OK, Oscar ballots are out, voting begins and now we have the Producers Guild nominees.
They are:
Avatar, Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Glass Onion, Tar, Top Gun Maverick, and The Whale.
Those 10 could be the Oscars Best Picture nominees as well. It’s likely since they line up overlap with the Directors Guild, too. (Writers Guild doesn’t count because not every film is a signatory.)
So now what? Interesting that both Avatar and Wakanda made it in because they’re sequels to recent films. Maverick is like a new film, really, it’s so much better than the original and Jerry Bruckheimer deserves the nod. How they did that flying remains a miracle.
The winner of this award doesn’t automatically win the Oscar. This is about pulling off a great achievement.
Absent from this list are Woman King, Babylon, She Said, RRR, and Till. Till! This poor movie has really suffered at the hands of MGM. It should be there instead of a few others. What a shame.
As for Oscar ballots, the voting is competitive for the nominees. Best Actress is the hot category, where Michelle Williams is my first choice from “The Fabelmans.” She’s been nominated four times, she’s the only one of the pack without an Oscar, and her performance is sublime.
