Nerds Rule the 2008 MTV Movie Awards!!!

"Superbad" Leads the Way With 5 Nominations Followed By "Juno" With 4 Nods
Mike Myers Hosts the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" LIVE On Sunday, June 1st at
8PM/7c

NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Nerds, pirates and robots take over as
MTV: Music Television today announced the nominees for the "2008 MTV Movie
Awards." Dominating the pack is "Superbad" with 5 nominations followed by
"Juno" with 4 nods. Also vying for the much sought-after popcorn statue is
"Enchanted," "Transformers," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and
"Knocked Up" with 3 nominations each. The 17th annual awards show will be
executive produced by Emmy Award(R) winning producer Mark Burnett. Hosted
by Mike Myers, the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be broadcast LIVE from the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 1st at 8pm/7c.
Performers and presenters for the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be announced
at a later date.

"As someone who had his nose rubbed up against a locker or two, it's
great to see my cinematic nerd brothers get their just rewards," said Van
Toffler, President, MTV Networks Music, Logo and Films Group. "It's our
audience that has made these movies huge box office hits and they've
clearly spoken by nominating films with strong characters they can all
relate to."

Once again, the 2008 MTV Movie Awards roll out the red carpet for
another star-studded evening. Celebrities, comedic moments, and special
appearances will be among the many surprises during the live show.
Additionally, MTV unveils another new category, "BEST SUMMER MOVIE SO FAR"
giving a nod to most recent summer blockbusters.

The destiny of the coveted golden popcorn lies in the hands of the
viewers. Fans can vote by visiting http://www.movieawards.mtv.com before May 23rd
to support their favorite nominees in each category. Fans can also go
online to vote for the user-generated category, "BEST MOVIE SPOOF" where
viewers have the opportunity to submit their own original movie shorts
parodying films from the past year.

As previously announced, MTV has partnered with some of the most
popular UGC video sites, including Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion,
Break, Buzznet, Heavy and FunnyorDie to give anyone and everyone with a
creative vision their chance to shine in a celeb-filled arena. Finalists
for the "BEST MOVIE SPOOF" will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the "2008
MTV Movie Awards" where one will be crowned the winner.

The "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be available to a potential viewing
audience of more than 1.4 billion people via MTV's global network of 64
channels reaching 559.8 million households around the world as well as
through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will
reach the entire interactive community, via more than 180 MTV digital media
properties around the world.


Nominees for the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" are:
BEST MOVIE
-- Juno (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
-- Transformers (DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures)
-- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Walt Disney Pictures)
-- I Am Legend (Warner Bros. Pictures)
-- Superbad (Sony Pictures)
-- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
-- Will Smith -- I Am Legend (Warner Bros. Pictures)
-- Shia LaBeouf -- Transformers (DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures)
-- Denzel Washington -- American Gangster (Universal Pictures)
-- Matt Damon -- The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal Pictures)
-- Michael Cera -- Juno (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
-- Ellen Page -- Juno (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
-- Keira Knightley -- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Walt
Disney Pictures)
-- Katherine Heigl -- Knocked Up (Universal Pictures)
-- Amy Adams -- Enchanted (Walt Disney Pictures)
-- Jessica Biel -- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Universal Pictures)

BEST VILLAIN
-- Johnny Depp -- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(DreamWorks SKG/ Warner Bros. Pictures)
-- Denzel Washington -- American Gangster (Universal Pictures)
-- Angelina Jolie -- Beowulf (Warner Bros. Pictures/ Paramount Pictures)
-- Topher Grace -- Spider-Man 3 (Sony Pictures)
-- Javier Bardem -- No Country For Old Men (Paramount Vantage/ Miramax
Films)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
-- Johnny Depp -- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Walt Disney
Pictures)
-- Adam Sandler -- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Universal Pictures)
-- Jonah Hill -- Superbad (Sony Pictures)
-- Seth Rogen -- Knocked Up (Universal Pictures)
-- Amy Adams -- Enchanted (Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST FIGHT
-- Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah -- The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal Pictures)
-- Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco -- Spider-Man 3 (Sony Pictures)
-- Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell -- Jumper (20th Century Fox)
-- Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet -- Never Back Down (Summit Entertainment,
LLC)
-- Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming -- Rush Hour 3 (New Line
Cinema)
-- Alien vs. Predator- Aliens vs. Predator -- Requiem (20th Century Fox)

