Producers Guild Nominations Include ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ but Snub ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and ‘News of the World’

A big precursor shoe just dropped, folks. The Producers Guild of America revealed their PGA nominees today, which is one of the single biggest factors in what gets into the Best Picture lineup for Oscar. As you all know, Producers Guild members have a solid crossover with Academy members, so voters here are voters there too, to a solid degree. So, what did they do? Well, the notable inclusions were Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Sound of Metal, while the big snubs were Da 5 Bloods and News of the World. The former is unlikely to translate, as PGA voters do have larks like this from time to time (Deadpool, for example). The latter, however, should be very pleased by this. The snubbed films aren’t out of the running yet, but their candidacies took a hit. Also missing were movies like The Father, The Mauritanian, Soul, and Tenet. From that list, only The Father is a flick still in a position to join the Oscar lineup. Most likely, the ten PGA titles while whittle themselves down to eight or nine Academy Award nominees in Best Picture. Overall, I went eight for ten with my predictions, which is fine. Read on for all of the Producers Guild nominees…

Here are the PGA nominations, in all their glory:

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

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television

• “Better Call Saul” (AMC) – Season 5
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Bridgerton” – (Netflix) – Season 1
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “The Crown” (Netflix) – Season 4
  Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O’Beirn
• “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) – Season 2
  Producers: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, Karen Gilchrist, John Bartnicki, Carrie Beck
• “Ozark” (Netflix) – Season 3
  Producers: Jason Bateman, Chris Mundy, Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams, Patrick Markey, John Shiban, Miki Johnson, Matthew Spiegel, Erin Mitchell, Martin Zimmerman, Peter Thorell

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

• “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 10
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max) – Season 1
  Producers: Greg Berlanti, Kaley Cuoco, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ullin, Sarah Schechter, Suzanne McCormack, Jess Meyer, Raymond Quinlan, Jennifer Lence, Erika Kennair
• “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – Season 6
  Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Kurt Smeaton, Kosta Orfanidis
• “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 1
  Producers: Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Ingold, Bill Wrubel, Liza Katzer, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Kip Kroeger, Brendan Hunt, Tina Pawlik, Joe Kelly
• “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX) – Season 2
  Producers: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Paul Simms, Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch, Eli Bush, Stefani Robinson, Sam Johnson, Marika Sawyer, Derek S. Rappaport

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

• “I May Destroy You” (HBO)
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Normal People” (Hulu)
  Producers: Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Anna Ferguson, Catherine Magee
• “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)
  Producers: William Horberg, Allan Scott, Scott Frank, Marcus Loges, Mick Aniceto
• “The Undoing” (HBO)
  Producers: Susanne Bier, David E. Kelley, Per Saari, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Stephen Garrett, Celia Costas, Deb Dyer
• “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
  Producers: Anna Winger, Henning Kamm, Alexa Karolinksi

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

• “Bad Education” (HBO)
  Producers: Fred Berger, Eddie Vaisman
• “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square“
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Hamilton” (Disney Plus)
  Producers: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller
• “Jane Goodall: The Hope“
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “What the Constitution Means To Me“
  Producers: eligibility determination pending

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

• “60 Minutes” (CBS) – Season 53
  Producer: Bill Owens
• “The Last Dance” (ESPN) – Season 1
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Laurel Canyon” (EPIX)
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “McMillion$” (HBO) – Season 1
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” (Netflix)
  Producers: eligibility determination pending

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

• “8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Special)” (Netflix)
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) – Season 26
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO) – Season 7
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) – Season 6
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) – Season 46
  Producers: eligibility determination pending

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

• “The Amazing Race” (CBS) – Season 32
  Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo, Phil Keoghan
• “The Masked Singer” (FOX) – Season 3, Season 4
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “Nailed It!” (Netflix) – Season 4
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “RuPaul’s Drag Race” ( (Season 12)
  Producers: eligibility determination pending
• “The Voice” (NBC) – Season 18, Season 19
  Producers: eligibility determination pending