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 […]
Writers Guild announces nominations for 2017 WGA Awards
The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 2017 WGA Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay and Documentary Screenplay, with the biggest surprise being Deadpool’s inclusion in the Adapted Screenplay category. Could it repeat the feat when the Academy Award nominations are announced? ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Hell or High Water, Written by […]
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 […]
Writers Guild of America announces nominations for 2015 WGA Awards
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 […]
Writers Guild of America announces TV nominations for WGA Awards, Fargo “snub” explained by FX
With Awards season heating up, the Writers Guild of America has announced its TV nominations for the WGA Awards, which are set to take place in February. Check out the full list of nominees below… Drama Series: Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss (HBO) The Good Wife, Written […]