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PGA Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Wins Another; ‘Navalny’ Cements Itself as Doc Frontrunner
Everything Everywhere All at Once is going to win Best Picture. There are no ifs and or buts about it. PGA is the most important precursor and with EEAAO’s win here and at DGA and Critics Choice, it has all it needs to truly truly cement it as the Best Picture frontrunner. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio which has now won at PGA, CCA, the Golden Globes, and the Annies will be winning Animated Feature with essentially complete certainty as well.

Navalny winning here at PGA was huge. While consensus frontrunner Fire of Love won DGA, Navalny now has both BAFTA and PGA, a combo that the last two winners in this category had (My Octopus Teacher and Summer of Soul). I’ve had as my winner for a month now because of its strong showing at guild nominations and since the political documentaries that win are like this (ones that are almost completely non-controversial to the general liberal Hollywood population).

Here’s the full list of nominees and winners.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
- “Elvis”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (WINNER)
- “The Fabelmans”
- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
- “TÁR”
- “Top Gun: Maverick”
- “The Whale”
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (WINNER)
- “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
- “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
- “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
- “Turning Red”
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
- “Andor”
- “Better Call Saul”
- “Ozark”
- “Severance”
- “The White Lotus” (WINNER)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
- “Abbott Elementary”
- “Barry”
- “The Bear” (WINNER)
- “Hacks”
- “Only Murders in the Building”
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”
- “The Dropout” (WINNER)
- “Inventing Anna”
- “Obi-Wan Kenobi”
- “Pam & Tommy”
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- “Fire Island”
- “Hocus Pocus 2”
- “Pinocchio”
- “Prey”
- “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (WINNER)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- “30 for 30”
- “60 Minutes”
- “George Carlin’s American Dream”
- “Lucy and Desi”
- “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (WINNER)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
- “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (WINNER)
- “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
- “Saturday Night Live”
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
- “The Amazing Race”
- “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” (WINNER)
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”
- “Top Chef”
- “The Voice”
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
- “All That Breathes”
- “Descendant”
- “Fire of Love”
- “Navalny” (WINNER)
- “Nothing Compares”
- “Retrograde”
- “The Territory”
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
- “Formula 1: Drive to Survive”
- “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions”
- “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers”
- “McEnroe”
- “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Come Off” (WINNER)
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
- “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock”
- “Green Eggs and Ham”
- “Sesame Street” (WINNER)
- “Snoopy Presents: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown”
- “Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant”
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
- “Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training”
- “Love, Death + Robots”
- “Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question” (WINNER)
- “Sesame Street’s #ComingTogether Word of the Day Series”
- “Tales of the Jedi”
Source: IndieWire
February 26, 2023
PGA 2023 Nominees Announced: Massive Snubs, Four Sequels Nominated
Now that the PGA has released their nominations, six films have received nods from the CCA, Golden Globes, and the PGA: Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis. These films can be confidently said to be locked for a Best Picture nomination. Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t the only blockbuster sequel among the PGA’s picks, “Avatar: The Way of the Water”, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story” were also nominated.

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” was also a surprise nominee in this category, giving me more confidence that the industry is a fan of the film and that Brendan Fraser is the frontrunner to win Best Actor.

In the last six years, an average of eight films nominated at PGA ended up getting nominated for Best Picture as well. With this year’s expansion to 10 slots for BP nominees, I think anywhere from 7-9 of the PGA 10 will make Picture at the Oscars. I am leaning towards 7 or 8 at this stage but we shall see.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
- “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
- “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
- “Tár” (Focus Features)
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
- “The Whale” (A24)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
- “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
- “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Illumination)
- “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
- “Turning Red” (Pixar)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
- “Andor” (Disney+)
- “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
- “Ozark” (Netflix)
- “Severance” (Apple TV+)
- “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
- “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- “Barry” (HBO)
- “The Bear” (FX)
- “Hacks” (HBO Max)
- “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
- “The Dropout” (Hulu)
- “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
- “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)
- “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- “Fire Island” (Hulu)
- “Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+)
- “Pinocchio” (Disney+)
- “Prey” (Hulu)
- “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- “30 for 30” (ESPN)
- “60 Minutes” (CBS)
- “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)
- “Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Prime Video)
- “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (CNN)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
- “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
- “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
- “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
- “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
- “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (VH1)
- “Top Chef” (Bravo)
- “The Voice” (NBC)
Source: Variety
January 13, 2023
PGA Awards: ‘CODA’ Becomes a Very Possible Best Picture Contender

CODA now has won both PGA and SAG, a combination that no film since Birdman (2015’s Best Picture winner) has had. Couple that with a likely win at WGA later today and CODA could very possibly have the trifecta of PGA, WGA, and SAG. That would make it seem like the film is now the Best Picture frontrunner but I’m going to stay with The Power of the Dog for now.

