2008 MTV Movie Awards

Date

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Location

Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California

Country

United States

Hosted by

Mike Myers

Television/radio coverage

Network

MTV

Produced by

Mark Burnett^[1]

Directed by

Joe DeMaio

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The 2008 MTV Movie Awards was the 17th annual movie awards show and was broadcast live on Sunday, June 1, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.^[2] The ceremonies were hosted by Mike Myers.^[3] A new category, "Best Summer Movie So Far" – debuted at the annual awards ceremony.^[4]

Performers

Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"^[5]
The Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"^[6]
Adam Sandler - "Nobody Does It Better" (with part of the guitar solo from Pink Floyd's "Mother"). (Honoring his MTV Generation Award, with modified lyrics. This version can also be found on the 2016 digital compilation Cover Bond: Great Music Artists Performing The Songs from Every James Bond Movie.)

Presenters

Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman — presented Best Female Performance^[7]
Will Ferrell and Danny McBride — presented Best Fight
Edward Norton and Liv Tyler — introduced Coldplay
Seth Rogen and James Franco — presented Best Summer Movie so Far
Jennifer Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker — presented Best Male Performance
Steve Carell, Dwayne Johnson, and Anne Hathaway — presented Best Comedic Performance
Tom Cruise — presented the MTV Generation Award, introduced Adam Sandler
P. Diddy, Lindsay Lohan, and Verne Troyer — presented Breakthrough Performance
Brendan Fraser — presented Best Villain
Katharine McPhee, Anna Faris, Rumer Willis and Emma Stone — introduced the Pussycat Dolls
Megan Fox and Rainn Wilson — presented Best Kiss
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. — presented Best Movie^[8]

Awards

Below are the list of nominations.^[9]^[10]^[11] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Best Movie
Transformers Superbad Juno National Treasure: Book of Secrets Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End I Am Legend
Best Male Performance	Best Female Performance
Will Smith – I Am Legend Michael Cera – Juno Matt Damon – The Bourne Ultimatum Shia LaBeouf – Transformers Denzel Washington – American Gangster	Elliot Page^[a] – Juno Amy Adams – Enchanted Jessica Biel – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Katherine Heigl – Knocked Up Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Breakthrough Performance	Best Villain
Zac Efron – Hairspray Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray Megan Fox – Transformers Chris Brown – This Christmas Michael Cera – Superbad Jonah Hill – Superbad Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Superbad Seth Rogen – Knocked Up	Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Topher Grace – Spider-Man 3 Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men Angelina Jolie – Beowulf Denzel Washington – American Gangster
Best Comedic Performance	Best Kiss
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Amy Adams – Enchanted Jonah Hill – Superbad Seth Rogen – Knocked Up Adam Sandler – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	Robert Hoffman and Briana Evigan – Step Up 2: The Streets Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey – Enchanted Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer – Disturbia Elliot Page^[a] and Michael Cera – Juno Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Fight	Best Summer Movie So Far
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet – Never Back Down Alien vs. Predator – Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell – Jumper Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah – The Bourne Ultimatum Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco – Spider-Man 3 Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Mingming – Rush Hour 3	Iron Man Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Sex and the City Speed Racer

MTV Generation Award

Adam Sandler^[15]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Credited as Ellen Page

References

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^ Associated Press (May 6, 2008). "MTV Movie Awards feels the McLovin". Variety. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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^ Associated Press (May 6, 2008). "'Superbad' leads MTV Movie Awards nominees". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Boucher, Geoff (June 2, 2008). "MTV Movie Awards impervious to studio fire". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Kaufman, Gil (June 1, 2008). "MTV Movie Awards: Johnny Depp, Ellen Page, 'Transformers' -- And Hilarious Displays Of Ego -- Win Big". MTV. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Gallagher, Brian (May 29, 2008). "Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Charlize Theron to Present at 2008 MTV Movie Awards". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Gallagher, Brian (May 19, 2008). "2008 MTV Movie Award Presenters Announced". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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^ "'Superbad' leads the way at 2008 MTV Movie Awards". Irish Examiner. May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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^ CBC Arts (June 2, 2008). "Page, Depp among winners at MTV Movie Awards". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Reynolds, Simon (June 2, 2008). "'Transformers' wins at MTV Movie Awards". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Associated Press (May 28, 2008). "MTV Movie Awards honors Sandler". Variety. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.