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2009 | 2008

8 articles from 2009

‘Milk’ and ‘Slumdog’ Top WGA Awards

8 February 2009 8:46 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

A year after the 100-day writers strike, Writers Guild of America West President Patric Verrone took to the stage to celebrate achievements made following a February 2008 deal with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers.

“This is our future, and we are embracing it,” Verrone told the congregation, citing a handful of projects written for the Internet.  Last year’s ceremony was canceled due to the strike.

Dustin Lance Black won for his original screenplay, Milk, and Simon Beaufoy received the honor for best adapted screenplay, Slumdog Millionaire.  The latter looks poised to win the “Best Picture” Oscar on February 22 after sweeping the awards for the Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and the Golden Globes.

The original screenplay winner has matched the Oscar winner 9 out of the last 14 years.  Last year’s winner was Diablo Cody’s Juno.  The adapted screenplay »

- Jeff Leins

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Allen Lands 19th Screenplay Nomination

7 January 2009 11:16 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Woody Allen has claimed his 19th Writers Guild Awards nomination, while Coen Brothers Ethan and Joel and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button screenwriter Eric Roth have landed their fourth nod.

The Writers Guild of America Award nominations were announced on Wednesday.

Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) will battle the Coens (Burn After Reading), Dustin Lance Black (Milk), Tom McCarthy (The Visitor) and Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) for the Best Original Screenplay honour.

Meanwhile, Roth is in competition with Jonathan and Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) and Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) for the Best Adapted Screenplay prize.

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Chicago 10, Fuel, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and Waltz With Bashir will compete for the Best Documentary Screenplay.

The awards will be presented on 7 February in both Los Angeles and New York.

The WGA West cancelled last year's black-tie ceremony due to the writers strike. »

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'The Dark Knight' Among WGA Awards 2009 Nominees

7 January 2009 7:18 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

"The Dark Knight" has bagged another prestigious awards' nomination. After collecting a nod for its producers from the 20th Producers Guild Awards, the superhero movie starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger earned a 2009 Writers Guild Awards' count for its writers from the Writers Guild of America on Wednesday, January 7.

Contending for the adapted screenplay kudo, "Dark Knight" enlisted its writers team consisting of Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. The trio will be in competition with Eric Roth and Robin Swicord of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", John Patrick Shanley of "Doubt", Peter Morgan of "Frost/Nixon" and Simon Beaufoy of "Slumdog Millionaire".

"Dark Knight" aside, last year WGA Award winners for best adapted screenplay, Joel and Ethan Coen, have once again received a nomination from the WGA. This time, the men behind gritty crime drama "No Country for Old Men" vie for Best Original Screenplay for »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Writers Guild Nominations

7 January 2009 5:44 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Words. I love them. And if you're reading maybe you do, too. Or do I provide too many photoshop goodies to for any wordy appeal. Never mind. Blogger has decided photos are off limits today. No illustrations for you. The Writers Guild have announced their nominations for this film year and they go like so...

Original Screenplay

Burn After Reading, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Milk, Dustin Lance Black

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen

The Visitor, Tom McCarthy

The Wrestler, Robert Siegel

I knew that Woody Allen would eventually show up. One should never bet against him in the Screenplay races. Remarkably he'd been pretty absent up until now in the precursors. This lineup is bad news for both Jenny Lumet's Rachel Getting Married and Courtney Hunt's Frozen River which had been getting precursor attention. After last year's record making Oscar lineup --three female screenwriters were nominated (for Juno, »

- NATHANIEL R

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The Writers Guild Awards Nominations! "The Dark Knight" Among Nominees

7 January 2009 2:13 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

"The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category for the WGA's (Writers Guild Awards) 61st Anniversary awards show.

Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.

What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!

Original Screenplay

Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features

Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company

The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films

The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay »

- Manny

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'Dark Knight' Gets a Screenplay Nod from WGA and Woody Gets His 19th

7 January 2009 1:25 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

The Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) and the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and have offered up The Dark Knight as a legitimate contender for Best Adapted Screenplay by making it one of their five nominees in the category. On top of that my favorite film of the year, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, saw Woody Allen's screenplay nominated for original screenplay along with a few you may not have expected. As Ryan Adams at AwardsDaily points out, this is Woody's 19th WGA nom and could potentially lead to his 15th Best Screenplay Oscar nomination on top of his two Oscar wins. The complete lists for Original, Adapted and Documentary Screenplay noms are below. Winners will be honored at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles. Original Screenplay Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Focus Features Milk, »

- Brad Brevet

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2009 Writers Guild Nominations

7 January 2009 12:33 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

The Writers Guild of America has announced their nominations for outstanding achievements in screen writing during 2008.  The ceremonies will be held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles on February 7, 2009.

It looks like the WGA was a little more careful this year and put the titles in alphabetical order.  Last year the original list was in no particular order other than the obvious “most votes” to “least votes” ranking, which turned out to be true when the statues were awarded to Juno and No Country for Old Men.

Here are the nominees for 2009:

Original Screenplay:

Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen

The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy

The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel

Adapted Screenplay:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord »

- Jeff Leins

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Writers Guild of America Nominations

7 January 2009 12:03 PM, PST | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »

Original Screenplay

Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features

Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company

The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films

The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures

The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures

Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films

Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures

Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Documentary Screenplay

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Written by Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker, InterPositive Media

Chicago 10, Written by Brett Morgen, Roadside Attractions

Fuel, Written by Johnny O'Hara, Greenlight Theatrical / Intention Media

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Screenplay by Alex Gibney, From the Words of Hunter S. Thompson, Magnolia Pictures

Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classics

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- Sasha Stone

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