War of the Worlds star Ice Cube now has another reason to stare forlornly at his computer.
In what was a near-sweep, he and the film were big, uh, winners at the 46th Razzie Awards, which were revealed late Friday. Cube took Worst Actor, and Amazon Prime Video’s cyber-take on H.G. Wells’ classic novel was anointed Worst Picture, Director, Screenplay and Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel.
Cube shot all of his War of the Worlds scenes during the Covid lockdown, isolated from director Rich Lee and the other actors. “That’s why it’s only the computer screen,” he said last summer. “But really, if sh*t went down, everybody would only have their screen to look at.”
The pic came in with a co-leading six nominations and lost only for Worst Screen Combo (Cube and his Zoom camera). That not-coveted prize went to All Seven Dwarfs from Disney’s live-action
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