The stage is now set for A24’s Everything, Everywhere All at Once to win big at this year’s Academy Awards. The biggest prognosticator of winners, the Producers Guild of America, held their awards last night in Beverly Hills, where the fantasy sci-fi comedy won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
Actor-producer Tom Cruise, who Steven Spielberg told he may have single-handedly rescued movie theaters with Top Gun: Maverick, was honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, which recognizes a producer or producing team for their extraordinary body of work in motion pictures.
The 60-year-old star was presented the award by his longtime friend and former Paramount Pictures CEO Sherry Lansing. She recalled for the audience when Cruise pitched rebooting Mission: Impossible. Lansing described how she was surprised when she read the first draft of the script and all the agents died at the beginning of the movie.
After a 13-minute and 25-second sizzle reel, Cruise took the stage. He praised his love for Hollywood and thanked friends and colleagues including Mission: Impossible producer and director Christopher McQuarrie.
Mindy Kaling (Velma, The Mindy Project, Sex Life of College Girls) was presented the Norman Lear Achievement Award by her friend and co-star of The Office, B.J. Novak.
Keith Beauchamp accepted the Stanley Kramer Award on behalf of the producers of Till. He was introduced by star Danielle Deadwyler.
Other winners included CNN and Warner Bros’ documentary, Navalny, matching its BAFTA win, along with Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio taking home Best animated feature.
On the television awards side, HBO’s The White Lotus won the drama series category. FX’s freshman and Chicago-produced series The Bear took Best Comedy. FX’s The Dropout ended its awards season-came home with and ended its awards season run by winning limited series.
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The full list of Producers Guild winners are below..
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
- “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)– WINNER
- “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
- “Tár” (Focus Features)
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
- “The Whale” (A24)
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “All That Breathes” (HBO)
- “Descendant” (Netflix)
- “Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary/Neon)
- “Navalny” (CNN/Warner Bros.) — WINNER
- “Nothing Compares” (Showtime)
- “Retrograde” (National Geographic)
- “The Territory” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) — WINNER
- “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
- “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Illumination)
- “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
- “Turning Red” (Pixar)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
- “Andor” (Disney+)
- “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
- “Ozark” (Netflix)
- “Severance” (Apple TV+)
- “The White Lotus” (HBO) — WINNER
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
- “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- “Barry” (HBO)
- “The Bear” (FX) – WINNER
- “Hacks” (HBO Max)
- “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
- “The Dropout” (Hulu) — WINNER
- “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
- “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)
- “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- “Fire Island” (Hulu)
- “Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+)
- “Pinocchio” (Disney+)
- “Prey” (Hulu)
- “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel) — WINNER
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- “30 for 30” (ESPN)
- “60 Minutes” (CBS)
- “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)
- “Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Prime Video)
- “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (CNN) — WINNER
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
- “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO) — WINNER
- “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
- “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
- “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
- “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video) — WINNER
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (VH1)
- “Top Chef” (Bravo)
- “The Voice” (NBC)
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
“Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off”
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
“Sesame Street” (Season 52)
2023 PGA Innovation Award
“Stay Alive, My Son”
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
“Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question” (Season 2)
As stated earlier The Producers Guild Awards has been has been a bellwether for the Academy Award for Best Picture. According to Variety only three movies have won at the PGA and have not gone on to win the Academy Award for best picture since 2009. They are The Big Short (2015), La La Land (2016) and 1917 (2019).
The Academy Awards air on March 12 on ABC.
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