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The Hollywood Reporter -- Corralling a group of movies that range, alphabetically, from Argo to Zero Dark Thirty, the Producers Guild of America has revealed the 10 films nominated for its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. Along with the two political thrillers, the nominees include the year-end awards contenders Lincoln, Life of Pi, Les Miserables and Django Unchained as well as the specialty films Beasts of the Southern Wild, Moonrise Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook. Skyfall, the 23rd and most successful James Bond movie, also earned a slot.
In the PGA's animation category, Disney took three spots for Pixar's Brave as well as Frankenweenie and Wreck-It Ralph. Rounding out the category are Focus' ParaNorman and DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians.
Among the films that failed to make the PGA motion picture list is The Dark Knight Rises, despite the fact that the PGA nominated The Dark Knight in 2009. Also among the missing are such critically applauded films like as The Master, Amour, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel -- which proved more popular with Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild voters -- and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The PGA list reflects the growing consensus about the past year's top films. The PGA roster matches the American Film Institute's list of the top 10 movies of 2012, with one exception: The AFI included Knight, while the PGA opted for Skyfall. Eight of the PGA's choices also were nominated for Globes as either best drama or best comedy/musical; the two PGA entries without Globes best pic noms are Beasts and Skyfall. Argo, Les Miserables, Lincoln and Playbook also have earned SAG ensemble nominations, along with Marigold Hotel.
The PGA Awards are closely watched as Oscar signposts because the PGA motion picture winner has gone on to win the best picture Academy Award 16 times during the past 23 years, including The Artist in 2012. The 24th annual Producers Guild Awards will be held Jan. 26 at the Beverly Hilton.
The guild previously announced nominees for its documentary motion picture award: A People Uncounted, The Gatekeepers, The Island President, The Other Dream Team and Searching for Sugar Man.
This year’s ceremony also will include special honors for Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, J.J. Abrams and Russell Simmons.
A complete list of nominees follows:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Argo (Warner Bros.) Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company) Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
Les Misérables (Universal Pictures) Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi (Fox 2000 Pictures) Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures) Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus Features) Producers: Wes Anderson &Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company) Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Skyfall (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Brave (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producer: Katherine Sarafian
Frankenweenie (Walt Disney Pictures) Producers: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton
ParaNorman (Focus Features) Producers: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
Rise of the Guardians (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg
Wreck-It Ralph (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producer: Clark Spencer
The television nominees:
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
American Horror Story (FX) Producers: Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Chip Vucelich, Alexis Martin Woodall
The Dust Bowl (PBS) Producers: Producer Eligibility Pending
Game Change (HBO) Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Jay Roach, Amy Sayres, Steven Shareshian, Danny Strong
Hatfields & McCoys (History) Producers: Barry Berg, Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty, Leslie Greif, Herb Nanas
Sherlock (PBS) Producers: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue
The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and mini-series.
In November 2012, the Producers Guild of America announced the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture, Television Series and Non-Fiction Television Nominations; the following list includes complete producer credits.
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
A People Uncounted (Urbinder Films) Producers: Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger
The Gatekeepers (Sony Pictures Classics) Producers: Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, Dror Moreh
The Island President (Samuel Goldwyn Films) Producers: Richard Berg, Bonni Cohen
The Other Dream Team (The Film Arcade) Producers: Marius Markevicius, Jon Weinbach
Searching For Sugar Man (Sony Pictures Classics) Producers: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
Breaking Bad (AMC) Producers: Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
Downton Abbey (PBS) Producers: Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
Game of Thrones (HBO) Producers: David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, D.B. Weiss
Homeland (Showtime) Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
Mad Men (AMC) Producers: Jon Hamm, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Victor Levin, Blake McCormick, Matthew Weiner
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
30 Rock (NBC) Producers: Irene Burns, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Vali Chandrasekaran, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Matt Hubbard, Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer, Lorne Michaels, David Miner, Dylan Morgan, Jeff Richmond, John Riggi, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Producers: Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro, Faye Oshima Belyeu, Bill Prady
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Producers: Alec Berg, Larry Charles, Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Tim Gibbons, David Mandel, Erin O’Malley, Jeff Schaffer, Laura Streicher
Louie (FX) Producers: Dave Becky, M. Blair Breard, Louis C.K.
Modern Family (ABC) Producers: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
American Masters (PBS) Producers: Prudence Glass, Susan Lacy, Julie Sacks
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandy Zweig
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Producers: Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Sean Dash, John Gray, Sheila McCormack, Bill Pruitt, Decker Watson
Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) Producers: James Lipton, Shawn Tesser, Jeff Wurtz
Shark Tank (ABC) Producers: Rhett Bachner, Becky Blitz, Mark Burnett, Bill Gaudsmith, Yun Lingner, Brien Meagher, Clay Newbill, Jim Roush, Laura Skowlund, Paul Sutera, Patrick Wood
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Producers: Meredith Bennett, Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Matt Lappin, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) Producers: David Craig, Ken Crosby, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Jennifer Sharron
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Producers: Hillary Hunn, Lorne Michaels, Gavin Purcell, Michael Shoemaker
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Producers: Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin
Saturday Night Live (NBC) Producers: Ken Aymong, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
The Amazing Race (CBS) Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Producers: Ashley Edens Shaffer, Conrad Green, Joe Sungkur
Project Runway (Lifetime) Producers: Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Jonathan Murray, Sara Rea, Colleen Sands
Top Chef (Bravo) Producers: Daniel Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Dan Murphy, Nan Strait
The Voice (NBC) Producers: Stijn Bakkers, Mark Burnett, John De Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Audrey Morrissey, Jim Roush, Nicolle Yaron, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker
The following programs were not vetted for producer eligibility this year, but winners in these categories will be announced at the official ceremony on January 26:
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:
24/7 (HBO)
Catching Hell (ESPN)
The Fight Game with Jim Lampley (HBO)
On Freddie Roach (HBO)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program:
Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)
Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel)
Sesame Street (PBS)
The Weight of the Nation for Kids: The Great Cafeteria Takeover (HBO)
The Award for Outstanding Digital Series:
30 Rock: The Webisodes (www.nbc.com)
Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen (www.bravotv.com)
Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family (www.sho.com)
The Guild (www.watchtheguild.com)
H+ The Digital Series (www.youtube.com/user/HplusDigitalSeries)
Red vs. Blue (www.roosterteeth.com)
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