BEST KISS
-- Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer -- Disturbia (DreamWorks SKG)
-- Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey -- Enchanted (Walt Disney Pictures)
-- Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung -- Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix (Warner Bros. Pictures)
-- Ellen Page and Michael Cera -- Juno ((Fox Searchlight Pictures))
-- Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman -- Step Up 2 The Streets (Touchstone
Pictures)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
-- Zac Efron -- Hairspray (New Line Cinema)
-- Seth Rogen -- Knocked Up (Universal Pictures)
-- Jonah Hill -- Superbad (Sony Pictures)
-- Michael Cera -- Superbad (Sony Pictures)
-- Chris Brown -- This Christmas (Screen Gems)
-- Nikki Blonsky -- Hairspray (New Line Cinema)
-- Megan Fox -- Transformers (DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures)
-- Christopher Mintz-Plasse -- Superbad (Sony Pictures)

BEST SUMMER MOVIE SO FAR
-- Iron Man (Paramount Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)
-- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount
Pictures/Lucas Films)
-- Sex and the City: The Movie (New Line Cinema)
-- Speed Racer (Warner Bros. Pictures)
-- The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures/Walden
Media)


2008 MTV Movie Awards
Total Number of Combined Category Nominations

Superbad 5
Juno 4
Enchanted 3
Knocked Up 3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 3
Transformers 3
American Gangster 2
Hairspray 2
I Am Legend 2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 2
Spider-Man 3 2
The Bourne Ultimatum 2
Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem 1
Beowulf 1
Disturbia 1
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 1
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 1
Iron Man 1
Jumper 1
National Treasure: Book of Secrets 1
Never Back Down 1
No Country for Old Men 1
Rush Hour 3 1
Sex And The City: The Movie 1
Speed Racer 1
Step Up 2: The Streets 1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 1
This Christmas 1
* Nominees are chosen through a national poll of MTV and MTV2 viewers.

Mark Burnett serves as Executive Producer for the 2008 MTV MOVIE
AWARDS. Audrey Morrisey is Co-Executive Producer. Jane Mun and Ted Smith
serve as Producers.

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I started a new thread for this.

I don't know what happened to Best On-Screen Team.

A bunch of sh**y nominees, as usual.

the only thing that i hope happens during this awards show is...

AMYADAMSOWNAGE!!!

I was very surprised to see "Enchanted" receiving 3 nominations! That is awesome!!!

Superbad for Movie of the Year! Come on! That movie rocks!

And McLoving for breackthrough performance!

well at least...AT LEAST! they brought back Male and Female peformance.....

So Best Picture....not that there was a lot to choose from, I knew something like this would happen, but Legend and Treasure? Seriously? Sure, big bucks, but I don't even think people will remember them....or DO remember them right now....

It's between Juno and Superbad....

The performances....Well again, happy for Cera, but Washington? I really thought they would go for Day Lewis because of their search for credibility.....And Knightley for Pirates? Please....But the real shocker here is Jessica Biel...why? WHY? This is not even MTV caliber sucky shocker, it's just something else...

Villains...yeah those seem right....whatver....

Comedic....Depp? Seriously? No McLovin or Ellen Page?

Fight....Never Back Down? There wasn't anythign else? At least the Dano-DayLewis fight at then end of Blood...that would've been awesome....

And WHY OH WHY if Alien vs Predator gets a fight nod, Transformers misses out on what could've easily been a category filled with fights from the movie?

And what do you know...there's Zac Effron....very nice for all those who refuse to predict this obvious (if ridiculous) choice over the kid from Across the Universe....

Summer movie so far? Sex and the City? Did they watch it? Or Indiana Jones or Narnia???? Please MTV, show some respect...for yourself....

this set of nominees could have been a lot better, but i like the nominations for amy adams and juno! overall, these nominees are ridiculous.

Nah. Pretty bad set of nominees but I'm just happy Amy Adams is rocking with three nominations.

We all expect that they'd go gaga for superstars right? Denzel, Jolie, Will Smith, Damon.

