This Article is From Jan 04, 2013

Skyfall first Bond film to get Producers Guild nomination

Skyfall first Bond film to get Producers Guild nomination

The film is nominated alongside nine others

Highlights

  • Daniel Craig-starrer Skyfall has become the first James Bond film to be nominated for the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards.
  • The film is nominated alongside nine others - Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty.
  • The PGA award is considering one of the leading indicators for the best picture Academy Award, LA Times reported.
  • The PGA winner has gone on to win best picture at Oscars 16 times in the last 23 years.
  • The last time the PGA and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences didn't agree was six years ago when the PGA chose Little Miss Sunshine, while the best picture Oscar went to Martin Scorsese's The Departed.
  • Nominated for outstanding producer of the year in an animated motion picture are the producers of Brave, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians and Wreck-It-Ralph.
  • Vying for the David L Wolper Award for outstanding producer of long-form television are the producers behind American Horror Story, The Dust Bowl, Game Change, Hatfields & McCoys, and Sherlock.
Los Angeles: Daniel Craig-starrer Skyfallhas become the first James Bond film to be nominated for thetop prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards.

The film is nominated alongside nine others - Argo,Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, LesMiserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom,Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty.

The PGA award is considering one of the leadingindicators for the best picture Academy Award, LA Timesreported.

The PGA winner has gone on to win best picture at Oscars16 times in the last 23 years.

The last time the PGA and the Academy of Motion PicturesArts and Sciences didn't agree was six years ago when the PGAchose Little Miss Sunshine, while the best picture Oscarwent to Martin Scorsese's The Departed.

Nominated for outstanding producer of the year in ananimated motion picture are the producers of Brave,Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians andWreck-It-Ralph.

Vying for the David L Wolper Award for outstandingproducer of long-form television are the producers behindAmerican Horror Story, The Dust Bowl, Game Change,Hatfields & McCoys, and Sherlock.

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