So the Writers Guild has announced its annual nominations for the best original and adapted screenplays of the year. They came in as follows:
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Big Sick
- Get Out
- I, Tonya
- Lady Bird
- The Shape of Water
Missing from the list was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which wasn't eligible with the guild and not expected to show up, but it almost certainly will at the Oscars. Either in place of The Big Sick or I, Tonya. Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread was another dark horse contender that missed. The big surprise here though was the omission of The Post, which was eligible and plainly snubbed. The movie missed SAG noms and now the WGA in favor of I, Tonya, a film that's showing more strength so far than people thought. The Post is still a timely, well-reviewed Spielberg movie though, so it could easily show up in the Oscar nominations.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Call Me By Your Name
- The Disaster Artist
- Logan
- Molly's Game
- Mudbound
Hey, Logan got nominated! The WGA seems to have a yearly tradition now of nominating at least one of the well received blockbuster superhero movies for screenplay, even though the movie never goes anywhere with the Oscars after that. Looks like Logan got that honor this year. The rest of these were more or less expected, as most of the best picture contenders are in original this year. I'm hopeful that Mudbound, one of my favorites of the year, will at least get a couple of Oscar nods, this one included.
