Scott Rudin riding high: True Grit & The Social Network

The LA Times notes that Scott Rudin is setting records for producer kudos this season.

This year, the Producers Guild of America could just rename its annual award show after Scott Rudin. For Rudin’s two nominations Tuesday morning, for “The Social Network” and “True Grit,” landed the producer in the record books for being the first person nominated by the guild twice in one year. Not only that, his achievement also coincides with the guild’s previously planned presentation to Rudin of the esteemed David O. Selznick award.

“I find the whole thing rather humbling,” said an obviously delighted Rudin, who did have two pictures in the running in 2008, with “No Country for Old Men” and ” There Will Be Blood,” but since he was an executive producer on “Blood,” he was not given the same level of credit.