Cinematic stinkers Zoolander and Batman v Superman head Razzie worst film nominations

Zoolander No 2, and Batman v Superman topped nominations announced Monday for the Razzies, Hollywood’s anti-awards celebrating the worst films of 2016.

Leading the list is “the 15-years-too-late sequel” to Zoolander - with nine nominations including for worst picture, worst actor (Ben Stiller) and worst supporting actress (Kristen Wiig).

In second place comes the superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, described as a “WTF comic book battle-royale.”

The Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill film, which scored big at the box office earning nearly US$900 million, got eight nominations including for worst picture, worst director (Zack Snyder) and worst actor (Affleck).

Both Zoolander and Batman v Superman also earned nods for worst ripoff, remake, prequel or sequel.

“2016 was so overfull of bad movies that we had to expand every category from the usual five contenders to six,” organisers said in announcing this year’s crop of nominees.