‘Get Out’ Leads MTV Movie and TV Award With Six Nominations
Get Out is the undeniable surprise hit of 2017. Now Jordan Peele’s horror thriller is garnering more accolades from fans. It leads the nominations of the new MTV Movie and TV Awards.
Star Daniel Kaluuya is nominated for Best Actor in a Movie, Next Generation and Best Duo with Lil Rel Howery. Alison Williams is up for Best Villain, while the film competes for Movie of the Year.
With the addition of TV to MTV’s annual movie awards, there have been changes to some categories. Best Actor and Actress is now Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show, with male and female nominees competing against one another. Best Fight is now Best Fight Against the System and classic categories like Best Kiss now include TV and movie nominees.
New this year is Best American Story in which all the nominees are shows and films about people of color, immigrants and LGBT characters.
This year’s list includes fan favorites like Game of Thrones, Atlanta, Beauty and the Beast, Hidden Figures and Logan. Fans can vote for their picks at mtv.com.
Movie of the Year
Beauty and the Beast
Get Out
Logan
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Edge of Seventeen
Best Actor in a Movie
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Emma Watson – Beauty and the Beast
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Hugh Jackman – Logan
James McAvoy – Split
Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
Show of the Year
Atlanta
Game of Thrones
Insecure
Pretty Little Liars
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Best Actor in a Show
Donald Glover – Atlanta
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things (Netflix)
Best Kiss
Ashton Sanders & Jharrel Jerome – Moonlight
Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Emma Watson & Dan Stevens – Beauty and the Beast
Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard – Empire
Zac Efron & Anna Kendrick – Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates
Best Villain
Allison Williams – Get Out
Demogorgon – Stranger Things
Jared Leto – Suicide Squad
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead
Wes Bentley – American Horror Story
Best Documentary
13TH
I Am Not Your Negro
O.J.: Made in America
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
Best Comedic Performance
Adam Devine – Workaholics
Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson – Broad City
Lil Rel Howery – Get Out
Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy
Seth Rogen – Sausage Party
Will Arnett – The LEGO Batman Movie
Tearjerker
Game of Thrones – Hodor’s Death (Kristian Nairn)
Grey’s Anatomy – Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death (Ellen Pompeo)
Me Before You – Will (Sam Claflin) tells Louisa (Emilia Clarke) he can’t stay with her
Moonlight – Paula (Naomie Harris) tells Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) that she loves him
This Is Us – Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate
Best Hero
Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Grant Gustin – The Flash
Mike Colter – Luke Cage
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Stephen Amell – Arrow
Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
Fight Against the System
Get Out
Hidden Figures
Loving
Luke Cage
Mr. Robot
Best Host
Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
John Oliver – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show
Best Reality Competition
America’s Got Talent
MasterChef Junior
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Bachelor
The Voice
Next Generation
Chrissy Metz
Daniel Kaluuya
Issa Rae
Riz Ahmed
Yara Shahidi
Best Duo
Adam Levine & Blake Shelton – The Voice
Daniel Kaluuya & Lil Rel Howery – Get Out
Brian Tyree Henry & Lakeith Stanfield – Atlanta
Hugh Jackman & Dafne Keen – Logan
Josh Gad & Luke Evans – Beauty and the Beast
Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg – Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
Best American Story
Blackish
Fresh Off the Boat
Jane the Virgin
Moonlight
Transparent
Adam Devine hosts the MTV Movie and TV Awards Sunday, May 7 at 8 pm ET on MTV.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
