Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice winner “La La Land” was among the 10 nominees announced Tuesday for the Producers Guild of America Award for theatrical motion pictures, an honor that has traditionally foreshadowed glory on Oscar night.
Nominated for the guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Produder of Theatrical Motion Pictures were the producers of “Arrival,” “Deadpool,” “Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “Hidden Figures,” “La La Land,” “Lion,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight.”
“Moonlight” won the Golden Globe Sunday night for best drama film, while “La La Land” won for best musical/comedy film.
Nominated by the PGA for outstanding animated film were the producers of “Finding Dory,” “Kubo and the Two Strings,” “Moana,” “The Secret Life of Pets” and “Zootopia.”
For documentary films, nominations went to the producers of “Dancer,” “The Eagle Huntress,” “Life, Animated,” “O.J.: Made in America” and “Tower.”
The PGA’s motion picture award has traditionally been an indicator of which film will win the Oscar for best picture. Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the PGA expanded from five to 10 nominees, no film had won the best picture Oscar without first winning the PGA Award — until last year. The PGA Award last year went to “The Big Short,” but the Oscar went to “Spotlight.”
The PGA Awards will be presented Jan. 28 at the Beverly Hilton.
Here is a complete list of nominees announced Tuesday: Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
— “Arrival,” Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Aaron Ryder, David Linde
— “Deadpool,” Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner
— “Fences,” Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black
— “Hacksaw Ridge,” Bill Mechanic, David Permut
— “Hell or High Water,” Carla Hacken, Julie Yorn
— “Hidden Figures,” Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, Theodore Melfi
— “La La Land,” Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
— “Lion,” Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Angie Fielder
— “Manchester by the Sea,” Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin Walsh
— “Moonlight,” Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
— “Finding Dory,” Lindsey Collins
— “Kubo and the Two Strings,” Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
— “Moana,” Osnat Shurer
— “The Secret Life of Pets,” Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
— “Zootopia,” Clark Spencer Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
— “Dancer,” Gabrielle Tana
— “The Eagle Huntress,” Stacey Reiss, Otto Bell
— “Life, Animated,” Julie Goldman, Roger Ross Williams
— “O.J.: Made in America,” Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow
— “Tower,” Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbride
—City News Service