‘Deadpool’ Surprises With Producers Guild Nomination

This morning the Producers Guild of America unveiled the 10 movies up for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. The list of ten included favorites La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight. And there was no shortage of films based on true stories getting recognized as well as Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures, and Lion all got nominated.

But the biggest surprise was when Deadpool was announced by the PGA. That’s right – the Merc with the Mouth has been recognized by both the Writers Guild and now the Producers Guild these past few days. In 2009, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight was also recognized by both organizations.

It’s not everyday a comic book movie gets such acclaim by the guilds and yet here we have an R-rated action flick with a hero that breaks the fourth wall fully aware he’s in a superhero movie.

Elsewhere, and what shouldn’t come as a surprise, Disney dominated the Animated category as three of the five films were released by the studio.

You can read the complete list of nominations in the Picture, Animated and Documentary categories.

Winners will be revealed January 28 at the Beverly Hilton.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of 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

Outstanding Producer of 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

Outstanding Producer of 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