Best Adapted Screenplay. April 2022

[Kostas]

New season starts after another ends. So this is the list from the new names entering the race.

[Bondsocial]

Adapted Screenplay

ERIC ROTH (7: 1)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+/Paramount)

CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON (3: 2) & FLORIAN ZELLER (1: 1)
- The Son (SPC)

SARAH POLLEY (1: 0)
- Women Talking (MGM)

REBECCA LENKIEWICZ
- She Said (Universal)

MARTIN MCDONAGH (4: 1)
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) / ***Moonlight’s situation - work from unproduced play from Aran Islands trilogy?***

Alts.

The Whale (A24)
White Noise (Netflix)
Poor Things (Searchlight)
Next Goal Wins (Searchlight)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)

[Hoster1]

Killers of the Flower Moon - Eric Roth (Apple TV+)
Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos (Searchlight)
The Son - Florian Zeller & Christopher Hampton (Sony Pictures Classics)
White Noise - Noah Baumbach (Netflix)
Women Talking - Sarah Polley (MGM/UA)

[bluerose]

For a screenwriter I don’t think is that great Eric Roth certainly stacks up the nominations

[Cinesnatch]

1. The Son
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Poor Things
4. Women Talking
5. The Greatest Beer Run Ever

(The Banshee of Inisherin Adapted?)

6. Living
7. The Whale
8. Lady Chatterley's Lover
9. The Batman
10. White Noise

[DeoGame]

I've read a few of these texts already.

Do not underestimate The Wonder. The story is good and Leilo and his co-writer are very talented.

But especially do not underestimate The Pale Blue Eye. While the book itself suffers from an overload of purple prose, the story and characters are positively brilliant. The final act, in particular, is ballsy, surprising and impactful. Mystery crowd's gonna adore this provided Cooper doesn't fuck it up. Author Bayard handed him a potential genre classic on a silver platter.

[luckycloud]

Killers of the Flower Moon
Women Talking
The Son
The Banshees of Inisherin
She Said

Poor Things
White Noise
The Whale
Next Goal Wins
All Quiet on the Western Front

[Nora]

Across the River and Into the Trees
All Quiet in the Western Front
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Avatar 2
Blonde
Bones & All
The Burial
Call Jane
Carmen
Corner Office
Crimes of the Future
Every Note Played
Fair Fight
Flamin' Hot
The Good Nurse
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Happening
Jerry and Marge Go Large
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Living
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
My Policeman
Next Goal Wins
The Northman
Le Otto Montagne
Persuasion
The Pale Blue Eye
Poor Things
Red, White and Water
She Said
Spaceman of Bohemia
The Son
Spoiler Alert
Text for You
Three Thousand Years of Longing
The Whale
White Noise
Wicked
Women Talking
The Wonder
The Zone of Interest

[kitkat]

Poor Things has all the makings of a winner, the book has a pretty unique structure, its dialogue heavy and leans comedic which they seem to love in screenplay.

White Noise was totally not my cup of tea as a book but I could see it working better as an adaptation. Looooots of dialogue (way too much in the book imo) about philosophical stuff.

The Wonder is a straightforward novel.. not sure I see that getting in unless the movie is a massive player.

Still have to read Women Talking.

[Nora]

18 contenders:

All Quiet in the Western Front
Bones & All
The Burial
Flamin' Hot
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Happening
Jerry and Marge Go Large
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Living
Next Goal Wins
Le Otto Montagne
The Pale Blue Eye
Poor Things
The Son
Three Thousand Years of Longing
The Whale
White Noise