Skyfall joins Oscar runners in US producers' nods

(Left to right): Actress Berenice Marlohe, director Sam Mendes, producer Barbara Broccoli and actor Daniel Craig pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the German premiere for the film Skyfall in Berlin on Oct 30, 2012. Bond blockbuster Skyfall joined already Oscar-tipped films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and Iran spy drama Argo on the Producers Guild of America (PGA) best film shortlist, it was announced on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

This Sept 4, 2012 publicity photo provided by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox, shows actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, left, and director, Steven Spielberg, posing for a portrait in New York. Day-Lewis stars as Abraham Lincoln in the new Spielberg directed film, Lincoln. Bond blockbuster Skyfall joined already Oscar-tipped films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and Iran spy drama Argo on the Producers Guild of America (PGA) best film shortlist, it was announced on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AP

This image released by Warner Bros shows Alan Arkin, left, and actor-director Ben Affleck on the set of Argo. Bond blockbuster Skyfall joined already Oscar-tipped films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and Iran spy drama Argo on the Producers Guild of America (PGA) best film shortlist, it was announced on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AP

Writer and producer Mark Boal, from left, actor Jason Clarke, director Kathryn Bigelow, actress Jessica Chastain and actor Kyle Chandler participate in a Zero Dark Thirty photo call on Tuesday Dec 4, 2012 in New York. Osama bin Laden manhunt movie Zero Dark Thirty and Quentin Tarantino's brutal western Django Unchained were also among 10 films nominated by the PGA, whose choices have a history of pointing towards Oscar glory. -- PHOTO: INVISION/AP

This Dec 11, 2012 photo released by Starpix shows actor Jamie Fox, left, director Quentin Tarantino, centre, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio at a special screening of Django Unchained, at The Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Osama bin Laden manhunt movie Zero Dark Thirty and Quentin Tarantino's brutal western Django Unchained were also among 10 films nominated by the PGA, whose choices have a history of pointing towards Oscar glory. -- PHOTO: AP

This Dec 2, 2012 photo shows actors Anne Hathaway, left, and Hugh Jackman in New York. Hathaway portrays Fantine and Jackman portrays Jean Valjean in the film adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel, Les Miserables. Others nominated for the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award include musical adaptation Les Miserables by Tom Hooper and Life of Pi by Taiwanese-American Ang Lee, both also already Oscar tipped. -- PHOTO: INVISION/AP

Indian actor Suraj Sharma (left) and Taiwanese-born American film director Ang Lee pose for pictures on the red carpet as he arrives for the UK premier of Life of Pi at the Empire cinema, central London, on Dec 3, 2012. Others nominated for the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award include musical adaptation Les Miserables by Tom Hooper and Life of Pi by Taiwanese-American Ang Lee, both also already Oscar tipped. -- PHOTO: AFP

The cast of movie, Moonrise Kingdom which includes (Back row from left to right) Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton and Bruce Willis. (Front row left): Jason Schwartzman and Jared Gilman (centre). The PGA shortlist also includes Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, Happiness Therapy by David O. Russell and Beasts of the Southern Wild, all less talked about so far in Tinseltown this season. -- PHOTO: SHAW PICTURES

In this June 25, 2012 file photo, actress Quvenzhané Wallis and actor Dwight Henry, first time actors who play the starring roles in the movie Beasts Of The Southern Wild, speak during an interview in New Orleans, on Monday, June 25, 2012. The PGA shortlist also includes Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, Happiness Therapy by David O. Russell and Beasts of the Southern Wild, all less talked about so far in Tinseltown this season. -- PHOTO: AP