Friday January 05, 2018
PGA and WGA Swipe Right
The Writers and Producers Guilds have announced their nominees for best films of 2017, and they match! Seven times:
| PGA | WGA |
| The Big Sick | The Big Sick (O) |
| Call Me By Your Name | Call Me By Your Name (A) |
| Dunkirk | The Disaster Artist (A) |
| Get Out | Get Out (O) |
| I, Tonya | I, Tonya (O) |
| Lady Bird | Lady Bird (O) |
| Molly's Game | Logan (A) |
| The Post | Molly's Game (A) |
| The Shape of Water | Mudbound (A) |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* | The Shape of Water (O) |
| Wonder Woman |
* “Three Billboards” was not eligible for the WGA award
Happy to see both nods for “The Big Sick.” I'm crossing my fingers it gets Oscar noms for pic and screenplay.
Also found it interesting that each guild chose a superhero flick. PGA went with the big, bold and politically correct choice, “Wonder Woman,” while WGA opted for the dystopian, end-of-the-superhero superhero flick in “Logan.” I would've gone neither. My favorite superhero movie of the year was “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
And hey, check out the number of woman-led pics from both guilds. That's new.
The PGA Awards will be held Saturday, Jan. 20, while the WGA Awards procrastinate (as writers do) until Sunday, Feb. 11. DGA nominees will be announced Jan. 11, winners Feb. 3.
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