AceShowbiz - James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" will compete against Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and award season favourites "The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air" for the Producers Guild of America's top movie prize.

Clint Eastwood's "Invictus", "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire" and animated film "Up" were also among the 10 movies - instead of the usual five - included on the PGA shortlist for its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. "Up" is also nominated in the best animated film category, alongside "Coraline", "The Princess and the Frog", "9" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox".

Meanwhile, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange's Grey Gardens scored a mention for best TV movie - it will battle with "Prayers for Bobby", "The Prisoner", "Taking Chance", "Georgia O'Keeffe" and "Little Dorrit" for the accolade.

The nominations were announced on Tuesday (05Jan10) and the winners of the 21st Annual PGA Awards will be unveiled on 24 January (10) at a ceremony in Hollywood.

List of 21st Annual Producers Guild Awards nominees in film category:

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:

• James Cameron, Jon Landau - "Avatar"
• Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson - "District 9"
• Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey - "An Education"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "The Hurt Locker"
• Lawrence Bender - "Inglourious Basterds"
• Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Lori McCreary, Mace Neufeld - "Invictus"
• Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness - "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof - "Star Trek"
• Jonas Rivera - "Up"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "Up in the Air"

• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "9"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "Coraline"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• Peter Del Vecho - "The Princess and the Frog"
• Jonas Rivera - "Up"

• Lise Lense-Moller - "Burma VJ"
• Paula DuPre Pesman, Fisher Stevens - "The Cove"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "Sergio"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "Soundtrack for a Revolution"

David L. Wolper Producer of The Year Award in Long Form Television:

• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "Georgia O'Keeffe"
• David Coatsworth, Lucy Donnelly, Rachael Horovitz, Michael Sucsy - "Grey Gardens"
• Lisa Osborne, Anne Pivcevic - "Little Dorrit"
• Stanley M. Brooks, Damian Ganczewski, David Permut, Daniel Sladek, Chris Taaffe - "Prayers for Bobby"
• (Awaiting final credit determination for producer) - "The Prisoner"
• Lori Keith Douglas, Ross Katz, Brad Krevoy, Cathy Wischner-Sola - "Taking Chance"