The USC Libraries have named the finalists for the current edition of the award that honors the 2018 best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. Seems this year the award that helps to predict/guess the Oscar Adapted screenplay winner could fail to so as there are several major Oscar contenders that did not make the cut.Chaired by USC Professor and past president of the Writers Guild of America, West, Howard Rodman, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose the finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 TV adaptations.
After last year outstanding seven nominees -due to a tie- this year the award goes back to the usual five nominations, so there was no space for scripts with high buzz like BlacKkKlansman and First Man. Then A Star is Born is not eligible for the Scripters as it is not based on a published source. Out of the Scripter nominees, Can You Ever Forgive Me? and If Beale Could Talk are considered front-runners for an Oscar nomination.
These are the nominees
Ryan Coogle and Joe Robert Cole for Black Panther, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider for The Death of Stalin, based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin
Barry Jenkins and author James Baldwin for If Beale Street Could Talk
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for Leave No Trace based on the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock
To check all nominees go official site here. Awards ceremony will be on February 9 in the USC Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.