The 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards took place on Sunday night and the results have gone some way to cementing Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Promising Young Woman as the screenplay favourites as far as the Academy Awards are concerned. In a virtual ceremony hosted by Kal Penn, Amazon Studios’ Borat took the adapted screenplay […]
Jojo Rabbit and Parasite honoured at the 2020 WGA Awards
The Writers Guild of America announced the winners of the 2020 WGA Awards on Saturday, with Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won honoured with Best Original Screenplay for Parasite and Taika Waititi collecting the Best Adapted Screenplay award for Jojo Rabbit. On the small screen, it was a great night for HBO with awards […]
2020 DGA, PGA and WGA Awards nominations revealed
With awards season now in full swing, both the Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and Writers Guild of America have all announced the feature film nominations for the 2020 editions of the DGA Awards, PGA Awards and WGA Awards respectively. DGA NOMINATIONS Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film Bong Joon Ho, Parasite […]
2019 WGA Awards honour Eighth Grade and Can You Ever Forgive Me?
A week before the 91st annual Academy Awards, it was the turn of the Writers Guild of America to hand out its honours on Sunday evening, with the 2019 WGA Awards taking place at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. On the film side of things, Eighth Grade and Can You Ever Forgive […]
Nominations for the 2019 WGA Awards announced
Coming hot on the heels of last night’s Golden Globe Awards, the Writer’s Guild of America has now announced the nominations for the feature film and video game categories of the 2019 WGA Awards. Set to contest the Best Original Screenplay prize are Eighth Grade, Green Book, A Quiet Place, Roma and Vice, while BlacKkKlansman, […]
Get Out and Call Me By Your Name win big at the 2018 WGA Awards
The Writers Guild of America announced the winners of the 2018 WGA Awards in both L.A. and New York City last night, with the guild honoring Get Out (Jordan Peele) and Call Me By Your Name (James Ivory) for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay respectively. Other winners on the night included Jane (Best […]
Logan enters screenplay awards race with surprise WGA Awards nomination
Superhero smash hit Logan has become an unlikely horse in the awards race after its screenplay won a surprise nomination in the Writers’ Guild of America shortlist. Scott Frank, Michael Green and director James Mangold are nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the film, which is Hugh Jackman’s last outing as Wolverine after […]
Full list of winners from the 2016 WGA Awards
With the Academy Awards fast approaching, the Writers Guild of America handed out its 2016 honours last night, with Spotlight claiming the WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and The Big Short received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief was award Best Documentary Screenplay, while on […]
Writers Guild announces WGA Awards nominations for 2016
With awards season picking up steam, the Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Documentary Screenplay for the WGA Awards 2016. Here are the nominees who will contest the awards… ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Bridge of Spies,” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen; […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and True Detective win big at the 2015 WGA Awards
With the Oscars almost upon us, the Writers Guild of America held its annual WGA Awards ceremony last night, with The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game taking home the gongs for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay respectively. On the TV front, True Detective claimed the awards for Drama Series and New […]
