‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ named Best Film at Producers Guild Awards
The Hindu
The PGA, voted on by 8,000-odd Hollywood producers, is widely seen as the most accurate predictor of each year’s best picture Academy Award
Everything Everywhere All At Once was named best film by Hollywood's producers on Saturday, as the multiverse-jumping sci-fi hops from win to win at award shows ahead of next month's Oscars.
The latest prize for the surreal movie about an immigrant, laundromat-owning family who battle an interdimensional demon — which has become the darling of Tinseltown's awards circuit in recent weeks — dealt a blow to the hopes of rivals such as Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick.
Top honours for Everything Everywhere at the star-studded Producers Guild Awards gala in Beverly Hills follows similar trophies from key directors and critics groups, and positions it as the film to beat at the Oscars on March 12.
"You guys, this is insane. This is insane!" said producer Jonathan Wang, as he was joined on stage by stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan.
The PGA prize is widely seen as the most accurate predictor of each year's best picture Oscar — Hollywood's most coveted prize.
Twelve of the last 15 films to win the producers' top prize went on to take the best picture at the Oscars, including the last two winners — CODA and Nomadland.
At this year's Oscars, Everything Everywhere All At Once is up against the likes of The Banshees of Inisherin, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Fabelmans and Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick.