Awards Season 2021: Producers' Guild Awards (PGA) Nominations and Razzies Nominations

Two bits of awards news today (one expected, one not) - so let's dive right in to them!

PRODUCERS' GUILD AWARDS (PGA) NOMINATIONS

This was the one that was expected; the nominations for the 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Judas And The Black Messiah

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

One Night In Miami...

Promising Young Woman

Sound Of Metal

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

The Croods: A New Age

Onward

Over The Moon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures 

(previously announced)

David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet

Dick Johnson Is Dead

My Octopus Teacher

Softie

A Thousand Cuts

Time

The Truffle Hunters

The PGAs will be given out on Wednesday 24th March 2021.

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RAZZIE AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Much like an ill-timed fart at the vicar's garden party, I was surprised by an unexpected stench this evening. The Golden Raspberry Awards- which dishonour the worst of film- snuck out their nominees for this year's Razzies in a silent-but-deadly fashion today [Friday 12th March] instead of Sunday [14th March] as previously announced. Naughty, naughty Razzies...

Here are the full nominations for the 41st Annual Razzie Awards 

WORST PICTURE

365 Days

Absolute Proof

Dolittle

Fantasy Island

Music

WORST ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway (The Last Thing He Wanted and Roald Dahl's The Witches)

Katie Holmes (Brahms: The Boy II and The Secret: Dare To Dream)

Kate Hudson (Music)

Lauren Lapkus (The Wrong Missy)

Anna-Maria Sieklucka (365 Days)

WORST ACTOR

Robert Downey Jr. (Dolittle)

Mike Lindell (The "MyPillow" Guy) (Absolute Proof)

Michele Morrone (365 Days)

Adam Sandler (Hubie Halloween)

David Spade (The Wrong Missy)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Chevy Chase (The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee)

Rudy Giuliani (as himself) (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Shia LaBeouf (The Tax Collector)

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Iron Mask)

Bruce Willis (Breach, Hard Kill, and Survive The Night)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)

Lucy Hale (Fantasy Island)

Maggie Q (Fantasy Island)

Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984)

Maddie Ziegler (Music)

WORST SCREEN COMBO

Maria Bakalova & Rudy Giuliani (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Robert Downey Jr. & His Utterly Unconvincing "Welsh" Accent (Dolittle)

Harrison Ford & That Totally Fake-Looking CGI "Dog" (Call Of The Wild)

Lauren Lapkus & David Spade (The Wrong Missy)

Adam Sandler & His Grating Simpleton Voice (Hubie Halloween)

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL

365 Days

Dolittle

Fantasy Island

Hubie Halloween

Wonder Woman 1984

WORST DIRECTOR

Charles Band (Corona Zombies, Barbie & Kendra Save The Tiger King, and Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51)

Barbara Bialowas & Tomsaz Mandes (365 Days)

Stephen Gaghan (Dolittle)

Ron Howard (Hillbilly Elegy)

Sia (Music)

WORST SCREENPLAY

365 Days

Corona Zombies, Barbie & Kendra Save The Tiger King, and Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51

Dolittle

Fantasy Island

Hillbilly Elegy

365 Days (an Eastern European Fifty Shades of Grey knock-off) and Dolittle get six nods each, with Fantasy Island getting 5. Depending on how things go on Monday, Glenn Close might be joining a unique little club, being the third person to be nominated for a Razzie and an Oscar for the same performance: the other two are Amy Irving (Yentl) and James Coco (Only When I Laugh).

The Razzies will be given out on Saturday 24th April (the day before the Giving Out of the Little Gold Naked Men [a.k.a. Oscar night]), at which a "Special" Governors' Award will be given to dishonour 2020 - The Worst Calendar Year EVER! It's difficult to disagree with that assessment...

There'll still be a post on Sunday (14th March) where I'll be sharing my predictions on which films will get an Oscar nod on Monday. I see you shiver with antici...

Awards Season 2021: Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards Nominations

Today (Thursday 4th February), the nominations for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were announced. 

Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror, Mank) and Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, Soul) announced the nominations via Instagram Live. How modern! Despite a few (ahem) early technical issues, the nominees were announced pretty smoothly. 

This is generally considered to be a bit of a bellwether award, as the voting body for SAG overlaps quite substantially with the actors' branch of the Academy. 

Below is the list of film nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Da 5 Bloods

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Minari

One Night In Miami

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed (Sound Of Metal)

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Anthony Hopkins (The Father)

Gary Oldman (Mank)

Steven Yeun (Minari)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Amy Adams (Hillbilly Elegy)

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces Of A Woman)

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)

Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)

Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah)

Jared Leto (The Little Things)

Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night In Miami…)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)

Olivia Colman (The Father)

Youn Yuh-Jung (Minari)

Helena Zengel (News Of The World)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Da 5 Bloods

Mulan

News Of The World

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Wonder Woman 1984

Quite a few of the same names coming out already, with several actors and actresses looking ever more likely for the Oscar nod (Riz Ahmed, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Viola Davis, Frances McDormand, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Kaluuya, Leslie Odom Jr., and Olivia Colman especially; I think Chadwick Boseman is in a strong position for at least one posthumous nod, and maybe two). 

Nice to see a couple of the cast of Minari being recognised here, building on the love of the Independent Spirit Awards. Despite high critical praise, still no awards love as yet for Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) or Ellen Burstyn (Pieces Of A Woman) but there's still time. And the Academy have been known in the past to chuck a couple of curveballs in their nominations (Laura Dern for Wild, for instance). 

The winners of this year's SAG Awards will be announced on Sunday 4th April (moved from its previously announced date of Sunday 14th March to avoid clashing with the similarly-moved Grammys). 

Congratulations to all nominees!

There's a couple of days of a breather from awards stuff, but this coming Sunday (7th February) will see this year's Critics' Choice Awards nominations announced. 

Enjoy this brief respite!