The executive committee of the Academy's writers branch made the same decision for Ava DuVernay's script that it made for Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' script. By Scott Feinberg Executive ...

What exactly is an adapted screenplay? Is it based on a book? An experience? What about an eponymous doll with a penchant for pink? These are the big questions the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...

As usual, the adapted screenplay competish was fierce, with three previous winners, a two-time nominee and a rising talent making the final cut. Joel and Ethan Coen already have Oscars socked away, ...

The original/adapted question has always been slippery for the Academy Awards. By Steven Zeitchik, The Associated Press Three years ago, the Academy surprised a lot of people when it ruled that ...

American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson is officially an Oscar winner — and he’s pleading with Hollywood studios to give more up and coming creatives a shot at their own golden statuette. While accepting ...

The USC Libraries Scripter Awards, a major bellwether for the Best Adapted Screenplay category at the Academy Awards (they ...

The Oscars celebrate excellence in the world of filmmaking, and the people who write the stories and scripts are a huge part of it. Variety exclusively reported “Barbie” would be campaigned for best ...

There’s a way to classify screenplays for Oscar consideration that would reward creativity and make much more sense. Unlike the current system. Critic’s Notebook There’s a way to classify screenplays ...

Aaron Sorkin cites Network scribe Paddy Chayefsky as he accepts his Oscar for best adapted screenplay for The Social Network. David Fincher “made the movie of any screenwriter’s dreams,” he says, ...

Inspired by George Miller, and building off his documentary “Hale County,” Ross details why his orthodox process of adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel started out wordless. “One idea Joss [producer ...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races. Noah Baumbach brings his idiosyncratic sensibilities ...