40th Golden Raspberry Awards

40th Golden Raspberry Awards
40th Golden Raspberry Awards
Awarded for	Worst in film
Date	Cancelled (originally March 14, 2020) (Online version on March 16, 2020)
Site	Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Worst Picture	Cats
Most awards	Cats (6)
Most nominations	Cats (9)
	← 39th; Golden Raspberry Awards; 41st →;

The 40th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, was an awards ceremony that honored the worst the film industry had to offer in 2019. The awards are based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. The nominees were announced on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the 92nd Academy Awards. The ceremony, the date of which was later announced to be March 14, 2020,^[1] was ultimately cancelled amid the concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] The organizers announced the ceremony's winners online on March 16, 2020.^[3] No nominees were announced for the "Worst of the Decade Awards", despite being the tradition for the final ceremony of the decade.

Winners and nominees[]

The nominations were announced on February 8, 2020.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Tom Hooper, Worst Picture co-winner, Worst Director winner and Worst Screenplay co-winner

John Travolta, Worst Actor winner

Hilary Duff, Worst Actress winner

James Corden, Worst Supporting Actor winner

Rebel Wilson, Worst Supporting Actress winner

Eddie Murphy, Razzie Redeemer Award winner

40th Golden Raspberry Award nominees
Worst Picture Cats (Universal) – Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Tom Hooper The Fanatic (Quiver) – Daniel Grodnik, Oscar Generale, and Bill Kenwright The Haunting of Sharon Tate (Saban) – Lucas Jarach, Daniel Farrands, and Eric Brenner A Madea Family Funeral (Lionsgate) – Ozzie Areu, Will Areu, and Mark E. Swinton Rambo: Last Blood (Lionsgate) – Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Yariv Lerner, and Les Weldon	Worst Director Tom Hooper – Cats Fred Durst – The Fanatic James Franco – Zeroville Adrian Grünberg – Rambo: Last Blood Neil Marshall – Hellboy^{[note 1]}
Worst Actor *John Travolta – The Fanatic* and Trading Paint as Moose and Sam Munroe** James Franco – Zeroville as Vikar David Harbour – Hellboy^{[note 1]} as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama Matthew McConaughey – Serenity as Baker Dill Sylvester Stallone – Rambo: Last Blood as John J. Rambo	Worst Actress *Hilary Duff – The Haunting of Sharon Tate* as Sharon Tate** Anne Hathaway – The Hustle and Serenity as Josephine Chesterfield and Karen Zariakas Francesca Hayward – Cats as Victoria Tyler Perry – A Madea Family Funeral as Mabel "Madea" Simmons Rebel Wilson – The Hustle as Penny Rust
Worst Supporting Actor *James Corden – Cats* as Bustopher Jones** Tyler Perry – A Madea Family Funeral as Joe Tyler Perry – A Madea Family Funeral as Uncle Heathrow Seth Rogen – Zeroville as Viking Man Bruce Willis – Glass as David Dunn / The Overseer	Worst Supporting Actress *Rebel Wilson – Cats* as Jennyanydots** Jessica Chastain – Dark Phoenix as Vuk Cassi Davis – A Madea Family Funeral as Aunt Bam Judi Dench – Cats as Old Deuteronomy Fenessa Pineda – Rambo: Last Blood as Gizelle
Worst Screen Combo Any two half-feline/half-human hairballs – Cats Jason Derulo & his CGI-neutered "bulge" – Cats Tyler Perry & Tyler Perry (or Tyler Perry) – A Madea Family Funeral Sylvester Stallone & his impotent rage – Rambo: Last Blood John Travolta & any screenplay he accepts	Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Rambo: Last Blood (Lionsgate) Dark Phoenix (20th Century Fox) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Warner Bros.) Hellboy (Lionsgate)^{[note 1]} A Madea Family Funeral (Lionsgate)
Worst Screenplay Cats – Lee Hall and Tom Hooper; based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot The Haunting of Sharon Tate – Daniel Farrands Hellboy^{[note 1]} – Andrew Cosby; based on the Dark Horse Comics character by Mike Mignola A Madea Family Funeral – Tyler Perry Rambo: Last Blood – Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone; based on the character created by David Morrell	Razzie Redeemer Award Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers Keanu Reeves – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Toy Story 4 Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems Will Smith – Aladdin
Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property Rambo: Last Blood (Lionsgate) Dragged Across Concrete (Summit) The Haunting of Sharon Tate (Saban) Hellboy (Lionsgate)^{[note 1]} Joker (Warner Bros.)