Encanto triumphed over The Mitchells vs. the Machines in Best Animated Feature and I don’t think it can be beat at the Oscars on Sunday. Summer of Soul’s win also cemented its place as the frontrunner in the Documentary category.

Here is the full list of winners:

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Being the Ricardos
Producer: Todd Black, p.g.a.

Belfast
Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas

CODA – WINNER
Producers: Philippe Rousselet, p.g.a., Fabrice Gianfermi, p.g.a., Patrick Wachsberger, p.g.a.

Don’t Look Up
Producers: Adam McKay, p.g.a., Kevin Messick, p.g.a.

Dune
Producers: Mary Parent, p.g.a., Cale Boyter, p.g.a., Denis Villeneuve, p.g.a.

King Richard
Producers: Tim White, p.g.a., Trevor White, p.g.a., Will Smith, p.g.a.

Licorice Pizza
Producers: Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner

The Power of the Dog
Producers: Jane Campion, p.g.a., Tanya Seghatchian, p.g.a., Emile Sherman, p.g.a. & Iain Canning, p.g.a., Roger Frappier, p.g.a.

tick, tick…BOOM!
Producers: Julie Oh, p.g.a., Lin-Manuel Miranda, p.g.a.

West Side Story
Producers: Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Kristie Macosko Krieger, p.g.a.

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Encanto – WINNER
Producers: Yvett Merino, p.g.a., Clark Spencer, p.g.a.

Luca
Producers: Andrea Warren, p.g.a.

The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Producers: Phil Lord, p.g.a. & Christopher Miller, p.g.a., Kurt Albrecht, p.g.a.

Raya and the Last Dragon
Producers: Osnat Shurer, p.g.a., Peter Del Vecho, p.g.a.

Sing 2
Producers: Chris Meledandri, p.g.a., Janet Healy, p.g.a.

Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures

Ascension
Producers: Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell

The First Wave
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Flee
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

In The Same Breath
Producers: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman & Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn

The Rescue
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Simple As Water
Producers: Robin Hessman, Megan Mylan

Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Producers: Joseph Patel, p.g.a., David Dinerstein, p.g.a., Robert Fyvolent, p.g.a.

Writing With Fire
Producers: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 4)
The Morning Show (Season 2)
Squid Game (Season 1)
Succession (Season 3) – WINNER
Yellowstone (Season 4)

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

Cobra Kai (Seasons 3 & 4)
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 11)
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Hacks (Season 1)
Producers: Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Michael Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett, Joanna Calo, Andrew Law, David Hyman, Joe Mande, Jessica Chaffin

Only Murders in the Building (Season 1)
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Ted Lasso (Season 2) – WINNER
Producers: Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Jeff Ingold, Bill Wrubel, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Liza Katzer, Kip Kroeger, Declan Lowney, Leann Bowen, Ashley Nicole Black

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television

Dopesick
Mare of Easttown – WINNER
The Underground Railroad
WandaVision
The White Lotus

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

8-Bit Christmas
Producers: Tim White, p.g.a. & Trevor White, p.g.a., Allan Mandelbaum, p.g.a.

Come From Away
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Oslo
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Single All The Way
Producer: Joel S. Rice, p.g.a.

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers – WINNER
*Eligibility Determination Pending*

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

60 Minutes (Season 54)
Allen v. Farrow (Season 1)
The Beatles: Get Back (Season 1) – WINNER
Queer Eye (Season 6)
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (Season 1)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 27)
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 8) – WINNER
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 7)
Saturday Night Live (Season 47)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

America’s Got Talent (Season 16)
Nailed It! (Seasons 5 & 6)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 13) – WINNER
Top Chef (Season 18)
The Voice (Season 20)

Source: AwardsWatch

March 20, 2022
PGA Preview: ‘The Power of the Dog’ Should Continue Rolling and Can ‘Mitchells’ Beat ‘Encanto’?

