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This year’s roundtable doesn’t include all the Oscar nominated writers in the Best Screenplay Adaptation category:
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Or all the writers in the Original Screenplay category:
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
But we do have Jordan Peele nominated for Get Out, Aaron Sorkin for his adaptation of Molly’s Game, Emily V. Gordon for The Big Sick, along with non-nominees Fatih Akin (In the Fade), Anthony McCarten—who I’m surprised isn't nominated for Darkest Hour and Darren Aronofsky for mother!—and it’s still very much worth listening to.
Following that, especially for those interested in writing for film, I’ve included the links to read three nominated screenplays via nofilmschool.com. I’m told the single best way to learn to write for the movies isn’t to labor over the hundreds of books on the subject, it’s to read, read, read screenplays. So have at it.
The Disaster Artist, screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Logan, screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, story by James Mangold
Mudbound, screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan
And if you’re missing my usual Saturday Matinee, let me recommend Mudbound, one of this year’s very best films and nominated in four categories.
Best Screenplay by Rees and Williams
Best Supporting Actress~Mary J. Blige
Best Cinematography~Rachel Morrison THE FIRST FEMALE EVER NOMINATED IN THIS CATEGORY!
Best Original Song~Mighty River by Raphael Saadiq, Mary J. Blige and Taura Stinson
Here’s that trailer along with the reminder that Mudbound is available to stream on Netflix.
Oddsmakers are giving it to Get Out for Original Script and Call Me By Your Name for Adapted Screenplay. What screenplay tops your list?
Dee Rees
Michael H. Weber
Mudbound
Scott Neustadter
The Disaster Artist
The Hollywood Reporter Writers Roundtable
Virgil Williams
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