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2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (February)

Erik Anderson February 17, 2021

Pretty big snub by for Da 5 Bloods by the Writers Guild of America this week, but then, the WGA has only ever nominated Spike... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (January)

Erik Anderson January 27, 2021

Promising Young Woman now stands as the leader for critics’ awards in original screenplay, with an even bigger lead when you add groups that don’t... 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: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December)

Erik Anderson December 22, 2020

One of the contentious of the major categories, Original Screenplay is so full of exciting, bracing content it’s practically bursting at the seams. I’ve begun... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)

Erik Anderson November 25, 2020

Things are looking promising… Emerald Fennell’s visceral and brilliant screenplay for Promising Young Woman made some commotion last week as another wave of critics screenings... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)

Erik Anderson October 20, 2020

Like Adapted Screenplay, things are verrry quiet on the Original Screenplay front. So quiet I haven’t made any changes. That’s odd, right? It’s a pretty... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)

Erik Anderson September 29, 2020

A heavily male-dominated category this season (but then, when isn’t it?) and with a frontrunner so clear and so far out ahead it almost makes... 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

Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Erik Anderson February 6, 2020

The screenplay categories, and especially original, have the widest range of winners across the multiple precursors leading up to the Oscar of any field in... Read More