The Producers Guild Awards are tomorrow and are the last piece of the puzzle in the Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, and Best Documentary Feature races. Here is a preview of what will most likely be in store and what that means for the Oscars.

BEST PICTURE

The Power of the Dog has already won at the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the Directors Guild Awards, and at BAFTA. To win Best Picture, a film needs at least one of PGA, SAG, and WGA. CODA got SAG and The Power of the Dog isn’t eligible for WGA, so in my eyes, it needs PGA for me to be confident about predicting it. If anything other than ‘Dog’ wins here, we have an actual race on our hands, but otherwise, we will almost undoubtedly be seeing Campion’s film take Best Picture on the 27th.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Encanto has won the Golden Globe while The Mitchells vs. the Machines won both the Critics Choice award and the Annie award. Since Inside Out in 2015, every winner in this category has won both a CCA and a PGA. So if ‘Mitchells’ achieves that feat, I’ll gladly be predicting it as my winner. However, Encanto is easily the animated film with the most love from the general public and that fact alone could propel it to victory here at PGA and at the Oscars. Flee still has a chance but it wasn’t nominated at PGA and as it only has an Annie for best Indie film under its belt, I don’t think its chances are very high. Though I will maintain that if more people saw Flee, it would easily win as it’s both beautifully animated and the most emotionally resonant film of the bunch.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

I had predicted Summer of Soul missing out on a Documentary nomination due to the Doc branch’s infamous snubbing of films composed of mostly archival footage. However, now that Questlove’s film is nominated, and the whole Academy is selecting the winner, Summer of Soul should have an easy path to victory as it’s the doc with the most visibility and acclaim. Flee has a chance, but its lack of a DGA nod is troubling and I think Summer of Soul pretty much has this in the bag with wins at CCA, BAFTA, and ACE. It doesn’t even need to win here at PGA, though it wouldn’t hurt.

March 19, 2022
PGA Nominees Released: ‘Being the Ricardos’ and ‘Tick, Tick…BOOM!’ Round Out the Last Two Slots
In the last five years, an average of eight films nominated at PGA ended up getting nominated for Best Picture as well. With this year’s expansion to 10 slots for BP nominees, I think either eight or nine of the PGA 10 will et into Picture at the Oscars.

The top eight (The Power of the Dog, Belfast, West Side Story, Dune, Licorice Pizza, Don’t Look Up, CODA, and King Richard) all made it into the PGA lineup and will most likely replicate that success at the Oscars. The question is who will the other two picks be? Well that’s a question for another post.

Here are the PGA nominees:

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios)
  Producer: Todd Black, p.g.a.
- “Belfast” (Focus Features)
  Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas
- “CODA” (Apple Original Films)
  Producers: Philippe Rousselet, p.g.a., Fabrice Gianfermi, p.g.a., Patrick Wachsberger, p.g.a.
- “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)
  Producers: Adam McKay, p.g.a., Kevin Messick, p.g.a.
- “Dune” (Warner Bros)
  Producers: Mary Parent, p.g.a., Cale Boyter, p.g.a., Denis Villeneuve, p.g.a.
- “King Richard” (Warner Bros)
  Producers: Tim White, p.g.a., Trevor White, p.g.a., Will Smith, p.g.a.
- “Licorice Pizza” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
  Producers: Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner
- “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
  Producers: Jane Campion, p.g.a., Tanya Seghatchian, p.g.a., Emile Sherman, p.g.a. & Iain Canning, p.g.a., Roger Frappier, p.g.a.
- “Tick, Tick … Boom!” (Netflix)
  Producers: Julie Oh, p.g.a., Lin-Manuel Miranda, p.g.a.
- “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios)
  Producers: Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Kristie Macosko Krieger, p.g.a.
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures)
  Producers: Yvett Merino, p.g.a., Clark Spencer, p.g.a.
- “Luca” (Pixar)
  Producers: Andrea Warren, p.g.a.
- “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” (Netflix)
  Producers: Phil Lord, p.g.a. & Christopher Miller, p.g.a., Kurt Albrecht, p.g.a.
- “Raya and the Last Dragon” (Walt Disney Pictures)
  Producers: Osnat Shurer, p.g.a., Peter Del Vecho, p.g.a.
- “Sing 2” (Illumination/Universal Pictures)
  Producers: Chris Meledandri, p.g.a., Janet Healy, p.g.a.
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
- “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 4)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “The Morning Show” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 2
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Squid Game” (Netflix) – Season 1
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Succession” (HBO) – Season 3
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network) – Season 4
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
- “Cobra Kai” (Netflix) – Seasons 3 and 4
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 11
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Hacks” (HBO Max) – Season 1
  Producers: Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Michael Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett, Joanna Calo, Andrew Law, David Hyman, Joe Mande, Jessica Chaffin
- “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) – Season 1
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 2
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- “Dopesick” (Hulu)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “Mare of Easttown” (HBO)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- ”The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “WandaVision” (Disney Plus)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- “The White Lotus” (HBO)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- 8-Bit Christmas
  Producers: Tim White, p.g.a. & Trevor White, p.g.a., Allan Mandelbaum, p.g.a.
- Come From Away
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Oslo
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Single All The Way
  Producer: Joel S. Rice, p.g.a.
- Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- 60 Minutes (Season 54)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Allen v. Farrow (Season 1)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- The Beatles: Get Back (Season 1)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Queer Eye (Season 6)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (Season 1)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 27)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Dave Chappelle: The Closer
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 8)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 7)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Saturday Night Live (Season 47)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
- America’s Got Talent (Season 16)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Nailed It! (Seasons 5 & 6)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 13)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- Top Chef (Season 18)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
- The Voice (Season 20)
  *Eligibility Determination Pending*
Source: Yahoo
January 27, 2022
PGA Awards Announced: ‘Nomadland’ Racks Up Another Major Win On the Way to Oscar

