Of the two Screenplay categories at the Oscars, one is more prestigious than the other. While an adapted screenplay is great and creative, it still has an original medium and plan to go off of. However, the original screenplay is a far more significant award because it is straight from the writer’s brain to the screen. This year at the Oscars, there are many great Best Original Screenplay contenders that all have a potential shot at winning the coveted award.
This year could finally be the year that Pixar wins in this category for their beautifully created and written Inside Out. Tarantino is back with more fire than ever for his new Hateful Eight film that has had more rumors attached to it than just about any other art-house film.
Here are my predictions for the Best Original Screenplay nominations:
Spotlight- Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer
Inside Out- Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
The Hateful Eight- Quentin Trantino
Bridge of Spies- Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Straight Outta Compton- Jonathan Herman & Andrea Berloff, Alan Wenkus & Leigh Savidge
While none of these are shoe-ins of course, these can be said with a pretty safe assumption that they will be nominated.
Also, keep an eye out for Straight Outta Compton because it could be picking up more than just a few nominations.
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