On the heels of this morning’s Producers Guild nominees, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2010.
Before you begin scrutinizing these nominees you should know the screenplays for The King’s Speech, Winter’s Bone, Toy Story 3, Blue Valentine and Another Year were all deemed ineligible as Steve Pond at The Wrap details saying the WGA “restrict nominations to films that are written for productions that are signatories to the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement, or the agreements of several affiliated international guilds… their purpose is to honor the best films produced by WGA members, or under WGA guidelines.”
Additional screenplays missing the cut include How to Train Your Dragon, The Ghost Writer, Nowhere Boy, The Way Back, Never Let Me Go, Love and Other Drugs, Made in Dagenham, Green Zone, Biutiful and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
With that said, there are a few surprises considering a few spots are now open such as Nicole Holofcener’s screenplay for Please Give and the screenplay for I Love You Phillip Morris getting some recognition. The Academy won’t be following the same restrictions so don’t go changing your predictions too much, but it does give a few films a chance to be recognized that otherwise wouldn’t be.
Winners will be announced at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
The complete list of nominees follow:
- Black Swan
Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
Story by Andres Heinz
Fox Searchlight - The Fighter
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Paramount Pictures - Inception
Written by Christopher Nolan
Warner Bros. - The Kids Are All Right
Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
Focus Features - Please Give
Written by Nicole Holofcener
Sony Pictures Classics
- 127 Hours
Screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Based on the book “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” by Aron Ralston
Fox Searchlight - I Love You Phillip Morris
Written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra
Based on the book by Steven McVicker
Roadside Attractions - The Social Network
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich
Sony Pictures - The Town
Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard
Based on the novel “Prince of Thieves” by Chuck Hogan
Warner Bros. - True Grit
Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Based on the novel by Charles Portis
Paramount Pictures
- Enemies of the People
Written, Directed, Filmed and Produced by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
International Film Circuit - Freedom Riders
Written, Produced and Directed by Stanley Nelson
International Film Circuit - Gasland
Written and Directed by Josh Fox
HBO Documentary Films and International WOW Company - Inside Job
Produced, Written and Directed by Charles Ferguson
Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt
Sony Pictures Classics - The Two Escobars
Written by Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist
ESPN Films - Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?
Written and Directed by John Scheinfeld
Lorber Films
