Woah! GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Nabs A WGA Nomination

Woah! GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Nabs A WGA Nomination

Well, this is a nice surprise. The Writers Guild Of America announced its nominees for best theatrical and documentary screenplay, and Marvel's space adventure has scored a nomination for Best Adapted screenplay. Click on to find out what other movies are in the running...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 07, 2015 11:01 AM EST
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Marvel movies are always very popular with general audiences, and usually most critics too -- but they very rarely get any awards recognition outside of special effects categories. This morning the Writers Guild of America announced its nominees, and Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy (written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman) has been nominated for best Adapted Screenplay. The rest of the nominees are not so out of left field, and include the likes of Nightcrawler, Gone Girl and Boyhood (full list below). Not bad for a bunch of intergalactic a-holes! This is certainly a very pleasant surprise, so let us know what you think in the usual place.



Original Screenplay:
Boyhood - Written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher - Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Written by Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler - Written by Dan Gilroy
Whiplash - Written by Damien Chazelle

Adapted Screenplay:
American Sniper - Screenplay by Jason Hall; Based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn; Based on her own novel
Guardians of the Galaxy - Screenplay by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman; Based on the Marvel comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
The Imitation Game - Screenplay by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
Wild - Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed

Documentary Screenplay:
Finding Vivian Maier - Written by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz - Written by Brian Knappenberger
Last Days in Vietnam - Written by Mark Bailey & Kevin McAlester
Red Army - Written by Gabe Polsky
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ZeoTV
ZeoTV - 1/7/2015, 11:17 AM
dafuq if GOTG gets one Cap:TWS should get one
Effusion
Effusion - 1/7/2015, 11:19 AM
well i was not expecting this, i hope it wins.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 1/7/2015, 11:21 AM
inb4GuardiansHaters
gmoney0505
gmoney0505 - 1/7/2015, 11:24 AM
They dont know what they were doing with that nom. The movie is cool but gets an adapted screenplay nom when you have the likes of Cap 2 and X-Men: DOFP are far more superior screenplays over GOTG.
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 1/7/2015, 11:24 AM
Guardians has many strengths, the plot and narrative structure wasn't one of them. Pretty standard stuff, its the characterizations that won people over. Good for them regardless!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 1/7/2015, 11:25 AM
Holy crap! I didn't see that coming
Negaduck
Negaduck - 1/7/2015, 11:26 AM
Wow, that's kind of a big deal.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 1/7/2015, 11:27 AM
Nice!! I thought the movie rocked and the story was awesome....
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/7/2015, 11:27 AM
LOL.. and all the Haters gonna poop themselves because of this…

TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2015, 11:32 AM


I agree, Cap/DofP deserves it more.
SageMode
SageMode - 1/7/2015, 11:33 AM
Need I say anything? Speaks for itself.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2015, 11:35 AM
So GOTG got nominated for best adapted screenplay but CA:TWS and X-Men: DOFP didn't?

Tars
Tars - 1/7/2015, 11:36 AM
If anything Cap 2 should have been nominated over this. The screenplay for this film was generic as hell, and I liked the film
thunderforce
thunderforce - 1/7/2015, 11:37 AM
They should make a special super hero movie award since they never win an award for anything else .
FordEl
FordEl - 1/7/2015, 11:37 AM
Theres a lot more deserving and quality films that deserve that spot way before Guardians should be discussed
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/7/2015, 11:37 AM
You kidding me?
eee
eee - 1/7/2015, 11:40 AM
As much as I like GOTG, I'm rooting for the other nominations.

Whiplash, Nightcrawler and Boyhood were incredible.

JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2015, 11:41 AM
If Gone Girl doesn't win best adapted screenplay I'm gonna smack a bitch.
GizmoEl
GizmoEl - 1/7/2015, 11:44 AM
While I don't think it'll win. It's an honor to see it nominated! GO GUNN!
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