Post by Brother Fease on Mar 15, 2022 11:59:14 GMT
We're approaching to end point to awards season. I already did a post on the PGA awards. Please add your prediction, if you haven't already. Here are the nominees for this year's Writers Guild:
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Being the Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
Don't Look Up – Adam McKay; story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman
King Richard – Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
Don't Look Up – Adam McKay; story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman
King Richard – Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA – Siân Heder; based on the film La Famille Bélier directed by Eric Lartigau and written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Éric Lartigau & Thomas Bidegain
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan; based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham
tick, tick... BOOM! – Steven Levenson; based on the musical by Jonathan Larson
West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
CODA – Siân Heder; based on the film La Famille Bélier directed by Eric Lartigau and written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Éric Lartigau & Thomas Bidegain
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan; based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham
tick, tick... BOOM! – Steven Levenson; based on the musical by Jonathan Larson
West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Three major screenplay contenders are not eligible here -- Belfast (Globe, Critics Choice), The Lost Daughter (The Scripter) and The Power of the Dog (Critics Choice). It is unfortunate, but that's how the Writer's Guild rolls.
65% of the time the Oscar winner has lined up with the Writer's Guild winner. This is true for both Adapted and Original.
The BAFTAs honoring Licorice Pizza and CODA really elevates their odds here.
On the original side, they have gone with a DGA nominee 16 out of the last 21 seasons. The exceptions were Eighth Grade, Her, Eternal Sunshine, Bowling for Columbine and You Can Count on Me. For adapted, they have gone with the DGA nominee 17 out of the last 21 years.
