Contenders Unveiled for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards
Amber Swift  |  by www.aceshowbiz.com. All rights reserved. 16.07 | 23:24

The coveted Golden Popcorn trophies once again set to be handed into the rightful ones as MTV has just revealed its list of nominees for this year's MTV Movie Awards, which it will air live for the first time ever from Universal City's Gibson Amphitheatre on June 3. Picking up titles of various genres for the competition, the network surprisingly gives large portion attention to epic saga " ", granting the Zack Snyder-directed flick a total five nods, notably Best Movie and Best Performance for lead star . Trailing close behind with four nominations is last year's mega-hit " ", which is also vying for both honors, even submitting and for the latter category besides leading to face against of " " and of " " for Best Villain title.

Not to be missed out are surely the nominees of Best Kiss and those of Best Fight. Here and wonderfully scored in both slots, being a team for the former through " " while becoming rivals for the latter as Cohen is nominated for " " and Ferrell for " ." Further to report, the two funnymen also get nominated for Best Comedic Performance, which lines up other well known names like of " ", of " ", and of "Prada", who also lands a nod in Breakthrough Performance category.

Much to be noticed from the list is the return of mtvU Best Filmmaker On Campus as well as the coming of new slot called Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet, which includes titles such as " ", " ", and " ." Complete list of nominees can be viewed via MTV's official site of . "Crank" star Jason Statham is in talks to become the lead star in Universal Pictures' futuristic action thriller "Deathrace 3000.

"
Newly-released thriller "Disturbia" goes right to the top slot of the chart, pushing aside "Blades of Glory" to number two in turn.
Paramount Pictures' figure-skating farce "Blades of Glory" continues to seat atop the chart despite the coming of several promising new flicks in the competition.
Sports comedy "Blades of Glory" debuts high at $33 million to take over the top slot from "TMNT" on weekend box office ended April 1, 2007.


CGI-animated feature "TMNT" ends the reign of "300" on the weekend domestic box office ended Sunday, March 25, 2007.
"300" star Gerard Butler will be bestowed the Action Movie Star of the Year prize at the 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards held on May 20.
"300" star Rodrigo Santoro will play Susan Cabot's husband in the biopic about the B-movie star "Black Oasis.

"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is on the move to develop a remake of Alan Parker-directed 1980 dance flick "Fame" for a scheduled summer 2008 release.
Universal Pictures will make a big screen adaptation of popular SCEA's videogame "God of War."
Paul W.

S. Anderson clarifies reports on his departure from "Castlevania", stating that he still carries out his writing and directing duties in the flick.

"3rd Rock from the Sun" star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is plotted to highlight rom-com flick "The Frog King.

"
My Chemical Romance's tour crew were caught in food poisoning, leaving the a couple of dates to be rescheduled.
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale and their son Kingston have topped a poll of Hollywood's Best Looking Family.
John Cusack is reported to be attached as the leadstar in Jan de Bont's action thriller "Stopping Power.

"
Teen star Emma Roberts will topline a comedy of Universal Pictures and Working Title Films production entitled "Wild Child.

Read more on by www.aceshowbiz.com. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Universal Pictures, Mtv Movie, Movie Awards, Mtv Movie Awards, Movie Star
Related news
Post comments
Name
Place
6 + 6 =
Comments