This new award won by "Everything Everywhere All At Once" is a blow to the hopes of rivals like "Top Gun: Maverick" with Tom Cruise, "The Banshees of Inisherin," "In the West nothing new" and "The Fabelmans".

The awards presented at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) gala are prized and considered a relatively reliable barometer in view of the Oscars.

"Guys, this is crazy. This is crazy!", launched producer Jonathan Wang, joined on stage by actors Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, both Oscar nominees respectively in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.

Twelve of the last fifteen Best Picture Oscar winners have won the equivalent PGA award first, including the last two 'CODA' and 'Nomadland' winners.

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" tells the story of a laundromat owner, played by Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, exhausted by her administrative hassles with the tax authorities, suddenly immersed in parallel universes.

Actress Michelle Yeoh at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) gala for the film "Everything Everywhere All At Once", February 25, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California © Michael Tran / AFP

The film was a smash hit last year, grossing some $100 million worldwide and being nominated for 11 Oscars.

In addition to the Best Picture Oscar, its creators Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are also nominated for Best Director.

Michelle Yeoh, already won a Golden Globe in early January.

She is now the second Asian in the history of the Oscars to be nominated for the statuette of the best actress and her duel with Cate Blanchett (“Tar”) promises to be very disputed.

The other characters in this feature film are also worth a nomination for the statuette for best supporting role to their performers, actor Ke Huy Quan and actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu.

Actor Ke Huy Quan at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) gala for the film "Everything Everywhere All At Once", February 25, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California © Michael Tran / AFP

Among the other films awarded Saturday by the PGA, "Navalny" devoted to the imprisoned Russian opponent Alexei Navalny and nominated in the category of documentaries at the Oscars, won the prize for best documentary.

The approximately 8,000 producers who voted on Saturday at the PGA ceremony also paid tribute to television, rewarding the series “The White Lotus” in the drama category and “The Bear” (comedy) as well as “The Dropout” for the minis -series.

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