The Producers Guild gathered tonight to hand out the 2014 Producers Guild Awards where Gravity and 12 Years a Slave tied for Best Picture, or, as the PGA puts it, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Despite the attention paid to the several precursor awards leading up to tonight it was getting more and more clear tonight’s winner would be considered the frontrunner for Best Picture at the 2014 Oscars and it was expected American Hustle would walk away with the win. Now, with a tie (embarrassing if you ask me), the race is still without a clear frontrunner.
For those of you thinking tonight’s win diminishes American Hustle‘s chances at the Oscars, I’d have to say “not so fast”, after all, a tie isn’t necessarily a win, but this is definitely significant when it comes to 12 Years a Slave, which didn’t win ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night and saw Chiwetel Ejiofor lose Best Actor once again to Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club).
If I were to make a snap judgment on what it means, to me it means I don’t have to change my current Oscar predictions one bit. It tells me it’s likely going to be a Picture and Director split and my gut tells me 12 Years a Slave will take Best Picture and Alfonso Cuaron will take Best Director. Which means next Saturday’s (January 25) Directors Guild Awards will be looked at very closely.
I have included the complete list of winners directly below including wins for Frozen for Best Animated Feature and Alex Gibney‘sWe Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks in the Documentary category.
I have also updated the Oscar Overture and you can check out my current Oscar predictions right here, which I will be talking about more next week.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Gravity (Warner Bros)
12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Frozen (Walt Disney Pictures)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (Focus World)
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
“Behind the Candelabra” (HBO)
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
“Breaking Bad” (AMC)
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
“Modern Family” (ABC)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (CNN)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television
“The Voice” (NBC)
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
“SportsCenter” (ESPN)
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
“Sesame Street” (PBS)
The Award for Outstanding Digital Series
Wired: What’s Inside
