Tag: WGA

  • WGA Winners Announced: ‘Promising Young Woman’ triumphs over ‘Trial’

    WGA Winners Announced: ‘Promising Young Woman’ triumphs over ‘Trial’

    A win here was important for The Trial of the Chicago 7 since I believed that it needed at least this and SAG under its belt to be a top-2 contender for Best Picture. However, it did not prevail and its chances at winning at SAG are growing increasingly dim as Minari’s stock is quickly rising. So, unless Promising Young Woman, The Trial of the Chicago 7 or Minari take PGA from the hands of Nomadland, Zhao’s film will have a relatively painless path to Best Picture.

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won in Adapted Screenplay but since both Nomadland and The Father, the only two realistic contenders for that award at the Oscars, were ineligible, I think it will end up being inconsequential. If anything, Borat’s surprise win here shows that there is a lot of support in the industry for the film which could propel Maria Bakalova to a win in Best Supporting Actress.

    Anyway, here are the winners:

    FILM

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Judas and the Black Messiah, Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas; Warner Bros.

    Palm Springs, Screenplay by Andy Siara, Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow; Hulu

    Promising Young Woman, Written by Emerald Fennell; Focus Features [WINNER]

    Sound of Metal, Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance; Amazon Studios

    The Trial of the Chicago 7, Written by Aaron Sorkin; Netflix

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad, Based on Characters Created by Sacha Baron Cohen; Amazon Studios [WINNER]

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Based on the Play Written by August Wilson; Netflix

    News of the World, Screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, Based upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles; Universal Pictures

    One Night in Miami, Screenplay by Kemp Powers, Based on the Stage Play “One Night in Miami” by Kemp Powers; Amazon Studios

    The White Tiger, Screenplay by Ramin Bahrani, Based on the Book “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga; Netflix

    DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

    All In: The Fight for Democracy, Written by Jack Youngelson; Amazon Studios

    The Dissident, Written by Mark Monroe and Bryan Fogel; Briarcliff Entertainment [WINNER]

    Herb Alpert Is…, Written by John Scheinfeld; Abramorama

    Red Penguins, Written by Gabe Polsky; Universal Pictures

    Totally Under Control, Written by Alex Gibney; Neon

    TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA, AND NEWS NOMINEES

    DRAMA SERIES

    Better Call Saul, Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC

    The Boys, Written by Eric Kripke, Ellie Monahan, Anslem Richardson, Craig Rosenberg, Michael Saltzman, Rebecca Sonnenshine; Amazon Prime Video

    The Crown, Written by Peter Morgan, Jonathan Wilson; Netflix [WINNER]

    The Mandalorian, Written by Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni; Disney Plus

    Ozark, Written by Laura Deeley, Bill Dubuque, Paul Kolsby, Miki Johnson, Chris Mundy, John Shiban, Ning Zhou, Martin Zimmerman; Netflix

    COMEDY SERIES

    Curb Your Enthusiasm, Written by Larry David, Justin Hurwitz, Steve Leff, Carol Leifer, Jeff Schaffer; HBO

    The Great, Written by Vanessa Alexander, Tony McNamara, Tess Morris, Amelia Roper, Gretel Vella, James Wood; Hulu

    PEN15, Written by; Alyssa DiMari, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Josh Levine, Gabe Liedman, Rachele Lynn, Vera Santamaria, Diana Tay, Sam Zvibleman; Hulu

    Ted Lasso, Written by Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+ [WINNER]

    What We Do in the Shadows, Written by Jake Bender, Jemaine Clement, Zach Dunn, Joseph Furey, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms; FX Networks

    NEW SERIES

    Dave, Written by Dave Burd, Vanessa McGee, Saladin Patterson, Luvh Rakhe, Alex Russell, Jeff Schaffer, Max Searle, Yamara Taylor; FX Networks

    The Flight Attendant, Written by Kara Lee Corthron, Michael Foley, Ryan Jennifer Jones, Ticona S. Joy, Meredith Lavender, Jess Meyer, Daniele Nathanson, Marcie Ulin, Ian Weinreich, Steve Yockey; HBO Max

    The Great, Written by Vanessa Alexander, Tony McNamara, Tess Morris, Amelia Roper, Gretel Vella, James Wood; Hulu

    Lovecraft Country, Written by Misha Green, Shannon Houston, Jonathan Kidd, Kevin Lau, Ihuoma Ofordire, Wes Taylor, Sonya Winton; HBO

    Ted Lasso, Written by Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+ [WINNER]

