Ice Cube's War of the Worlds Tops 2026 Razzies with 5 Wins — SkimNews
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- War of the Worlds (Ice Cube remake) won five Razzies including Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Ice Cube), Worst Remake/Rip-Off/Sequel, Worst Director (Rich Lee), and Worst Screenplay, which the Razzies described as 'adapting (or destroying) the classic novel by H.G. Wells.'
- The only category War of the Worlds didn't claim was Worst Screen Combo, where 'Ice Cube & His Zoom Camera' lost to 'All Seven Dwarfs' from the recent Snow White live-action remake.
- Snow White also took Worst Supporting Actor, awarded collectively to 'all seven artificial dwarfs,' per the Razzies.
- Rebel Wilson won Worst Actress for Bride Hard and Scarlet Rose Stallone won Worst Supporting Actress for Gunslingers.
- Kate Hudson received the Razzie Redeemer Award, a turnaround from her 2021 Worst Actress win for Music to a current Best Actress Oscar nomination for Song Sung Blue—she's already an Oscar winner for Almost Famous.
- Upon its summer 2025 release, the straight-to-streaming War of the Worlds registered a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes; Rolling Stone's review called it a 'trainwreck' and questioned whether the film was 'a movie or a money laundering scheme.'
Why it matters: The five-Razzie sweep crowns a brutal critical run for the straight-to-streaming War of the Worlds remake that began with a zero percent Rotten Tomatoes score. Counterbalancing the carnage, the Razzie Redeemer Award to Kate Hudson — who goes from a 2021 Worst Actress 'win' for Music to a 2026 Best Actress Oscar nomination for Song Sung Blue — is the rare case where the Razzies explicitly celebrate an actor's career rebound.
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