Rather expected, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Milk', 'The Dark Knight' and 'Slumdog Millionaire, all figure among the feature film nominees for the 13th annual Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards that honour excellence in production design.

Announced Friday in nine categories for films, TV and commercials, the nominees are, as under:

Period Film Nominees
1.    James J. Murakami - 'Changeling'.
2.    Donald Graham Burt - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'.
3.    David Gropman - 'Doubt'.
4.    Michael Corenblith - 'Frost/Nixon'.
5.    Bill Groom - 'Milk'.

Fantasy Film Category
1.    Nathan Crowley - 'The Dark Knight'.
2.    Guy Hendrix Dyas - 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'.
3.    J. Michael Riva - 'Iron Man'.
4.    James Bissell - 'The Spiderwick Chronicles'.
5.    Ralph Eggleston - 'Wall-E'.

Contemporary Film Nominees
1. Jess Gonchor - 'Burn After Reading'.
2. James J. Murakami - 'Gran Torino'.
3. Dennis Gassner - 'Quantum of Solace'.
4. Mark Digby - 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
5. Timothy Grimes - 'The Wrestler'.

TV
1.    Dan Bishop - 'The Jet Set' episode of 'Mad Men'.
2.    Michael Wylie - 'Bzzzzzz' episode of 'Pushing Daisies'.
3.    Suzuki Ingerslev - 'Burning House of Love' episode of 'True Blood'.
4.    Tom Conroy - Episode 210 of 'The Tudors.
5.    Mark Worthington - 'When Betty Met Yeti' episode of 'Ugly Betty'.

Multi-Camera Television Series
1. John Shaffner - 'The Peanut Reaction' episode of 'The Big Bang Theory'.
2. Stephan Olson - 'Miracles' episode of 'How I Met Your Mother'.
3. Greg Grande and Michael Wylie for Episode 4 of 'Little Britain USA'.,
4. Bernard Vyzga for the 'Pimp My Ride' episode of 'Rules of Engagement'.
5. John Shaffner - 'A Jock Strap in Hell' episode of 'Two and a Half Men'.

Half-Hour Single-Camera TV Series
1.    Keith Ian Raywood and Teresa Mastropierro - 'Do Over' episode of '30 Rock'.
2.    Suzuki Ingerslev - 'In Treatment's' 'Sophie Week One'.
3.    Randy Ser - 'Bad Earl' episode of 'My Name Is Earl'.
4.    Michael G. Gallenberg - 'Weight Loss' episode of 'The Office'.
5.    Joseph P. Lucky - 'Weeds' 'Excellent Treasures'.

TV Movie Or Miniseries
1.    Jerry Wanek - 'The Andromeda Strain'.
2.    Gemma Jackson - 'John Adams'.
3.    Robb Wilson King - 'Librarian 3'.
4.    Yuda Acco - 'Lone Rider'.
5.    Patti Podesta - 'Recount'.

Awards Show, Variety, Music Or Nonfiction
1.    Shaffner & Joe Stewart - '2008 Emmys'.
2.    Roy Christopher - '80th Annual Academy Awards'.
3.    Keith Ian Raywood & Scott Storey - 'MTV Video Music Awards 2008 Hollywood'.
4.    Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura & Keith Ian Raywood - 'Saturday Night Live - Josh Brolin'.
5.    Dan Butts - 'Tracey Ullman's State of the Union - Episode 3'.

Commercials
1.    Jeremy Reed - 'Capital One - Santa'.
2.    Jan Roelfs - 'Capital One - Squid'.
3.     Sean Hargreaves - 'Chevy'.
4.     Chris Gorak - 'Farmers Insurance - Drowned Circus'.
5.    Jeffrey Beecrof - 'Victoria's Secret - Holiday'.

Outstanding Contributions to Cinematic Imagery Award will be presented to director-producer George Lucas by Ron Howard. A Lifetime Achievement honour goes to Oscar-winning production designer Paul Sylbert, while production designers - Ted Haworth, Mac Johnson, Romain Johnston, John Meehan and Harold Michelson will be inducted into ADG's Hall of Fame.

Bryan Cranston of 'Breaking Bad's' will be the host at the gala ceremony to be held on 14th February at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. in Beverly Hills. "Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston will host.