Producers Guild nominees

The Producers Guild of America have named their ten best of the year. All the usual Best Picture contenders are there (unless you're still one of those who think The Master will be nominated), plus box office juggernaut Skyfall and independent gems Moonrise Kingdom and Beasts of the Southern Wild. I'm seriously hoping those last two can translate this eleventh-hour boost into some academy votes before the January 4th deadline. They are among the year's best in my book and I'd love to see either of them at the big dance -- preferably both!

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Argo
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Django Unchained
Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
Life of Pi
Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln
Producers:  Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Les Miserables
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Moonrise Kingdom
Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales
Silver Linings Playbook
Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Skyfall
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Zero Dark Thirty
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison

As for the animated films, the same five studio efforts have been hogging all the precursor attention thus far, and the PGA is no exception. I can't but feel that at least one of them is gonna get left out in favour of one of the more arty GKIDS films, but which one? And if so, which GKIDS film gets in? Could they cancel each other out allowing these same five studio movies to rule the day? This category is a real race this year.

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Brave
Producer: Katherine Sarafian
Frankenweenie
Producers: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton
ParaNorman
Producers: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
Rise of the Guardians
Producers: Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg
Wreck-It Ralph
Producer: Clark Spencer

These documentary nominees were announced previously. Only The Gatekeepers and Searching for Sugar Man or on the Oscar shortlist.

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:

The Gatekeepers
Producers: Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, Dror Moreh
The Island President
Producers: Richard Berg, Bonni Cohen
The Other Dream Team
Producers: Marius Markevicius, Jon Weinbach
A People Uncounted
Producers: Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger
Searching for Sugar Man
Producers: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn