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Writers Guild Awards 2019: Nominees Include A Quiet Place, Black Panther

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By AJ Caulfield/

The Writers Guild of America announced on Monday the list of nominees for its upcoming awards ceremony, scheduled to air on Sunday, February 17. Included on the list are films and television series that have made huge waves this year — like John Krasinski's horror breakout A Quiet Place and Marvel Studios' record-smashing superhero film Black Panther, the former of which earned a nomination for Best Original Screenplay and the latter of which scored a nod for Best Adapted Screenplay. 

Contending with A Quiet Place for Best Original Screenplay are Bo Burnham's touching directorial debut Eighth Grade and the Golden Globe-winning films Green Book, Roma, and Vice. Up against Black Panther in the Adapted Screenplay category are Spike Lee's John David Washington and Adam Driver-led film BlackKklansman, the Nicole Holofcener-written drama Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk, and A Star Is Born, the Lady Gaga-starrer penned by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters. 

On the television side of things, the WGA nominated The Americans, Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, and Succession for Best Drama Series, and selected Donald Glover's Atlanta, the Bill Hader-topped show Barry, the hilarious and heartfelt Netflix original GLOW, NBC's always-entertaining The Good Place, and the Amazon Prime original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for Best Comedy Series. 

Streaming sites continued to scoop up accolades down the list of 2019 Writers Guild Awards nominees, with Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House, Maniac, Orange Is the New Black, Santa Clarita Diet, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt all earning nods in different categories. Hulu's Castle Rock picked up one as well, as did its Elisabeth Moss-led drama series The Handmaid's Tale. 

Many are taking Black Panther's nomination here as a sign that the MCU movie's chances at earning an Academy Award nomination this year are getting better by the minute. We don't disagree, and we'd certainly be thrilled to see the superhero film soar to new heights by taking home a shiny gold Oscar on Sunday, February 24 — especially after the film left the 2019 Golden Globes empty-handed. For now, though, we're going to focus on the Writers Guild Awards, crossing our fingers, toes, legs, and arms in hopes that Black Panther will earn the Best Adapted Screenplay accolade on February 17. 

Discover the films, television series, and video games up for Writers Guild Awards in the list below. 

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Eighth Grade, Written by Bo Burnham; A24
  • Green Book, Written by Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly; Universal Pictures
  • A Quiet Place, Screenplay by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski, Story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck; Paramount Pictures
  • Roma, Written by Alfonso Cuarón; Netflix
  • Vice, Written by Adam McKay; Annapurna Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • BlackKklansman, Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee, Based on the book by Ron Stallworth; Focus Features
  • Black Panther, Written by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Based on the book by Lee Israel; Fox Searchlight
  • If Beale Street Could Talk, Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Based on the novel by James Baldwin; Annapurna Pictures
  • A Star Is Born, Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters, Based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson, Based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson; Warner Bros.

TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA, AND NEWS NOMINEES

DRAMA SERIES

  • The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Sarah Nolen, Stephen Schiff, Justin Weinberger, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX Networks
  • Better Call Saul, Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC
  • The Crown, Written by Tom Edge, Amy Jenkins, Peter Morgan; Netflix
  • The Handmaid's Tale, Written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman; Hulu
  • Succession, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Jonathan Glatzer, Anna Jordan, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Daniel Zelman; HBO

COMEDY SERIES

  • Atlanta, Written by Ibra Ake, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Taofik Kolade, Jamal Olori, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX Networks
  • Barry, Written by Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Liz Sarnoff, Ben Smith, Sarah Solemani; HBO
  • GLOW, Written by Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Carly Mensch, Marquita Robinson, Kim Rosenstock, Sascha Rothchild, Rachel Shukert; Netflix
  • The Good Place, Written by Megan Amram, Christopher Encell, Kate Gersten, Cord Jefferson, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Kassia Miller, Dylan Morgan, Matt Murray, Rae Sanni, Daniel Schofield, Michael Schur, Josh Siegal, Jen Statsky, Tyler Straessle; NBC
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Written by Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Jen Kirkman, Sheila Lawrence, Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman Palladino; Prime Video

