After being mostly ignored in early awarding and nominating, The Dark Knight’s Oscar chances are suddenly looking up. The Producers Guild Awards have just announced their 2008 nominees, and TDK earned a nod.

The PGA’s awards are a little different than most. They focus entirely on producing, picking out the best produced films in a variety of different categories. The Dark Knight was nominated in Theatrical Motion Pictures, along with Frost/Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire.

The awards will be handed out on January 24th. Below is a complete list of this year’s PGA nominees:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
MAN ON WIRE
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
TROUBLE THE WATER

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
BOLT
KUNG FU PANDA
WALL-E

The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television - Comedy
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
ENTOURAGE
THE OFFICE
30 ROCK
WEEDS

Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television-Drama:
BOSTON LEGAL
DAMAGES
DEXTER
LOST
MAD MEN

Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television:
DEADLIEST CATCH
FRONTLINE
KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST
60 MINUTES
THIS AMERICAN LIFE

Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television:
AMAZING RACE
THE COLBERT REPORT
PROJECT RUNWAY
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
TOP CHEF

David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television:
24: REDEMPTION
BERNARD AND DORIS
JOHN ADAMS
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
RECOUNT

PGA honorary awards and recipients:
Milestone Award - Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures - Michael Douglas
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television - David Chase
Visionary Award - Jeff Skoll Vanguard Award - MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson
The Stanley Kramer Award - Milk