'Transformers,' 'Fifty Shades Darker' top Razzie Award nominations

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Transformers: The Last Knight led the field with nine when nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards were announced early Monday in Los Angeles.

Fifty Shades Darker earned eight Razzie nods, while The Mummy picked up seven, and Baywatch and The Emoji Movie tied with four.

Those five movies will also compete for the top Razzie distinction of Worst Picture of 2017.

Up for Worst Actress are Katherine Heigl for Unforgettable, Dakota Johnson for Fifty Shades Darker, Jennifer Lawrence for mother!, Tyler Perry for Boo 2! A Madea Halloween and Emma Watson for The Circle.

Shortlisted for Worst Actor are Tom Cruise for The Mummy, Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Jamie Dornan for Fifty Shades Darker, Zac Efron for Baywatch and Mark Wahlberg for Daddy's Home 2 and Transformers: The Last Knight.

Contenders for Worst Supporting Actress are Kim Basinger for Fifty Shades Darker, Sofia Boutella for The Mummy, Laura Haddock for Transformers: The Last Knight, Goldie Hawn for Snatched and Susan Sarandon for A Bad Moms Christmas.

In the running for Worst Supporting Actor are Javier Bardem for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Russell Crowe for The Mummy, Josh Duhamel and Anthony Hopkins for Transformers: The Last Knight and Mel Gibson for Daddy's Home 2.

Winners of the Razzies are to be announced March 3, the night before the Oscars -- which recognize excellence in cinema -- are distributed.