After a win here, it seems highly improbable that anything other than Nomadland can win Best Picture. The last major precursors for Picture are DGA, BAFTA, and SAG. Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao is all but guaranteed a win at the DGA, the film will likely clean up at BAFTA, and while Nomadland is not nominated at SAG a win there for The Trial of the Chicago 7 or Minari (my bet’s on the latter) will most likely not give either film enough steam to win Best Picture. This is looking to be one of the more predictable Best Picture races in recent memory.

The Documentary race is a lot more interesting. My Octopus Teacher has been nominated for all the major precursors that usually link to contention for the Best Documentary Oscar and its win here over Time shows that there is a good chance that the fan-favorite film might win at the Oscars. However, PGA is not as predictive of this award as DGA, ACE, and BAFTA are so keep that in mind.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
Nomadland (WINNER)
One Night In Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul (WINNER)
Wolfwalkers

Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Dick Johnson Is Dead
My Octopus Teacher (WINNER)
Softie
A Thousand Cuts
Time
The Truffle Hunters

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Better Call Saul (Season 5)
Bridgerton (Season 1)
The Crown (Season 4) (WINNER)
The Mandalorian (Season 2)
Ozark (Season 3)

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Schitt’s Creek (Season 6) (WINNER)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 10)
The Flight Attendant (Season 1)
Ted Lasso (Season 1)
What We Do in the Shadows (Season 2)

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
I May Destroy You
Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit (WINNER)
The Undoing
Unorthodox

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Bad Education
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Hamilton (WINNER)
Jane Goodall: The Hope
What the Constitution Means To Me

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
60 Minutes (Season 53)
The Last Dance (Season 1) (WINNER)
Laurel Canyon
McMillion$ (Season 1)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Special)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 26)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 7) (WINNER)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 6)
Saturday Night Live (Season 46)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race (Season 32)
The Masked Singer (Season 3, Season 4)
Nailed It! (Season 4)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 12) (WINNER)
The Voice (Season 18, Season 19)

March 25, 2021
Producers Guild Nominations are Released
The Producers Guild Awards, the final piece of the puzzle to what will be nominated for Best Picture, just released their nominations this afternoon.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
  Producers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines
- “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros)
  Producers: Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King
- “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
  Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black
- “Mank” (Netflix)
  Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski
- “Minari” (A24)
  Producer: Christina Oh
- “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
  Producers: Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
- “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
  Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein
- “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
  Producers: Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell
- “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
  Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
  Producers: Marc Platt, Stuart Besser
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “The Croods: A New Age” (DreamWorks Animation)
  Producer: Mark Swift
- “Onward” (Pixar)
  Producer: Kori Rae
- “Over the Moon” (Netflix)
  Producers: Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou
- “Soul” (Pixar)
  Producer: Dana Murray
- “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
- Producers: Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants
Source: Variety
March 9, 2021
With PGA Win, 1917 Is The New #1 Best Picture Contender

1917 has jumped ahead in the Oscar Best Picture race with a win here.

