Writers Guild Announces their Nominations
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You can’t have a good movie without having a good screenplay, and nobody knows screenplays better than the writers themselves. The Writers Guild has been awarding excellence in film television and radio since 1949. The winners will be announced February 19, 2012 at simultaneous ceremonies in Hollywood and New York. Here are the nominees:
Best Original Screenplay:
- 50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
- Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
- Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
- Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
- Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne andNat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures
- The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures
- Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures
- Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the book by Michael Lewis; Columbia Pictures
Best Documentary Screenplay
- Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Written by Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek; Oscilloscope Pictures
- Nostalgia for the Light, Written by Patricio Guzmán; Icarus Films
- Pina, Screenplay by Wim Wenders; Sundance Selects
- Position Among the Stars, Script by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich; HBO Documentary Films
- Senna, Written by Manish Pandey; Producers Distribution Agency
The guild also announced it’s television and radio nominations. You can read the full list of nominations for Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best New Series, Best Episodic Drama, Best Episodic Comedy, Long Form Original, Long Form Adapted, Animation, Comedy/Variety Talk Series, Comedy/Variety Music Awards Tributes Specials, Daytime Drama, Children’s- Episodic and Specials, Documentary- Current Events, Documentary – Other than Current Events, News- Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Reporting, News – Analysis, Feature or Comedy, Radio Documentary, Radio News and more at wga.org.
