Producers Guild Award Nominees: ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ ‘The Martian’ Among Noms

“Spotlight,” ”Straight Outta Compton” and
“The Martian” were among the 10 feature film nominees announced
Tuesday for the 27th Producers Guild Awards.

Conspicuously missing were critics favorite
“Carol” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” a wild card
thus far in award races.

The Producers Guild nominees reflected a diverse lot of
films, including favorites such as the investigative journalism pic
“Spotlight;” the star-studded financial crisis comedy “The Big
Short;” and the high-octane “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

More populist crowd-pleasers like Ridley Scott’s space
adventure “The Martian” and the N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta
Compton” were also nominated, as was the revenge epic “The
Revenant.”

Surprises include a few well-reviewed films that were
considered underdogs in the awards race – the border drama “Sicario,”
the artificial intelligence thriller “Ex Machina;” the Cold War
thriller “Bridge of Spies;” and the immigrant romance
“Brooklyn.”

PGA nominees have historically been a solid indicator of
films that ultimately received Academy Award nominations for best picture. Last
year, “Birdman” won both the PGA and the Academy Award.

This year, Oscar front-runners seem more elusive than ever
to determine, aside from a strong consensus around “Spotlight.”

The voting period for Oscar nominees closes on Friday and
the selections will be announced on Jan. 14. The Golden Globes will reveal its
winners on Sunday.

Aside from “Star Wars” and “Carol,”
many other Oscar hopefuls were left out of the PGA lot. Among them were Lenny
Abrahamson’s “Room,” which is expected to get star Brie Larson a best
actress nomination; Quentin Tarantino’s bloody Western “The Hateful
Eight;” David O. Russell’s miracle mop inventor pic “Joy;” and
Ryan Coogler’s continuation of the Rocky Balboa saga “Creed.”

There were no surprises in the animation nominees, though,
which included “Anomalisa,” ”Inside Out,” ”The Good
Dinosaur,” ”Minions” and “The Peanuts Movie.”

Feature documentary nominees were previously announced and
include “Amy” and “The Look of Silence.”

The Producers Guild represents more than 7,000 producers of
film, television and online content.

Winners will be announced on Jan. 23 during a ceremony in
Los Angeles.

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