After the deluge of awards handed out by various critics groups at the start of December, awards season took a much-needed break for the holidays. With the Golden Globes on Sunday, you're probably thinking that Oscar nominations are just around the corner, right? Well, not exactly. The Academy won't reveal their nominees for the best of 2017 until January 23, which feels like a lifetime away. In the meantime, we'll have to settle for clues from the next stage of awards season- the guilds. The Screen Actors Guild Awards already announced their nominees back in December, but the Writers, Producers, and Directors Guilds all wait until January to make their choices. The PGA nominations will hit the web this morning, but yesterday, the Writers Guild of America revealed their picks for the best screenplays of the year. Take a look!
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Steven Rogers, I, Tonya
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
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James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green, Logan
Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound
The WGA has a weird rule that always results in a few films being deemed ineligible, so don't read anything into the exclusion of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri or Darkest Hour. However, it is significant that Steven Spielberg's The Post missed the cut, and after being snubbed in the SAG's Ensemble category, it's safe to say that the journalism drama is having a rough season thus far. That could all change with a few well-timed wins, but this is a significant loss for the film. Beyond that, there were honestly very few snubs. Adapted Screenplay is incredibly weak this year, and while Gold Derby currently has Wonder in the #5 slot with All the Money in the World also in contention, neither of those count as snubs. On the other hand, it's a brutal year for Best Original Screenplay, and the exclusion of Phantom Thread and Dunkirk can't really be counted as a disappointment for either film.
Logan is one of the best films of the year, so I'm glad to see that it's finally getting some love from a major group. I doubt that it'll be anywhere near a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, but if the PGA goes for it this morning, I'll cross my fingers. This is also a big victory for I, Tonya, a film that many seem to adore that I just haven't seen yet. While it'll probably be replaced by Three Billboards in the Best Original Screenplay category at the Oscars, there's still time for Craig Gillespie's revisionist biopic to break through. In terms of the safe bets, I think we can now say that Get Out and Lady Bird are locks in their category, with The Big Sick and The Shape of Water on steady ground as well. Call Me By Your Name is a surefire front-runner in Best Adapted Screenplay, and it seems like Disaster Artist and Molly's Game are in great shape too. Mudbound should get nominated, as long as Netflix bias doesn't shine through at the last minute.
The WGA Awards will be announced on February 11. Stay tuned for news from the Producers Guild.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Image courtesy of NEON
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Steven Rogers, I, Tonya
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Image courtesy of Fox
James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green, Logan
Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound
The WGA has a weird rule that always results in a few films being deemed ineligible, so don't read anything into the exclusion of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri or Darkest Hour. However, it is significant that Steven Spielberg's The Post missed the cut, and after being snubbed in the SAG's Ensemble category, it's safe to say that the journalism drama is having a rough season thus far. That could all change with a few well-timed wins, but this is a significant loss for the film. Beyond that, there were honestly very few snubs. Adapted Screenplay is incredibly weak this year, and while Gold Derby currently has Wonder in the #5 slot with All the Money in the World also in contention, neither of those count as snubs. On the other hand, it's a brutal year for Best Original Screenplay, and the exclusion of Phantom Thread and Dunkirk can't really be counted as a disappointment for either film.
Logan is one of the best films of the year, so I'm glad to see that it's finally getting some love from a major group. I doubt that it'll be anywhere near a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, but if the PGA goes for it this morning, I'll cross my fingers. This is also a big victory for I, Tonya, a film that many seem to adore that I just haven't seen yet. While it'll probably be replaced by Three Billboards in the Best Original Screenplay category at the Oscars, there's still time for Craig Gillespie's revisionist biopic to break through. In terms of the safe bets, I think we can now say that Get Out and Lady Bird are locks in their category, with The Big Sick and The Shape of Water on steady ground as well. Call Me By Your Name is a surefire front-runner in Best Adapted Screenplay, and it seems like Disaster Artist and Molly's Game are in great shape too. Mudbound should get nominated, as long as Netflix bias doesn't shine through at the last minute.
The WGA Awards will be announced on February 11. Stay tuned for news from the Producers Guild.
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