The 2020 Writers Guild Awards nominees have been announced and they contain a mix of mainstream hits and award season favorites that have been a part of the conversation for quite some time now.
The Original Screenplay category offers up a little bit of everything with nominees that include Universal’s 1917, UA’s Booksmart, Lionsgate’s Knives Out, Netflix’s Marriage Story and Neon’s South Korean film Parasite. If you’re wondering why Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is not included here, especially after its Golden Globe in for Best Screenplay, it’s because the movie was ineligible for the Writers Guild Awards, along with films like The Farewell and Pain and Glory, for not being made under the guild’s watch while adhering to the WGA’s Minimum Basic Agreement bargaining accord. Tarantino has also never joined the WGA.
The Adapted Screenplay category includes TriStar’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Netflix’s The Irishman, Fox Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit, Warner Bros’ Joker, and Sony’s Little Women. Films such as The Two Popes and Hustlers, which campaigned as Original Screenplays for the WGA and didn’t make the cut, will campaign in the Oscar race in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Amid the abbreviated 2020 awards season, WGA winners will be announced Saturday, February 1, at dual ceremonies in the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan. Check out the full list of nominees below.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1917, Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns; Universal Pictures
Booksmart, Written by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins and Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman; United Artists Releasing
Knives Out, Written by Rian Johnson; Lionsgate
Marriage Story, Written by Noah Baumbach; Netflix
Parasite, Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, Story by Bong Joon Ho; Neon
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster, Inspired by the Article “Can You Say…Hero?” by Tom Junod; TriStar Pictures
The Irishman, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian, Based upon the Book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt; Netflix
Jojo Rabbit, Screenplay by Taika Waititi, Based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens; Fox Searchlight
Joker, Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver, Based on Characters from DC Comics; Warner Bros. Pictures
Little Women, Screenplay by Greta Gerwig, Based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott; Sony Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Citizen K, Written by Alex Gibney; Greenwich Entertainment
Foster, Written by Mark Jonathan Harris; HBO Documentary Films
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People, Written by Robert Seidman & Oren Rudavsky; First Run Features
The Kingmaker, Written by Lauren Greenfield; Showtime Documentary Films
