Writers Guild DQ major contenders from their awards ballot
WGA Rules Out Potential Oscar Nominees ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’, ‘Poor Things’, ‘Zone Of Interest’, ‘All Of Us Strangers’; Places ‘Barbie’ In Original Screenplay On Ballot https://t.co/8AJzp4VGAc
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 22, 2024
The Writer's Guild has announced which scripts are ineligible for their awards and as usual, major award contenders across the board will be left out.
In the Original Screenplay category, Oscar frontrunner and Golden Globe winner Anatomy of a Fall will not be able to nab a nomination. Neither will The Boy and The Heron, A Thousand and One, or Fallen Leaves. But Barbie will, as the guild has placed it in this category, unlike the Academy. So, too, has Origin, despite being based on and inspired by the book Caste.
In Adapted Screenplay, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest, All of Us Strangers, Across the Spider-Verse, and Society of the Snow are among the ineligible group.
The WGA does not allow any script for movies not produced under its Minimum Basic Agreement or a collective bargaining agreement with affiliated countries to compete.
Nominations for the WGA Awards will not be announced until February 21, almost a full month after Oscar nominations, which are announced tomorrow morning at 8:30am Eastern Time. Its own awards ceremony won't take place until April 14, another month after the Oscar ceremony.
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