NEW SERIES

  • Barry, Written by Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Liz Sarnoff, Ben Smith, Sarah Solemani; HBO
  • The Haunting of Hill House, Written by Meredith Averill, Charise Castro Smith, Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard, Rebecca Leigh Klingel, Scott Kosar, Liz Phang; Netflix
  • Homecoming, Written by Micah Bloomberg, Cami Delavigne, Eli Horowitz, Shannon Houston, Eric Simonson, David Wiener; Prime Video
  • Pose, Written by Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk, Todd Kubrak, Janet Mock, Ryan Murphy, Our Lady J; FX Networks
  • Succession, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Jonathan Glatzer, Anna Jordan, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Daniel Zelman; HBO

LONG FORM ORIGINAL

  • Castle Rock, Writers: Marc Bernardin, Scott Brown, Lila Byock, Mark Lafferty, Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason, Gina Welch, Vinnie Wilhelm; Hulu
  • My Dinner with Hervé, Screenplay by Sacha Gervasi, Story by Sacha Gervasi & Sean Macaulay; HBO
  • Paterno, Written by Debora Cahn and John C. Richards; HBO

LONG FORM ADAPTED

  • The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Writers: Maggie Cohn, Tom Rob Smith, Based on the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth; FX Networks
  • The Looming Tower, Writers: Bash Doran, Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Shannon Houston, Adam Rapp, Ali Selim, Lawrence Wright, Based on the book The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright; Hulu
  • Maniac, Writers: Nick Cuse, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amelia Gray, Danielle Henderson, Mauricio Katz, Patrick Somerville, Caroline Williams, Based on the Norwegian television series Maniac by Espen PA Lervaag, Håakon Bast Mossige, Kjetil Indregard and Ole Marius Araldsen; Netflix
  • Sharp Objects, Writers: Ariella Blejer, Scott Brown, Vince Calandra, Gillian Flynn, Dawn Kamoche, Alex Metcalf, Marti Noxon, Based upon the book written by Gillian Flynn; HBO

ANIMATION

  • "Bart's Not Dead" (The Simpsons), Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox
  • "Boywatch" (Bob's Burgers), Written by Rich Rinaldi; Fox
  • "Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now" (Bob's Burgers), Written by Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux; Fox
  • "Krusty the Clown" (The Simpsons), Written by Ryan Koh; Fox
  • "Mo Mommy Mo Problems" (Bob's Burgers), Written by Steven Davis; Fox
  • "Send in Stewie, Please" (Family Guy), Written by Gary Janetti; Fox

EPISODIC DRAMA

  • "Camelot" (Narcos: Mexico), Written by Eric Newman & Clayton Trussell; Netflix
  • "The Car" (This Is Us), Written by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger; NBC
  • "Episode 407" (The Affair), Teleplay by Lydia Diamond and Sarah Sutherland, Story by Jaquen Tee Castellanos and Sarah Sutherland; Showtime
  • "First Blood" (The Handmaid's Tale), Written by Eric Tuchman; Hulu
  • "Paean To The People" (Homeland), Written by Alex Gansa; Showtime
  • "The Precious Blood of Jesus" (Ozark), Written by David Manson; Netflix

EPISODIC COMEDY

  • "Another Place" (Forever), Teleplay by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard, Story by Aniz Adam Ansari; Prime Video
  • "Chapter One: 'Make Your Mark'" (Barry), Written by Alec Berg & Bill Hader; HBO
  • "Halibut!" (Santa Clarita Diet), Written by Victor Fresco; Netflix
  • "Kimmy and the Beest!" (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix
  • "Pilot" (The Kids Are Alright), Written by Tim Doyle; ABC
  • "Who Knows Better Than I" (Orange Is the New Black), Written by Jenji Kohan; Netflix

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES

  • Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Writers: Kristen Bartlett, Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Mike Drucker, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Nicole Silverberg, Melinda Taub; TBS
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; Writers: Tim Carvell, Raquel D'Apice, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Brian Parise, Owen Parsons, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Juli Weiner; HBO
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers; Supervising Writers: Sal Gentile, Seth Reiss; Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovsky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit; NBC Universal
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Head Writers: Jay Katsir, Opus Moreschi; Writers: Emmy Blotnick, Michael Brumm, Aaron Cohen, Stephen T. Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Django Gold, Gabe Gronli, Greg Iwinski, Barry Julien, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Michael Pielocik, Kate Sidley, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack, John Thibodeaux; CBS

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

  • At Home with Amy Sedaris, Writers: Cindy Caponera, Paul Dinello, Jodi Lennon, Meredith Scardino, Amy Sedaris; truTV
  • I Love You, America, Head Writer: Dave Ferguson; Writers: Glenn Boozan, Leann Bowen, Raj Desai, Kyle Dunnigan, John Haskell, Tim Kalpakis, Opeyemi Olagbaju, Gavin Purcell, Diona Reasonover, Jocelyn Richard, Christopher J. Romano, Sarah Silverman, Beth Stelling, Dan Sterling, Nick Wiger; Hulu
  • Nathan For You, Writers: Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central
  • Portlandia, Writers: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Karey Dornetto, Megan Neuringer, Phoebe Robinson, Graham Wagner; IFC
  • Saturday Night Live, Head Writers: Michael Che, Colin Jost, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker; Supervising Writers: Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Streeter Seidell; Writers: James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Megan Callahan, Steven Castillo, Andrew Dismukes, Anna Drezen, Claire Friedman, Alison Gates, Steve Higgins, Sam Jay, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Michael Koman, Alan Linic, Eli Coyote Mandel, Erik Marino, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Nimesh Patel, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Simon Rich, Gary Richardson, Marika Sawyer, Pete Schultz, Mitch Silpa, Will Stephen, Julio Torres, Rachel Wenitsky, Bowen Yang; NBC Universal

VIDEO GAME NOMINEES

VIDEO GAME WRITING

  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Associate Narrative Directors Matthew Zagurak, Joel Janisse, James Richard Mittag; Narrative Director Melissa MacCoubrey; Story by Jonathan Dumont, Melissa MacCoubrey, Hugo Giard; Scriptwriters Madeleine Hart, Betty Robertson, Jesse Scoble, Diana Sherman, Kelly Bender, Jojo Chia, Ian Fun, Zachary M. Parris, Ken Williamson, Daniel Bingham, Jordan Lemos, Simon Mackenzie, Katelyn MacMullin, Susan Patrick, Alissa Ralph, Stephen Rhodes; Team Lead Writer Sam Gill; AI Writers Jonathan Flieger, Kimberly Ann Sparks; Ubisoft Quebec
  • Batman: The Enemy Within, Episode 5-Same Stitch, Lead Writer James Windeler; Written by Meghan Thornton, Ross Beeley, Lauren Mee; Story by Meghan Thornton, Michael Kirkbride; Telltale Games
  • God of War, Written by Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog; Story and Narrative Design Lead Matt Sophos; Story and Narrative Design Richard Zangrande Gaubert; Narrative Design Orion Walker, Adam Dolin; Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Marvel's Spider-Man, Story Lead Jon Paquette; Writers Benjamin Arfmann, Kelsey Beachum; Co-Written by Christos Gage; Additional Story Contributions by Dan Slott; Insomniac Games & Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Narrative Designers Alex Scokel, Eric Fenstermaker, Kate Dollarhyde, Megan Starks, Olivia Veras, Paul Kirsch; Additional Writing Tony Evans, John Schmautz, Casey Hollingshead, Nitai Poddar; Narrative Design Leads Carrie Patel, Josh Sawyer; Obsidian Entertainment

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