78th Writers Guild of America Awards Nominations Announced

The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 77th Writers Guild of America Awards. In the original screenplay category, the nominations are Black BagIf I Had Legs I’d Kick YouMarty SupremeSinners and Weapons, while in the adapted category, the nominees are BugoniaFrankensteinHamnetOne Battle After Another and Train Dreams (the exact same five nominees as the Oscars).

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 Sentimental Value and It Was Just an Accident were some of the screenplays ruled ineligible this season.

Full list of nominations below. The WGA Awards will be held on March 8.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Black Bag, Written by David Koepp; Focus Features

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Written by Mary Bronstein; A24

Marty Supreme, Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie; A24

Sinners, Written by Ryan Coogler; Warner Bros. Pictures

Weapons, Written by Zach Cregger; Warner Bros. Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Bugonia, Screenplay by Will Tracy, Based on the Film Save the Green Planet Written and Directed by Jang Joon Hwan and Produced by Sidus; Focus Features

Frankenstein, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, Based on Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley; Netflix

Hamnet, Screenplay by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Based on the Novel Written by Maggie O’Farrell; Focus Features

One Battle After Another, Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Screen Story by Paul Thomas Anderson, Inspired by the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon; Warner Bros. Pictures

Train Dreams, Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Based on the Novella by Denis Johnson; Netflix

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

2,000 Meters to Andriivka, Written by Mstyslav Chernov; Frontline Features

Becoming Led Zeppelin, Written by Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty; Sony Pictures Classics

White with Fear, Written by Andrew Goldberg; Area23A

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.

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