As you fine folks all must know by now and be sick of hearing from me, it’s one thing entirely to read early Academy Award predictions in order to see what pundits like myself think will happen this winter, but it’s a whole separate thing to actually know something about who and what will be in contention. To help out in that specific regard, I’m continuing to run down some of the major contenders in each Oscar category in order to prep you all for the season to come. Basically, the format will have me saying a few words about what or who I feel are the top tier contenders right now in said categories, along with a longer list afterwards of many of the other hopefuls that the Academy might potentially take a shine to. Consider this a sort of before the awards season cheat sheet to have in your back pocket.
Today I’m continuing on from the acting categories and hitting the writing ones…starting with Best Adapted Screenplay.
Here are the ten particular films/scripts that I have in play for Best Adapted Screenplay, with the top five cracking the unofficial lineup at this point:
1. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – One of the de facto clear early frontrunners is here is this script from Jean-Christophe Castelli. Ang Lee’s film is a definite Best Picture possibility, so Best Adapted Screenplay has to be heavily in the conversation as well. If you had to place a bet on an adaptation to take it right now, this is certainly an option you couldn’t be argued with for making.
2. Silence – By and large, I suspect most predictions at this point have the winner being Jay Cocks’ screenplay for this long brewing Martin Scorsese passion project. I have it as the main runner up right now, but if you were to claim it as the pole position script, I wouldn’t argue. It’s a 1/1A type situation, and part of the main heavy hitters in the category. Clearly, you shouldn’t bet against it right now.
3. Nocturnal Animals – I’m not the only one bullish on the potential of this screenplay from Tom Ford, who also directs. Ford is more thought of as a director than a writer, but this could change that. If it’s as strong a work as we all are hoping it is, it’ll be a contender to be reckoned with. Stay tuned [...]
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