The movies “CODA” and “Don’t look up” won the awards for best adapted screenplay and best original screenplay, respectively, at the American Writers Guild Awards (WGA) last Sunday, March 20.
“This is a real and legitimate emotion,” “Don’t Look Up” writer-director Adam McKay said in a pre-recorded speech. The favorites for the Oscar 2022 in best screenplay: “Belfast”, “The worst person in the world”, “The power of the dog” and “The lost daughter” did not enter the competitionnot being written under a negotiation agreement with the WGA.
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“CODA”, whose authorship is in charge of Siân Heder, surpassed “Dune”, “Nightmare Alley”, “West side story” or “Tick, tick… Boom!”, nominated for best adapted screenplay. For its part, “Don’t look up”, written by McKay, took the award for best original screenplay over “The French Dispatch of the Liberty”, “King Richard”, “Licorice Pizza” and “Being the Ricardos”.
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With “CODA” beating “The Power of the Dog” at the Producers Guild Awards, its popularity has increased, in addition to a recent win at the BAFTAs, where it beat “The Power of the Dog,” one of America’s favorite films. take home an Oscar 2022. This has given him the opportunity to be one of the biggest names to win a best screenplay award.
For this year’s edition of the Academy Awards, “Don’t look up” arrives with nominations for best picture, best original screenplay, best soundtrack and best editing. After winning at the WGA, voters have one more option to give him the award for Netflix’s end of the world satire. Without a doubt, it comes as the surprise of the week.
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