Did Deadpool just shoot some Oscar dreams in the head?It's fitting that a year such as 2016, which gave us all the middle finger in such a crass broad strokes kind of way with T**** would also prove to be the year of Deadpool and his tiny baby hand gave the middle finger to superhero blockbusters (albeit a middle finger of love since it's gleefully being everything it's snarky about). I can't imagine Deadpool transferring from the Producers Guild Nomination to Oscar's Best Picture roster especially since they have yet to nominate 10 movies in their new rules of "5 to 10 nominees" in the years since that ruling but congratulations on making it this far!
While you're perusing the Producers Guild noms keep in mind that this is not necessarily the end of Best Picture dreams for a movie that missed and here's why...
There have been a grand total of ZERO years since Oscar's expansion from the 5 wide Best Picture field in which Oscar didn't find at least one candidate that PGA ignored.
Oscar vs Producers Guild Recent History
2016: ??? nominees -- ??? were PGA nominees
2015: 8 nominees -- 7 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominate Room)
2014: 8 nominees -- 7 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominate Selma)
2013: 9 nominees -- 8 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominated Philomena)
2012: 9 nominees -- 8 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominate Amour)
2011: 9 nominees -- 7 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominate Tree of Life / Extremely Loud...)
2010: 10 nominees -- 9 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominate Winter's Bone)
2009: 10 nominees -- 8 were PGA nominees (PGA did not nominate The Blind Side / A Serious Man)
The Nominees this season are...
Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Arrival Producers: Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Aaron Ryder, David Linde
- Deadpool Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner
- Fences Producers: Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black
- Hacksaw Ridge Producers: Bill Mechanic, David Permut
- Hell or High Water Producers: Carla Hacken, Julie Yorn
- Hidden Figures Producers: Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, Theodore Melfi
- La La Land Producers: Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
- Lion Producers: Emile Sherman & Iain Canning, Angie Fielder
- Manchester By the Sea Producers: Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin Walsh
- Moonlight Producers: Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner
Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Finding Dory Producer: Lindsey Collins
- Kubo and the Two Strings Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
- Moana Producer: Osnat Shurer
- The Secret Life of Pets Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
- Zootopia Producer: Clark Spencer
Isn't it weird how the precursors are so resistant to foreign animated films and yet the Oscar's animation branch completely isn't? In the 15 years so far of Oscar's animated feature category there have only been three years in which Oscar didn't include a foreign or partially foreign motion picture. And in all of those years (2001 & 2004 & 2008) there were only 3 nominees as opposed to 5 due to a smaller than usual number of animated features qualifying.
Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Dancer Producer: Gabrielle Tana
- The Eagle Huntress Producers: Stacey Reiss, Otto Bell
- Life, Animated Producers: Julie Goldman, Roger Ross Williams
- O.J.: Made in America Producers: Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow
- Tower Producers: Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbride
Of these titles only Dancer is not in the running for the Oscar.