The prospects of The Dark Knight receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, a feat many suspected a comic-book movie would never achieve, have increased greatly over the past few days. That’s because the film has received several key nominations by: the Producer’s Guild of America, the Writer’s Guild of America and today, the Director’s Guild of America.
Here are the other nominees for those respective groups:
Producer’s Guild of America (Best Picture)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Frost/Nixon
- Slumdog Millioinaire
Writer’s Guild of America (Adapted Screenplay)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- Slumdog Millionaire
Director’s Guild of America (Best Director)
- David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
- Gus Van Sant (Milk)
- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
