‘Lincoln,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ among Producers Guild nominees

Steven Spielberg’s presidential drama Lincoln, musical Les Miserables and Kathyrn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty were among 10 films earning Producers Guild Award nominations on Wednesday as the Hollywood awards season gathered momentum.

Ben Affleck and George Clooney, two of the producers behind Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo, and the team that brought Quentin Tarantino’s darkly humorous slavery Western Django Unchained to the screen also won nods for  the awards handed out by the Producers Guild of America.

The critically acclaimed James Bond’s blockbuster Skyfall, which last weekend surpassed US $1 billion at the worldwide box office, got a big boost to its Oscar hopes when producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson were included.

They joined an eclectic list that featured Ang Lee’s shipwreck tale Life of Pi and quirky comedy Silver Linings Playbook.

Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom and mythical indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild rounded out the feature film nominations, the PGA said in a statement.

The Producers Guild Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan. 26 and will be a key indication of Hollywood sentiment ahead of the Oscars on Feb. 24.

Many of the PGA-nominated movies are expected to feature strongly on the list of Oscar nominations when those are   announced on Jan. 10. Eight of the movies are also in the running for best picture Golden Globe trophies on Jan. 13.

But the PGA had nothing for The Hobbit from director  Peter Jackson. It also left early awards hopeful The Master out of the running in a sign that the cult tale starring Philip Seymour Hoffman may be losing steam in Hollywood.

Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises also failed to make the list.

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