"Into the Wild" led the pack of nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards Tuesday with seven nods, including Best Picture, Best Actor for star Emile Hirsch and Best Director and Best Writer notices for Sean Penn.

The adventure drama, which tells the true story of hiker Christopher McCandless' trek into the Alaskan wilderness, also is up for Best Supporting Actor for Hal Holbrook, Best Supporting Actress for Catherine Keener and Best Song for Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed."

The comedy "Juno" was second in the CCA roundup with six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Ellen Page, Best Comedy and Best Writer for Diablo Cody. The drama "Atonement," legal thriller "Michael Clayton," crime thriller "No Country for Old Men," and musicals "Sweeney Todd" and "Hairspray" also had five nods each.

Joining "Into the Wild" and "Juno" in the Best Picture race are "American Gangster," "Atonement," "Michael Clayton," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "The Kite Runner," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "Sweeney Todd" and "There Will Be Blood."

Facing off against Hirsch for the Best Actor honor are George Clooney for "Michael Clayton," Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood," Johnny Depp for "Sweeney Todd," Ryan Gosling for "Lars and the Real Girl" and Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises."

Joining Page in the Best Actress category are Amy Adams for "Enchanted," Cate Blanchett for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Julie Christie for "Away From Her," Marion Cotillard for "La Vie en Rose" and Angelina Jolie for "A Mighty Heart."

Vying for the Best Director trophy along with Penn are Tim Burton for "Sweeney Todd," Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men," Sidney Lumet for "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and Joe Wright for "Atonement."

The 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards, which are given out in 18 categories, will be handed out Jan. 7 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The ceremony will be hosted by actor and comedian D.L. Hughley, and VH1 will broadcast this year's ceremony live at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

Comprised nearly 200 television, radio and online film critics including critics from this Web site, the Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest critics organization in the U.S. and Canada.

Almost 200 members of the BFCA, the largest film critics' organization in the United States and Canada, representing television, radio and online critics, selected nominees in each of the 18 categories.