Star Wars up for 11 MTV Movie Awards

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.

In the category 'The Force Awakens' is up against 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', 'Creed', 'Deadpool', 'Jurassic World' and 'Straight Outta Compton'.

Notable nominations for the 'Star Wars' 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



True Story:

Concussion 

Joy 

Steve Jobs 

Straight Outta Compton 

The Big Short 

The Revenant 



Documentary:

Amy 

Cartel Land 

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)