AwardsWatch - adapted screenplay

FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Erik Anderson March 10, 2021

Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Father feel like an immovable top 4, even as three of them are adapted... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (February)

Erik Anderson February 17, 2021

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) pulled a few surprises this week, giving The White Tiger a significant boost. While some films were ineligible at... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (January)

Erik Anderson January 27, 2021

The smallest of moves in the top 10 this month, but an important one, with One Night in Miami and The Father switching spots. The... Read More

Kemp Powers (’One Night in Miami,’ ‘Soul’) could join an elite group and make Oscar history

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Kemp Powers (’One Night in Miami,’ ‘Soul’) could join an elite group and make Oscar history

Erik Anderson January 19, 2021

Playwright and screenwriter Kemp Powers could make Oscar history this year, in more ways than one. As a co-screenwriter of the animated Pixar film Soul,... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (December)

Erik Anderson December 22, 2020

Someone’s on the mooove. I regret nothing. First Cow enters the top 5 this month on the strength of its New York Film Critics Circle... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (November)

Erik Anderson November 25, 2020

It may only be November but this is a category that feels…dare I say, almost locked? There’s certainly some room, especially for that 5th spot,... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (October)

Erik Anderson October 20, 2020

Very little movement this month in Adapted Screenplay, which feels surprisingly solid with this top five. But, it’s still early, all things considered. Netflix’s Ma... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (September)

Erik Anderson September 29, 2020

One of the more competitive categories this season and one packed with stage to screen adaptations by the playwrights themselves like Florian Zeller’s The Father... Read More

2021 Oscars: The Screenplay Contenders (February)

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

Check out a full list below of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay contenders and my current top 10 (in alphabetical order) for February.... Read More