2018 - Awards Season: PGA - Nominations

January 4, 2019

The Producers Guild of America announced their nominations in the theatrical categories today and there are some trends building. However, there are also some questions generated after these nominations were announced.

The categories and nominees are...

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

• Black Panther
• BlacKkKlansman
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Crazy Rich Asians
• The Favourite
• Green Book
• A Quiet Place
• Roma
• A Star is Born
• Vice

• Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
• Incredibles 2
• Isle of Dogs
• Ralph Breaks the Internet
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

• The Dawn Wall
• Free Solo
• Hal
• Into the Okavango
• RBG
• Three Identical Strangers
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

• We are starting to some real trends with Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Rich Asians, and A Star is Born all earning three top line nominations so far this year. I would assume all of them are practically guaranteed Best Picture Oscar nods as well.
• Some would argue that If Beale Street Could Talk was snubbed, but unfortunately, this is no longer being snubbed and is part of a trend. Hopefully I’m wrong, but I just think Awards Season voters are not interested in the movie.
• Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch got a Best Animated Feature nomination over Mirai. How?
• It is too early to tell which way the Best Documentary category is going, but I think a lot of the films on this list will also get nominations in other Awards Season ceremonies.
• Two of the Best Documentary nominations are about mountain climbing. This isn’t an important point; I just find it odd.

- C.S.Strowbridge

Filed under: Awards Season, Black Panther, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, Incredibles 2, A Star is Born, Vice, Isle of Dogs, Roma, A Quiet Place, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Rich Asians, BlacKkKlansman, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, The Favourite, Hal, RBG, Three Identical Strangers, Green Book, The Dawn Wall, Free Solo