    ORIGINAL LONG FORM

    Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, Written by Aaron Carew, Alexandra Cunningham, Lex Edness, Kevin J. Hynes, Juliet Lashinsky-Revene, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Katherine B. McKenna; USA

    Hollywood, Written by Ian Brennan, Janet Mock, Ryan Murphy, Reilly Smith; Netflix

    Mrs. America, Written by Tanya Barfield, Joshua Griffith, Sharon Hoffman, Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih, Dahvi Waller; FX Networks [WINNER]

    Safety, Written by Nick Santora; Disney Plus

    Uncle Frank, Written by Alan Ball; Amazon Prime Video

    ADAPTED LONG FORM

    Bad Education, Written by Mike Makowsky, Based on the New York Magazine article ” The Bad Superintendent” by Robert Kolker; HBO

    Clouds, Screenplay by Kara Holden; Story by Casey La Scala & Patrick Kopka and Kara Holden, Based on the book entitled “Fly A Little Higher’ by Laura Sobiech; Disney Plus

    The Good Lord Bird, Written by Jeff Augustin, Ethan Hawke, Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard, Kristen SaBerre, Lauren Signorino, Based on the Novel by James McBride; Showtime

    Little Fires Everywhere, Written by Harris Danow, Rosa Handelman, Shannon Houston, Attica Locke, Raamla Mohamed, Amy Talkington, Liz Tigelaar, Nancy Won, Based on the book by Celeste Ng; Hulu

    The Queen’s Gambit, Written by Scott Frank, Allan Scott, Based on the novel by Walter Tevis; Netflix [WINNER]

    Source: AwardsWatch

  • What will be BAFTA and WGA’s effect on Oscar?

    What will be BAFTA and WGA’s effect on Oscar?

    For many this weekend will solely be about the Super Bowl, but for Oscar prognosticators everywhere, this weekend is the second-most important (after the weekend with PGA and SAG) of the Oscar race.

    WGA

    The Writers’ Guild of America Awards are imperative to the Best Picture race this year. If Parasite wins Original Screenplay here then it has a very good chance of winning Best Picture. If it doesn’t, 1917 will win the big one at the Oscars.

    The only real competition Parasite has here is Marriage Story, and if Noah Baumbach does pull it off here the Best Picture race becomes so much clearer, but that is unlikely.

    On the Adapted Screenplay side of things, the battle is really between Little Women and Jojo Rabbit. While Little Women won USC Scripter and a Critics’ Choice award, this is Jojo Rabbit’s most likely place to win.

    Still, the WGA loves stories about writers (Can You Ever Forgive Me? won last year) and Little Women’s Jo March is an aspiring author.

    Predictions: Parasite and Little Women

    BAFTA

    The last 5 winners of BAFTA’s Best Film award have not won Best Picture at the Oscars. This trend is due to the BAFTA not using the Academy’s preferential ballot system. 1917 and Parasite are the biggest contenders here and 1917’s overall “britishness” should give the film the British Academy’s top prize. 1917 also seems like the kind of film that BAFTA would choose.

    In the other categories BAFTA becomes very important to their performance at the Oscars

    (Note: I am only including BAFTA categories that have corresponding categories at the Oscars)

    BEST FILM

    Will win: 1917

    Could win: Parasite

    FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    Will Win: Parasite

    Could Win: Pain and Glory

    DOCUMENTARY

    Will Win: For Sama

    Could Win: Apollo 11

    ANIMATED FILM

    Will Win: Toy Story 4

    Could Win: Klaus

    DIRECTOR

    Will Win: Sam Mendes – 1917

    Bong Joon-Ho – Parasite

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Will Win: Parasite

    Could Win: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Will Win: Little Women

    Could Win: Jojo Rabbit

    LEADING ACTRESS

    Will Win: Renee Zellweger – Judy

    Could Win: Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story

    LEADING ACTOR

    Will Win: Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

    Could Win: Taron Egerton – Rocketman

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Will Win: Laura Dern – Marriage Story

    Could Win: Florence Pugh – Little Women

    SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Will Win: Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Could Win: Joe Pesci – The Irishman

    ORIGINAL SCORE

    Will Win: Joker

    Could Win: 1917

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Will Win: 1917

    EDITING

    Will Win: Le Mans’ 66 (Ford v Ferrari in North America)

    Could Win: Joker

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Will Win: 1917

    Could Win: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    COSTUME DESIGN

    Will Win: Little Women

    Could Win: Jojo Rabbit

    MAKE UP & HAIR

    Will Win: Rocketman

    Could Win: Bombshell

    SOUND

    Will Win: 1917

    Could Win: Le Mans’ 66

    SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

    Will Win: Avengers: Endgame

    Could Win: 1917