Black Panther makes the cut for the Scripter award
The USC Scripter award is a prestigious prize for an adapted screenplay that awards the script AND its source material. Since 2010, the Oscar for adapted screenplay has gone to the winner of this award, so it’s a pretty massive snub that the supposed Oscar frontrunner, BlacKkKlansman, didn’t even make it in here. Maybe it doesn’t mean anything, maybe it’s time for that stat to be broken again, but on the other hand, Beale Street did snag the Critics Choice award for its screenplay the other day. Hmmm. Some other surprise nominees here include Leave No Trace and The Death of Stalin, though I’ve always believed Death of Stalin would get an Oscar nomination in this category.
USC SCRIPTER HONOREES
Black Panther, based on the character created by Stan Lee
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, based on the book by Lee Israel
The Death of Stalin, based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin
If Beale Street Could Talk, based on the novel by James Baldwin
Leave No Trace, based on the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock
VFX SOCIETY NOMINEES
Ready Player One is a deserving nominee for that Shining scene alone
The visual effects guild weighed in with their choices for best effects of the year, with Avengers: Infinity War leading the way with 6 nods overall (I’m only posting the main three categories). It’s very odd to me that neither Aquaman nor Black Panther was acknowledged here, and I honestly don’t know what to expect of the Oscar nominees in this category. They might be very different. Are Welcome to Marwen and Solo really going to get in for this?
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Welcome to Marwen
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
12 Strong
Bird Box
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Outlaw King
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
