Woah! GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Nabs A WGA Nomination
Well, this is a nice surprise. The Writers Guild Of America announced its nominees for best theatrical and documentary screenplay, and Marvel's space adventure has scored a nomination for Best Adapted screenplay. Click on to find out what other movies are in the running...
Marvel movies are always very popular with general audiences, and usually most critics too -- but they very rarely get any awards recognition outside of special effects categories. This morning the Writers Guild of America announced its nominees, and Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy (written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman) has been nominated for best Adapted Screenplay. The rest of the nominees are not so out of left field, and include the likes of Nightcrawler, Gone Girl and Boyhood (full list below). Not bad for a bunch of intergalactic a-holes! This is certainly a very pleasant surprise, so let us know what you think in the usual place.
Original Screenplay:
Boyhood - Written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher - Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Written by Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler - Written by Dan Gilroy
Whiplash - Written by Damien Chazelle
Adapted Screenplay:
American Sniper - Screenplay by Jason Hall; Based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn; Based on her own novel
Guardians of the Galaxy - Screenplay by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman; Based on the Marvel comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
The Imitation Game - Screenplay by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
Wild - Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed
Documentary Screenplay:
Finding Vivian Maier - Written by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz - Written by Brian Knappenberger
Last Days in Vietnam - Written by Mark Bailey & Kevin McAlester
Red Army - Written by Gabe Polsky
About The Author:
Mark Cassidy is a writer, photographer, amateur filmmaker, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic from Dublin, Ireland.