Producers Guild Nominations: Our Potential Best Picture Lineup?

Blue Jasmine, American Hustle, Captain Philips and Dallas Buyers Club among the list of nominees

The Producers Guild, much like the Screen Actors Guild, is an important precursor to have behind your film; the Best Picture winner and most of the films to be nominated for picture (save for a few surprise inclusions/exclusions on nomination morning) are always included on this long list.

That bodes well for the small Dallas Buyers Club, which was only seen as a vehicle for stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, but managed to score a nomination here AND a Best Ensemble nomination with SAG a month ago; a Best Picture nomination looks very likely now. Blue Jasmine, the film that will undoubtedly win Cate Blanchett her second Oscar (first Leading Actress trophy), also landed on the long list of nominees; that writing nomination for Woody Allen and Best Supporting Actress nomination for Sally Hawkins aren't seeming too crazy now with the level of support being expressed for the film.

Another surprise was the critically adored Inside Llewyn Davis being passed over for Wolf of Wall Street. Both were passed over by SAG, but Wolf's inclusion over Davis here could be pretty telling... then again, there's still time for that to change.

Other than that, the nominees are pretty standard; both 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle landed nominations.

Take a look people; this could very well be our Best Picture lineup

• 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 (Columbua 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 Cuaron, 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, Allison Owen, Philip Steuer
• 12 Years A Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner
• Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland