Writers Guild Awards Announces Screenwriting Award Nominees

Today the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the 2007 season to be honored at the 2008 Writers Guild Awards held on February 9, 2008, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. That will be very, very interesting! There were 267 films eligible for nomination in the categories of Original Screenplay (164) and Adapted Screenplay (103).

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

JUNO, Written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight MICHAEL CLAYTON, Written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures THE SAVAGES, Written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight KNOCKED UP, Written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, Written by Nancy Oliver, MGM

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, Screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Based on the Novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Based on the Novel Oil by Upton Sinclair, Paramount Vantage THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, Based on the Book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Miramax INTO THE WILD, Screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the Book by Jon Krakauer, Paramount Vantage ZODIAC, Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the Book by Robert Graysmith, Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

THE CAMDEN 28, Written by Anthony Giacchino, First Run Features NANKING, Screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, Story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, THINKFilm NO END IN SIGHT, Written by Charles Ferguson, Magnolia Pictures THE RAPE OF EUROPA, Written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, Menemsha Films SICKO, Written by Michael Moore, Lionsgate/The Weinstein Company TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, Written by Alex Gibney, THINKFilm