76th Writers Guild of America Awards Nominations Announced

The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 76th Writers Guild of America Awards. In the original screenplay category, the nominations are Air, Barbie, The Holdovers, May December, and Past Lives, while in the adapted category, the nominees are American Fiction, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad, and Oppenheimer.

While these nominees are generally a good indicator for the two Screenplay categories at the Academy Awards, only screenplays written under the WGA’s guidelines are eligible for their annual awards. Oscar nominees Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest were some of the screenplays ruled ineligible this season. Due to last year’s WGA strike, the awards were postponed and will not be held until April 14 (over a month after the Academy Awards), meaning the winners will have no bearing on the Oscar race.

Full list of nominations below.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Air, Written by Alex Convery; Amazon MGM Studios

Barbie, Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach; Warner Bros. Pictures

The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

May December, Screenplay by Samy Burch, Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik; Netflix

Past Lives, Written by Celine Song; A24

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based Upon the Novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig, Based on the Book by Judy Blume; Lionsgate

Killers of the Flower Moon, Screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Based on the Book by David Grann; Apple Original Films

Nyad, Screenplay by Julia Cox, Based on the Book Find a Way by Diana Nyad; Netflix

Oppenheimer, Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Based on the Book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; Universal Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

Bella!, Written by Jeff L. Lieberman; Re-Emerging Films

It Ain’t Over, Written by Sean Mullin; Sony Pictures Classics

The Pigeon Tunnel, Written by Errol Morris; Apple Original Films

Stamped from the Beginning, Written by David Teague, Based on the book Stamped From the Beginning by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi; Netflix

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?, Written by John Scheinfeld; Abramorama


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Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.