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January 19, 2020
The Most Important Weekend In The Best Picture Race Is Here
Today, The Producers Guild Awards announces its winners for Best Theatrical Motion Picture.

PGA

Because the Producers Guild of America shares many of its members with the Academy we see a lot of crossover in their Best Picture winners. They also adopted the preferential ballot system the same year the Academy did and have been using it ever since.

Here are their last 10 winners:
- – indicates Best Picture win
2019 – Green Book*

2018 – The Shape of Water*

2017 – La La Land

2016 – The Big Short

2015 – Birdman*

2014 – 12 Years a Slave* and Gravity (TIE)

2013 – Argo*

2012 – The Artist*

2011 – The King’s Speech*

2010 – The Hurt Locker*

Onto this year’s nominees:

If presumed frontrunner Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wins this award it will win Best Picture at the Oscar. However, I smell a surprise brewing and I doubt that it will win the PGA. This is for two reasons, the film’s lack of an editing nomination at the Oscars and the Bruce Lee controversy during the fall. I think it might end up like Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri and get very close, but not win Best Picture. That film also lost the PGA to The Shape of Water.

So what will win, I think 1917 has the kind of broad support that could bring it to the top and its Golden Globe win and amazing box office came at the perfect time.

Jojo Rabbit (which I loved) and Joker have a few too many people that hate them to get the broad support that this award and Best Picture need. In the years before the preferential ballot these films would probably have better chances at getting the top prize at either of these awards bodies.

Parasite is a strange case. It has the broad support a film needs to win, but as an international film it has that “one-inch tall” barrier to break. Still, there is a lot that separates it from last year’s foreign-language Best Picture frontrunner. Roma. First and most importantly, Parasite is a lot more entertaining than Roma. While they both are expertly-crafted films with emotional impact, Parasite is more involving for the average movie lover. So essentially, if we see Parasite winning this, don’t be surprised.

The Irishman has mostly fizzled and Marriage Story, Ford v Ferrari, Little Women, and Knives Out all have very outside chances to win (but there is always a possibility for anything).

SAG

Also this weekend is the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which used to be more predictive of Best Picture but still is a good indicator of the preferences of the Academy’s largest branch, the actor’s branch.

The Screen Actors Guild also shares many of its members with the academy, but has made some pretty outside choices since SAG became SAG-AFTRA in March 2012

Here are their winners since 2013:
- – indicates Best Picture winner
2019 – Black Panther

2018 – Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri

2017 – Hidden Figures

2016 – Spotlight*

2015 – Birdman*

2014 – American Hustle

2013 – Argo*

You can see every SAG winner here

I think Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Parasite both have shots at winning the SAG ensemble. My prediction is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but unlike if it wins at PGA, a “Hollywood” win here won’t virtually guarantee a Best Picture win.

What SAG is more important in predicting is the acting categories at the Oscars. My predictions for those categories at SAG are the same as my predictions for those categories at the Oscars: Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor, Renee Zellweger for Best Actress, Brad Pitt for Best Supporting Actor, and Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress. If these four win their categories at SAG, they will are virtually locked for the Oscars.
January 18, 2020
Producers Guild Nominations reveal concrete information on the Oscar race

The PGA nominations are usually a good indicator of what will be nominated for Best Picture because it has a similar voting body as the Academy and uses the preferential ballot system.

Here are their nominations:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

1917

Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne‐Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall

Ford v Ferrari

Producers: Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, James Mangold

The Irishman

Producers: Jane Rosenthal & Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Martin Scorsese

Jojo Rabbit

Producers: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi

Joker

Producers: Todd Phillips & Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Knives Out

Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman

Little Women

Producer: Amy Pascal

Marriage Story

Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood

Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino

Parasite

Producers: Kwak Sin Ae, Bong Joon Ho

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Abominable

Producer: Suzanne Buirgy

Frozen II

Producer: Peter Del Vecho

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Producers: Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold

Missing Link

Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight

Toy Story 4

Producers: Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera

January 8, 2020