鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� and 鈥淏arbie鈥� will face off at yet another awards ceremony this season, this time at the Producers Guild Awards where they are among the 10 films nominated for the top prize.
The Producers Guild of America announced its nominations for the coveted Darryl F. Zanuck Award, its equivalent of the best picture trophy. Nominees overlapped with the five , including 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon,鈥� 鈥淭he Holdovers鈥� and 鈥淧oor Things.鈥� The five additional films were 鈥淎merican Fiction,鈥� 鈥淎natomy of a Fall,鈥� 鈥淢aestro,鈥� 鈥淧ast Lives鈥� and 鈥淭he Zone of Interest.鈥�
It's the first time that two international productions, in this case 鈥淭he Zone of Interest鈥� and 鈥淎natomy of a Fall,鈥� have been nominated in a single year.
The award has proven to be perhaps the best indicator for what will win the top honor at the Oscars. In the past five years, four PGA winners have gone on to collect best picture at the Academy Awards, with the exception of 2020 in which the PGA honored 鈥�1917鈥� and the Oscar went to 鈥淧arasite.鈥� .
This lineup of 10 could very well mirror the best picture nominees, which will be announced on Jan. 23. It also puts a question mark around the chances of other films, like 鈥淭he Color Purple,鈥� which was nominated for its ensemble by the , and 鈥淢ay December.鈥�
The five films nominated for best animated motion picture include: 鈥淭he Boy and the Heron,鈥� 鈥淓lemental,鈥� 鈥淪pider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,鈥� 鈥淭he Super Mario Bros. Movie鈥� and 鈥淭eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.鈥�
The guild also recognizes television, where drama nominees are 鈥淭he Crown,鈥� 鈥淭he Diplomat,鈥� 鈥淭he Last of Us,鈥� 鈥淭he Morning Show鈥� and 鈥淪uccession.鈥� Comedy contenders include 鈥淏arry,鈥� 鈥淭he Bear,鈥� 鈥淛ury Duty,鈥� 鈥淥nly Murders in the Building鈥� and 鈥淭ed Lasso.鈥�
The PGA previously announced its seven nominations for documentary including the AP and Frontline collaboration 鈥�20 Days in Mariupol," in addition to 鈥淎merican Symphony鈥� and 鈥淏eyond Utopia.鈥�
Winners will be announced at an untelevised ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 25.
鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� and 鈥淏arbie鈥� are the lead nominees at the to be held on Feb. 24, as they were for the recent prevailed but 鈥淏arbie鈥� lost out to 鈥淧oor Things."
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
