The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has revealed the first wave of category nominees for the 2020 Producers Guild Awards, including the 12 programs nominated in the inaugural Innovation Award race for emerging media such as VR, AR and experiential entertainment.
Netflix has the most nominations so far with eight nods in the announced categories, including four of the five Outstanding Children’s Program slots: Carmen Sandiego (seasons 1 and 2), Green Eggs and Ham (season 1), Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (season 1) and A Series of Unfortunate Events (season 3), vying with HBO’s Sesame Street (season 49).
The Innovation Award contenders are:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: An Interactive Adventure | Super 78 Studios for Moody Gardens
Artificial | Twitch
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | Netflix
Bonfire | Baobab Studios
Cosmos Within Us | Satore Studio, A_Bhan, Satore Tech
Eleven Eleven | Syfy
First Man VR | Universal Pictures, RYOT, CreateVR
How to Train Your Dragon: Fly with Toothless VR | DreamWorks Animation
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Virtual Tour | Spatial& for DreamWorks Animation/Walmart
Interactive Play at Sesame Street Land, SeaWorld, Orlando | SeaWorld Parks & Ent., Sesame Workshop, Beaudry Interactive
Mesmerica | James Hood, Vortex Immersion Media
Tree VR | Milica Zec & Winslow Turner Porter III, New Reality Company
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I | ILMxLAB
You vs. Wild | Netflix