Star Wars up for 11 MTV Movie Awards

Star Wars: The Force Awakens leads the way at MTV Movie Awards 2016 with 11 nominations.

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.

Notable nominations for the 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

- Straight Outta Compton

- 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) – Spy

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