With Award Season now knocking on our doors, we’ve seen the Writers Guild of America throw their film nominations into the pot, for all the ceremony itself will stay virtual for this year. The WGA awards are always a little different, as their eligibility criteria vary from standard. Who has the nod and who doesn’t? Entertainment attorney Brandon Blake lets us in on the nominations.
March 20th Ceremony
Winners will be announced on March 20th, through a virtual ceremony that will also be the last major award show before the Oscars itself. Nominees were chosen from an eligibility period that ran from March 1st, 2021 to December 31st, 2021.
You will notice that some surprising contenders are missing. The WGA has some unique rules for nomination, and nominees have to have been produced under the Minimum Basic Agreement with the WGA to be eligible. This means that we won’t see some hot contenders nominated here, including Power of the Dog and Belfast, two films that have attracted a lot of attention and are seen as Oscar front-runners.
Key Nominations
We at Blake & Wang P.A congratulate all nominees, of course, but there’s a few key categories to keep an eye on. Here’s what you should know:
Original Screenplay
This year we see these nominees:
Being the Ricardos
- Don’t Look Up
- The French Dispatch
- King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Adapted Screenplay
Here’s the top 5 for an adapted screenplay:
- CODA
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- Tick, Tick….BOOM!
- West Side Story
Best Documentary:
Key nominees here include:
- Exposing Muybridge
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Being Cousteau
It will be interesting to see how the nominees fare, especially with two key Awards Season favorites out of the running. We will be here to let you know how the ceremony goes down, as well as confirm the winners, so check back often.
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