Boyhood, Whiplash, Guardians of Galaxy get Writers Guild Award nominations: Independent films Boyhood and Whiplash as well as superhero blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy received Writers Guild Awards nominations on Wednesday in one of Hollywoods top annual honors. Boyhood, a coming-of-age chronicle and early Academy Award best picture favorite, earned a nod for best original screenplay for director Richard Linklater from the Writers Guild of America. The movie, which Linklater filmed over a dozen years, will vie against wresting biopic Foxcatcher by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, as well as jazz drummer tale Whiplash by director Damien Chazelle. Also scoring nominations in the original screenplay category were idiosyncratic period comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel for Hugo Guinness and director Wes Anderson, and noir drama Nightcrawler for director Dan Gilroy. Guardians of the Galaxy, Walt Disney Cos Marvel superhero action flick and 2014s top-grossing film, earned a surprise nomination for director James Gunn and Nicole Perlman for adapted screenplay. It will go up against American Sniper, Jason Halls script for Clint Eastwoods Iraq war story, and biopic Wild by British author Nick Hornby. Thriller Gone Girl, which was written by Gillian Flynn, and Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game by Graham Moore also earned adapted screenplay nominations. The scripts for early Oscar contenders Birdman, Selma and The Theory of Everything did not qualify as they were not produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA, which is known for having some of the strictest awards qualifications. The Writers Guild Awards, which are voted on by guild members, have a mixed record of predicting the best screenplay Oscar awards. The Hollywood awards season starts in earnest on Sunday with the annual Golden Globe Awards. Best documentary screenplay nominees are Finding Vivian Maier by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, The Internets Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz by Brian Knappenberger, Last Days in Vietnam by Mark Bailey and Keven McAlester, and Red Army by Gabe Polsky. The awards will be presented at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York on February 14. Television writing nominations were announced last month and led by premium cable network HBO. ReportEntertainmentReutersLos AngelesAaron SwartzAmerican SniperBirdmanBiopicFilmsGolden Globe Awards 2015Clint EastwoodHBOHollywoodindependent filmsIraq warJames GunnMarvelNick HornbyThe Theory of EverythingWalt DisneyRichard LinklaterwritingWritersThe Imitation GameAcademy AwardThursday, 8 January 2015 - 10:31amThursday, 8 January 2015 - 10:31am dnai.in/cwCa6 dnaindia/entertainment/report-boyhood-whiplash-guardians-of-galaxy-get-writers-guild-award-nominations-2050714
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 05:29:15 +0000
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