The Writer’s Guild of America has announced the nominations for Oustanding Achievement for the 2015 WGA Awards, with Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler and Whiplash set to contest the Original Screenplay award, and American Sniper, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Imitation Game and Wild up for Adapted Screenplay.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Boyhood; Written by Richard Linklater; IFC Films
Foxcatcher; Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman; Sony Pictures Classics
The Grand Budapest Hotel; Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight
Nightcrawler; Written by Dan Gilroy; Open Road Films
Whiplash; Written by Damien Chazelle; Sony Pictures Classics
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper; Written by Jason Hall; Based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice; Warner Bros.
Gone Girl; Screenplay by Gillian Flynn; Based on her novel; 20th Century Fox
Guardians of the Galaxy; Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman; Based on the Marvel comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Imitation Game; Written by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges; The Weinstein Company
Wild; Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed; Fox Searchlight
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Finding Vivian Maier; Written by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel; Sundance Selects
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz; Written by Brian Knappenberger; FilmBuff
Last Days in Vietnam; Written by Mark Bailey & Kevin McAlester; American Experience Films
Red Army; Written by Gabe Polsky; Sony Pictures Classics
If you’re wondering where the likes of Birdman and The Theory of Everything are, they were ineligible for nomination due to WGA regulations, which state the films have to be produced under the guild’s Basic Agreement.
The 2015 WGA Awards will take place on February 14th.
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Originally published January 8, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