Atleast they separated Male and Female Performance this year. My rant would go to Jessica Biel who's an awful actress in an awful movie. But hey it's the MTV Movie Awards!

Really MTV Really?

The only noms I'm happy for are the one's from Juno, Amy Adams, Iron Man, & the Apatow movies

Yup, Superbad is ruling. I had an idea.

As for the nominations. I gotta check it out.

Well I'm happy Best Performance now has a Male and Female category. Not too sure why they didn't do the same for Breakthrough Performance. I miss the glory days of the MTV Movie Awards. Splie categories (Best Male/Best Female), Best Action Sequence, Best On-Screen Team, Best Musical Sequence... What has happened?!

My big disappointment is no Best Movie nod for "The Bourne Ultimatum."

~Morgan

They finally brought back the male/female performance split. Decent choices, but eight nominees for breakthrough performance is a mess though.

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Originally posted by RichterScale:
the only thing that i hope happens during this awards show is...

AMYADAMSOWNAGE!!!

LMAO!!!!! Me too! I'll only watch it if she wins something (we get the show here one month after it's aired in the US).

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I really thought they would go for Day Lewis because of their search for credibility.....

Yeah, exactly. I did imagine they would nominate Denzel in either Best villain or male perf., but not BOTH. I actually did think Daniel-Day Lewis was going to get a nod in either villain or male perf., possibly both cuz' of the whole "popularity" with the character and all; also the credibility that came with it. But I suppose its like the time they didn't nominate Helen Mirren, when she basically won everything. Guess I give those ass's more credit than they deserve. I just don't get how they could completely snub him, you know? DD-L in There Will Be Blood was popular with different demographics, so I guessed....well obviously wrong. lol

That being said, Superbad FTMFW! lol Or Transformers. Seriously, those two were two of my favorites last year. They ranked in my Top 10.

Hope the show goes well. Decent nominees for the Movie awards. At least they separated Male and Female perf.

Oh I forgot, they ditched Best On-screen duo/team! Wow, that was a surprise, since it was pretty highly contested this year. Oh well.

Oh and I thought that Johnny Depp is a sure thing in Male Perf for Sweeney Todd. Guess I'm wrong.

Also, DDL should have been nommed for Villain. After all, they did nominate him for a weaker performance in Gangs. But whatever.

And who would have thought that Denzel would end up having two nominations?

Though I miss Best Onscreen Team, I'm happy that they also ditched Best Hero, Sexiest Performance, which were all filler categories. It would have at least been better if they put Best Musical Sequence or Dance Sequence rather than that.

Since they have already separated Male and Female perf, how about separarting Male and Female Breakthrough Performance too?

Lastly, no Transformers for fight. Woah! Yet Alien trash Predator is there. Haha!

The MTV Movie Awards is really an infomercial for the Summer movie season.

Showing up helps your chances of winning.

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Also, DDL should have been nommed for Villain. After all, they did nominate him for a weaker performance in Gangs. But whatever.

Very true. I remember. Weird how he got a nod for that perf., yet he didn't get a nod for the more critically acclaimed one. I don't get it.

How did There Will Be Blood do at the Box Office again? That plays a huge part in nominations. I remember Gangs did pretty good commercially and obviously critically. Maybe thats the reason? I don't know.

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Lastly, no Transformers for fight. Woah! Yet Alien trash Predator is there. Haha!

Yeah....I know right? Transformers killed it.

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Also, DDL should have been nommed for Villain. After all, they did nominate him for a weaker performance in Gangs. But whatever.

Very true. I remember. Weird how he got a nod for that perf., yet he didn't get a nod for the more critically acclaimed one. I don't get it.

How did There Will Be Blood do at the Box Office again? That plays a huge part in nominations. I remember Gangs did pretty good commercially and obviously critically. Maybe thats the reason? I don't know.

I think Gangs was pretty liked by MTV because they also gave noms for Leonardo Di Caprio and Cameron Diaz for Best Kiss. So Maybe, they liked the movie after all. LOL.

The only reason I can think why DDL was left out was because of too stiff competition, plus there's already Javier Bardem to get the credibility spot.