FILE - This publicity film image released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film "Lincoln." The Producers Guild of America announced the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 24th Annual Producers Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures included these nominees, "Argo," (Warner Bros.) producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov; "Beasts of Southern Wild," (Fox Searchlight Pictures) producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, and Josh Penn; "Lincoln," (Touchstone Pictures) producers: Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg; among other film producers and productions. (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, File)
FILE - This publicity film image released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film "Lincoln." The Producers Guild of America announced the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 24th Annual Producers Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures included these nominees, "Argo," (Warner Bros.) producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov; "Beasts of Southern Wild," (Fox Searchlight Pictures) producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, and Josh Penn; "Lincoln," (Touchstone Pictures) producers: Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg; among other film producers and productions. (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" are adding to their front-runner status for Hollywood's awards season.
The two dramas earned nominations from the Writers Guild on Friday for outstanding screen writing.
"Lincoln" is up for adapted screenplay, along with "Argo," ''Silver Linings Playbook," ''Life of Pi" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
"Zero Dark Thirty" was nominated for original screenplay, along with "Flight," ''Looper," ''The Master" and "Moonrise Kingdom."
In the documentary category, "The Central Park Five," ''The Invisible War," ''Mea Maxima Culpa, "West of Memphis," ''We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists," and "Searching for Sugar Man" earned nominations.
Winners will be announced during simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Feb. 17.
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