2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards to honor legendary actor, comedian and musician Jack Black with “Comedic Genius Award”

DJ SNOOPADELIC joins 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards 

Nominees announced for social category “Best Musical Moment;”

Epic global event airs in Southeast Asia on Wednesday, June 8

MTV today revealed that legendary actor, comedian and musician Jack Black will be honored with the “Comedic Genius Award” at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Hosted by actress and musician Vanessa Hudgens, the epic one-night event will kick off from Barker Hangar on Sunday, June 5 with Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED, hosted by Tayshia Adams, immediately after. In Southeast Asia, the two awards shows will premiere on Wednesday, June 8, starting 7pm (TH, WIB), 8pm (SG, PH) and 9pm (MY) on the MTV Asia channel.

Entertainment icon and legendary DJ, Snoop Dogg aka DJ SNOOPADELIC, will return to the stage for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards

MTV also unveiled the return of the social category “Best Musical Moment” and the 16 nominees competing in the category. Voting to officially open via MTV’s Instagram Stories on May 30th and closing June 3rd; the winner will be revealed in show. 

MTV Digital additionally revealed its first multi-platform “Who Did It Butter?” Creator Livestream on Friday, June 3rd at 4PM ET (June 4, 4am SG), which will air simultaneously across MTV’s Facebook,Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Additional details below. 

MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS – COMEDIC GENIUS AWARD

o    Black will become the fifth recipient of the highly-coveted award, which honors an actor who has made incomparable contributions to the world of comedy, providing a major influence through their work and transforming the genre at large. He joins an impressive roster of past comedic trailblazers who have received the award, including Melissa McCarthy (2016), Kevin Hart (2015), Will Ferrell (2013) and Sasha Baron Cohen (2021). 

o    ABOUT JACK BLACK: Jack Black has cemented himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after talents in entertainment with an illustrious career that includes projects in film, television, music, and more. Most recently, he can be heard in Netflix’s Apollo 10 ½, directed by Richard Linklater. He reprised his role opposite Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Jumanji: The Next Level, the highly-anticipated follow up film to 2017’s global smash hit Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. Additionally, Black is behind the viral YouTube channel Jablinski Games, which launched in 2018 and reached one million subscribers in just days. Black also continues to tour internationally as the lead singer of the rock-folk comedy group Tenacious D, which he created with longtime friend and collaborator Kyle Gass. Black can next be seen in Lionsgate’s Borderlands, a science fiction action comedy film based on the popular video game. 

MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS - SOCIAL CATEGORY: MTV unveiled the return of social only category “Best Musical Moment”; the 16 nominees are:

§  Bridgerton: “Wrecking Ball” 

§  Cinderella: “Million to One”

§  Cobra Kai: “The Moment of Truth” 

§  Emily in Paris: “Dynamite”

§  Encanto: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” 

§  Euphoria: “Holding Out For a Hero”

§  Heartstopper: “Dance With Me” 

§  High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: “Rose Song”

§  House of Gucci: “Disco Fever” 

§  Halo: “Original Score”

§  Last Night in Soho: “Downtown”  

§  Peacemaker: “Do Ya Wanna Taste It?” 

§  Tick, Tick…BOOM!: “Therapy” 

§  Turning Red: “Nobody Like U” 

§  West Side Story: “America” 

§  Yellowjackets: “This Is How We Do It” 

“WHO DID IT BUTTER?” CREATIVE LIVESTREAM: Heading into Movie & TV Awards weekend, MTV will meet up with some of our favorite creators including Tefi, Boman Martinez-Reid, Ryan Mitchell and Mandii B to discuss their favorite movie and TV moments across topics like “Most Quotable Character,” “Friend Group I Wanna Join” and many others. They'll duke it out to reveal “Who Did it Butter?” on Friday, June 3rd at 4pm ET. This marks MTV's first multi-platform livestream to air simultaneously across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED NEWS:

o    The highly-anticipated 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED will air as an epic, one-night event honoring the brightest stars in movies and television.

o    Actress and musician Vanessa Hudgens (tick, tick...BOOM!) will host the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards taking place from the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 5

o    Immediately following the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards, TV host Tayshia Adams will host the Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED, celebrating all things reality television. Over-the-top, funny and completely fresh, the night will celebrate the jaw-dropping, no-rules, drama-filled moments from our favorite reality shows. 

o    NOMINATIONS: MTV previously announced nominees for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and “Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED here. Highlights include: 

§  2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations:

·      Top Nominees: Spider-Man: No Way Home (7), Euphoria (6), The Batman (4)

·         First-Time Nominees: Inventing Anna, Moon Knight, Pam & Tommy, The Adam Project, The Dropout and The Lost City

·      New Categories: “Best Song” & “Here For The Hookup”

§  2022 Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED Nominations:

·      Top Nominees: RuPaul’s Drag Race (4), Selling Sunset (3), Summer House (3)

·      New Categories: “Best Reality Return,” “Best Music Documentary,” “Best Reality Romance” & “Best Reality Star” (presented by SONIC® Drive-In)

o    PRODUCTION CREDITS: Executive Producers for both MTV Movie & TV Awards and the Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED are MTV's Bruce Gillmer, Wendy Plaut and Vanessa WhiteWolf and Den Of Thieves’ Jesse Ignjatovic and Barb Bialkowski. Jackie Barba and Alicia Portugal are Executives in Charge of Production and Lisa Lauricella serves as the Music Talent Executive for both events. 

o    MORE INFO: For updates and additional information, please visit MTVAwards.mtv.com, follow @MTV on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube, use hashtag #MTVAwards and follow @MTVAwards on Facebook and Twitter.