Francis Ford Coppola named worst director at Razzies

Francis Ford Coppola, 1 of Hollywood's top filmmakers, has been named worst manager for his self-financed task Megalopolis successful this year's Razzies.

Announced 2 days earlier the Oscars reward Hollywood's finest, the Razzie Awards sanction and shame the year's worst films.

In an Instagram post, Coppola said helium was "thrilled" to judge the award, "at a clip erstwhile truthful fewer person the courageousness to spell against the prevailing trends of modern movie-making".

Madame Web picked up the grant for worst picture, screenplay and histrion for its prima Dakota Johnson, portion Joker: Folie à Deux besides collected 2 awards.

The organisers person described their awards arsenic the "ugly relative to the Oscars".

Megalopolis, an epic phantasy starring Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza and Nathalie Emmanuel, outgo Coppola a reported $120m (£95m).

It besides faced controversy aft the trailer was withdrawn by workplace Lionsgate, due to the fact that the clip included fabricated quotes from existent movie critics astir the filmmaker's erstwhile works.

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"Even a cinematic maestro occasionally musters up a misfire," the Razzies said, successful a property merchandise announcing Coppola's win.

It comes astir precisely 50 years aft Coppola won a champion manager Oscar for The Godfather portion II.

In his Instagram post, Coppola said: "In this wreck of a satellite today, wherever creation is fixed scores arsenic if it were nonrecreational wrestling, I chose to not travel the gutless rules laid down by an manufacture truthful terrified of hazard that contempt the tremendous excavation of young endowment astatine its disposal, whitethorn not make pictures that volition beryllium applicable and live 50 years from now."

He concluded his station by thanking everyone who worked connected the film, adding: "Box bureau is lone astir money, and similar war, stupidity and authorities has nary existent spot successful our future."

Elsewhere, Madame Web, the 4th movie successful Sony's Spider-Man Universe, picked up 3 awards aft being branded a "tangled mess" by critics.

Starring Johnson and Sydney Sweeney, some the movie premise and the acting came nether occurrence in a drawstring of one-star reviews.

Based connected Marvel Comics, the movie centres astir a paramedic with arachnid-based psychic powers.

The trailer went viral successful 2023 for its "laughably unsure tone".

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off oregon Sequel and Worst Screen Combo were some "won" by Joker: Folie à Deux.

The film, starring Joaquin Phoenix, was a much-anticipated sequel to its predecessor, 2019's Joker, but it mostly disappointed critics.

There was amended news, however, for Pamela Anderson, who earned this year's Razzie halo for her relation arsenic a fading dancer successful The Last Showgirl.

Other winners see Jon Voight arsenic Worst Supporting Actor for Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land and Strangers, arsenic good arsenic Jerry Seinfeld (Worst Actor) and Amy Schumer (Supporting Actress) some for Unfrosted.