Films with multiple wins and nominations[]

The following ten films received multiple nominations:

Films with multiple nominations at the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards
Nominations	Film
9	Cats
8	A Madea Family Funeral
8	Rambo: Last Blood
5	Hellboy
4	The Haunting of Sharon Tate
3	The Fanatic
3	Zeroville
2	Dark Phoenix
	The Hustle
	Serenity

The following films received multiple wins:

Films with multiple wins at the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards
Wins	Film
6	Cats
2	Rambo: Last Blood

Planned ceremony[]

In June 2019, Comedy Dynamics (a company founded by Brian Volk-Weiss) announced that it would produce the awards ceremony. Also, it was to be broadcast live on a "Comedy Dynamics Network", which would have marked the first time a Golden Raspberry ceremony was watched by public through a live telecast.^[9]^[10]

The unusual scheduling of the 92nd Academy Awards (usually held towards the end of February) on February 9 affected the 2020 edition of the Golden Raspberry Awards. The organizers announced the nominees on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the AMPAS event. The organizers later announced that the year's Razzie ceremony would be held on March 14;^[1] it would have been the second ceremony held after the Academy Awards, spurning the tradition of announcing the winners on the eve of the Oscars ceremony.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was going to go on as scheduled.^[11] The organizers later ultimately announced that the ceremony was cancelled, citing bans on mass gatherings that were enacted by local authorities in the wake of the outbreak.^[2] The organizers eventually announced winners online on March 16, 2020, through their website and their YouTube channel.^[3]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Referred to as Hellboy 2019 on the official nomination list.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Razz Newz". Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Razzie Awards Canceled Amid Coronavirus Concerns". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Razzie Awards 2020 Winners: Cats Dominates 40th Golden Raspberry Awards". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ Reuters (February 8, 2020). "Paw performance: Cats dominates Razzie nominations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ Reuters (February 8, 2020). "'Cats' and Its Furry Stars Nominated for Razzie Worst Film Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 10, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Cats leads Razzie nominations 2020 for bad film awards". The Independent. February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "'Cats,' 'Rambo: Last Blood' lead Razzie lead 2020 Razzies nominations". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
^ Christy Piña; Annie Howard. "Razzie Awards: 'Cats,' 'Rambo: Last Blood,' 'Madea Family Funeral' Lead With 8 Nods Each". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
^ "Razzies Will Be Televised For First Time Ever In 2020". ScreenRant. June 21, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (June 20, 2019). "Comedy Dynamics To Produce First-ever Televised Razzie Awards". Deadline. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "Razzies to Proceed as Planned Despite Coronavirus Outbreak". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

External links[]

Official website

[hellboy-9] Referred to as Hellboy 2019 on the official nomination list.

[RazzNewz-arc-20FEB20-1] "Razz Newz". Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

[THR-RazziesCancelled-2] "Razzie Awards Canceled Amid Coronavirus Concerns". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[RotTomEditorial-2020RazzieWinners-3] "Razzie Awards 2020 Winners: Cats Dominates 40th Golden Raspberry Awards". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[4] Reuters (February 8, 2020). "Paw performance: Cats dominates Razzie nominations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[5] Reuters (February 8, 2020). "'Cats' and Its Furry Stars Nominated for Razzie Worst Film Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 10, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Cats leads Razzie nominations 2020 for bad film awards". The Independent. February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[7] "'Cats,' 'Rambo: Last Blood' lead Razzie lead 2020 Razzies nominations". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

[8] Christy Piña; Annie Howard. "Razzie Awards: 'Cats,' 'Rambo: Last Blood,' 'Madea Family Funeral' Lead With 8 Nods Each". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2020.

[10] "Razzies Will Be Televised For First Time Ever In 2020". ScreenRant. June 21, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[11] Ramos, Dino-Ray (June 20, 2019). "Comedy Dynamics To Produce First-ever Televised Razzie Awards". Deadline. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

[12] "Razzies to Proceed as Planned Despite Coronavirus Outbreak". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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