Tie puts 11 titles -- including ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Wonder Woman’ -- in contention for top feature award.
LOS ANGELES -- The 29th annual Producers Guild Awards nominated five films for outstanding animated movie and two animated television series -- Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins and Nick’s SpongeBob SquarePants -- for the award for outstanding children’s program.
The nominees in the category for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures included a tie, so for the first time the Producers Guild of America presents 11 nominees in that category.
Nominations for the award for outstanding producer of animated theatrical motion pictures:
- The Boss Baby -- Producer: Ramsey Naito
- Coco -- Producer: Darla K. Anderson
- Despicable Me 3 -- Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
- Ferdinand -- Producers: Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson
- The LEGO Batman Movie -- Producers: Dan Lin, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Nominations for the award for outstanding children’s program:
- Doc McStuffins (Season 4)
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017
- School of Rock (Season 3)
- Sesame Street (Season 47)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 10, Season 11)
The nominations for the Darryl F. Zanuck award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures:
- The Big Sick -- Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel
- Call Me by Your Name -- Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito
- Dunkirk -- Producers: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
- Get Out -- Producers: Sean McKittrick & Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele
- I, Tonya -- Producers: Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley
- Lady Bird -- Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill
- Molly's Game -- Producers: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson
- The Post -- Producers: Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger
- The Shape of Water -- Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri -- Producers: Graham Broadbent & Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
- Wonder Woman -- Producers: Charles Roven & Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder
Winners will be announced Jan. 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Source: PGA
Tom McLean has been writing for years about animation from a secret base in Los Angeles.
