As we inch closer and closer to the Oscars, other awards continue to give hints as to what we should expect when the big night arrives.
WhereasThe Shape of WaterandGuillermo del Torolook primed to take home statues for Best Picture and Best Director in the aftermath of the DGA and PGA awards, the SAG awards and Golden Globes point towardFrances McDormand,Sam Rockwell,Allison Janney, andGary Oldmantaking the acting awards.
And if last night’s USC Scripter Awards are any indication, octogenarianJames Ivorynow looks likely to take home Oscar honors for his adapted screenplay forCall Me By Your Name.
The USC Scripter awards have correctly predicted the Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay every year thus far this decade.
The last time that it diverged was in 2009 when USC gave its top film honors toLee Daniels’Preciousin advance ofJason Reitman’sUp in the Airbringing home the gold at the Oscars.
This also happened elsewhere in the aughts -Children of MenoverThe Departedin 2006,CapoteoverBrokeback Mountainin 2005 - but as of 2010, the picks have lined up exactly.
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If a similar break were to happen this year, hopefully the Oscar would be presented toMudboundorLoganoverAaron Sorkin’s mind-numbing script forMolly’s Game.
Here’s the full list of nominees for the 2018 USC Scripter Awards:
Film Adaptation
ScreenwritersScott NeustadterandMichael H. WeberforThe Disaster Artistand authorsGreg SesteroandTom Bissellfor their nonfiction bookThe Disaster Artist:
My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
ScreenwritersScott Frank, Michael GreenandJames Mangoldand authorsRoy Thomas, Len WeinandJohn Romita Sr.,forLogan
ScreenwriterJames Grayand authorDavid GrannforThe Lost City of Z
ScreenwriterAaron Sorkinand authorMolly BloomforMollys Game
ScreenwritersVirgil WilliamsandDee Reesand authorHillary JordanforMudbound
ScreenwriterAllan Heinbergand authorWilliam Moulton MarstonforWonder Woman
Television Adaptation
ScreenwriterSarah Polleyand authorMargaret AtwoodforAlias Grace
David E. Kelleyfor the episode You Get What You Need fromBig Little Liesand authorLiane Moriarty
Noah PinkandKen Billerfor the episode Einstein: Chapter One fromGeniusand authorWalter Isaacsonfor his bookEinstein: His Life and Word
Bruce Millerfor the episode Offred fromThe Handmaids Taleand authorMargaret Atwood WINNER
Peter Landesman, George C. WolfeandAlexander Woofor the television filmThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksand authorRebecca Skloot
Joe PenhallandJennifer Haleyfor Episode 10 ofMindhunterand authors John Douglas and Mark Olshaker for their nonfiction bookMindhunter: Inside the FBIs Elite Serial Crime Unit
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