Members of the PGA, those people who actually find the money to make movies and that hire all the people who make them, have their list. Big guns have spoken and the list includes all the usual suspects for 2014 awards. Producers are a down to business bunch so their awards come real quick, just two weeks after their nominations announcement (Jan. 19).  That will give us clearer signals for the rest of the award season.

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

American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
           Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle

Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
            Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum

Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
            Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin

Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter

Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
            Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman

Her (Warner Bros. Pictures)
            Producers: Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay

Nebraska (Paramount Pictures)
            Producers: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Saving Mr. Banks (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
            Producers: Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer

12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner

The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
             Producers: Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland

Nominees to The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

The Croods (DreamWorks Animation)
Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell

Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures)
             Producers: Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri

Epic (Twentieth Century Fox)
Producers: Jerry Davis, Lori Forte

Frozen (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
               Producer: Peter Del Vecho

Monsters University (Pixar Animation)
Producer: Kori Rae