It’s not even worth wasting the words to talk about the inanity of awards season, so we’ll just get on with it: the Producers Guild of America has released the nominations for its PGA Awards. The group nominates only 10 films per year, so it’s a nice tidy bunch of titles to talk about. And, happily, the titles aren’t entirely what you’d expect, though they are definitely deserving.
Alex Garland‘s Ex Machina (which we love) is maybe the nicest surprise of the bunch, having been released early in the year and overshadowed by all of the Oscar-fodder of late 2015. (It certainly produced the best meme of any award-winning film.)
We’re also happy to see Sicario is on the list, even though it didn’t generate any gifs of a Emily Blunt dancing. But, seriously, it was a standout performance from an often underrated actress, so it was certainly nice to see the PGA give it some love, especially because the PGA Awards are usually a fairly good indicator with how the Academy is going to dole out Oscar nominations in the next few weeks. And let’s not forget about Straight Outta Compton , one of the year’s most energizing films that deserves to be the token Oscar stand-in for all the crowd pleasers.
The full list of nominations is below:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: The Big Short Producers: Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Bridge of Spies Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Brooklyn Producers: Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey
Ex Machina This film is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility
Mad Max: Fury Road Producers: Doug Mitchell & George Miller
The Martian Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam
The Revenant Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Sicario Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith
Spotlight Producers: Michael Sugar & Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
Straight Outta Compton Producers: Ice Cube & Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Anomalisa Producers: Rosa Tran, Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
The Good Dinosaur Producer: Denise Ream
Inside Out Producer: Jonas Rivera
Minions Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
The Peanuts Movie Producers: Craig Schulz, Michael J. Travers
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: *The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and mini-series.
American Crime (Season 1) This show is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility
American Horror Story: Hotel (Season 5) Producers: Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Brad Buecker, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt,James Wong, Alexis Martin Woodall, Robert M. Williams Jr.
Fargo (Season 2) Producers: Noah Hawley, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Warren Littlefield, Kim Todd
True Detective (Season 2) Producers: Nic Pizzolatto, Scott Stephens, Steve Golin, Aida Rodgers
A Very Murray Christmas This show is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program: Back on Board: Greg Louganis E:60 Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Houston Texans Kareem: Minority of One Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
The Award for Outstanding Digital Series: 30 for 30 Shorts Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Epic Rap Battles of History Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent This American Life Presents: Videos 4 U