Sex Tape), Melissa McCarthy (Tammy) and Charlize Theron (A Million Ways to Die in the West).
In addition, a new category has been added this year - the Redeemer Award will be given to a superstar who has been awarded a Razzie in the past, but has since rebounded with critical success.
Among the inaugural group of nominees are Ben Affleck (Gone Girl), Jennifer Aniston (Cake), Mike Myers (Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon), Keanu Reeves (John Wick), and Kristen Stewart (Camp X-Ray).
The 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards will be handed out on February 21, the night before the Academy Awards.
The full list of nominations is as follows:
Worst Picture
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Worst Actor
Nicolas Cage / Left Behind
Kirk Cameron / Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Kellan Lutz / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways To Die in the West
Adam Sandler / Blended
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
The Razzie Redeemer Award
Ben Affleck (From Razzie winner for Gigli to Oscar Darling for Argo and Gone Girl)
Jennifer Aniston (From 4-time Razzie wominee to SAG Award Nominee for Cake)
Mike Myers (From Razzie winner for Love Guru to docu director of Supermensch)
Keanu Reeves (From 6-time Razzie nominee to critically acclaimed John Wick)
Kristen Stewart (From Razzie winner for Twilight to the art house hit Camp X-Ray)
Worst Supporting Actress
Cameron Diaz / Annie
Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Brigitte Ridenour (Kirk's Sister) / Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Susan Sarandon / Tammy
Worst Supporting Actor
Mel Gibson/ Expendables 3
Kelsey Grammer / Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too and Transformers: Age of Extinction
Shaquille O'Neal / Blended
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger / Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland/ Pompeii
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
Worst Screen Combo
Any Two Robots, Actors (or Robotic Actors) / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Kirk Cameron & His Ego / Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel / Sex Tape
Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron / A Million Ways To Die in the West
Worst Screenplay
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, written by Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey
Left Behind, screenplay by Paul LaLonde and John Patus, based on the novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins
Sex Tape, screenplay by Kate Angelo and Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, written by Evan Daugherty and Andre Nemec & Josh Applebaum, based on characters created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Transformers: Age of Extinction, written by Ehren Kruger, based on Hasbro's Transformers action figures
Worst Remake, Rip-Off Or Sequel
Annie
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The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
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