Aaron Sorkin and Christopher Nolan have won again as the screenplays for the film’s The Social Network and Inception won best adapted screenplay and best original screenplay repectively.
This is major kudos for both screenwriters as this could pave the way for Oscar gold as the WGA awards give a major indicator fo the Academy Awards, which take place at the end of this month. However, a notable absentee from this year’s WGA nominations was The King’s Speech, something that was acknowledged in Nolan’s acceptance speech. The British writer, director and producer of Inception ‘incredible honour’, but said it would have meant more if ‘certain other screenplays’ had been nominated, possibly referring to the aforementioned Tom Hooper movie. The King’s Speech is nominated in the Best Original Screenplay category at the Oscars, which could give Inception a run for its money. The film was ruled ineligible for the WGA awards.
Saturday’s WGA awards were announced at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles last night.
Sorkin, who adapted Ben Mezrich’s The Accidental Billionaires, said: “I wrote a good screenplay, but David Fincher made a great movie.”
Peter Morgan received an award for television drama The Special Relationship.
Television honours went to Mad Men, Modern Family and Boardwalk Empire.
