« CODA » wins the award for adapted screenplay, « Hacks » wins for comedy series
The 2022 Writers Guild Awards are being held in a virtual ceremony on Sunday evening by the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East. TheWrap will update the list of winners as they are announced. On the heels of its Producers Guild Award on Saturday, “CODA” kicked off the show by winning the first award of the night, for Best Adapted Screenplay. The category also included “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “tick, tick… BOOM!” and “West Side Story” — but two of the biggest challengers to “CODA” in the Oscar race for adapted screenplay, “The Power of the Dog” and “The Lost Daughter,” were not eligible for the award because of WGA regulations. Television awards included “Hacks” for comedy series (an award for the entire series) and episodes of “Succession” and “The Great” for best episodic drama and comedy, respectively (which are honor for individual episodes). In the longform television categories, “Maid” won for adapted and “Mare of Easttown” for original. Variety category winners included “Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns” for comedy/variety special and “I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson” for comedy/variety sketch series. While about two-thirds of Writers Guild winners have gone on to win the Oscar in recent years, the guild restricts eligibility for its award to screenplays written under the WGA’s minimum basic agreement, or an agreement of one of several affiliated international guilds. That rule often disqualifies scripts that feature heavily in the awards race — not only “The Power of the Dog,” “The Lost Daughter” and “Drive My Car” in adapted screenplay, but also Oscar nominees “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” in the original-screenplay category. In honorary awards, Barry Jenkins received the Paul Selvin Award, Dick Cavett the Evelyn F. Burkey Award and Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award. The virtual ceremony was hosted by Ashley Nicole Black. Here is the complete list of nominees. Winners are indicated by **WINNER. Original Screenplay “Being the Ricardos,” written by Aaron Sorkin “Don’t Look Up,” screenplay by Adam McKay, story by Adam McKay & David Sirota “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun,” screenplay by Wes Anderson, story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman “King Richard,” written by Zach Baylin “Licorice Pizza,” written by Paul Thomas Anderson Adapted Screenplay ** WINNER “CODA”, screenplay by Siân Heder, based on the original motion picture “La Famille Belier” directed by Eric Lartigau, written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Eric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain “Dune,” screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth, based on the novel “Dune” written by Frank Herbert “Nightmare Alley,” screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan, based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham “tick…tick… BOOM!,” screenplay by Steven Levenson, based on the play by Jonathan Larson “West Side Story,” screenplay by Tony Kushner, based on the stage play, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins Documentary Screenplay “Becoming Cousteau,” written by Mark Monroe & Pax Wasserman ** WINNER “Exposing Muybridge,” written by Marc Shaffer “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres,” written by Suzanne Joe Kai Drama Series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Jacey Heldrich, John Herrera, Bruce Miller, Aly Monroe, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman “Loki,” written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron “The Morning Show,” written by Jeff Augustin, Brian Chamberlayne, Kerry Ehrin, Kristen Layden, Erica Lipez, Justin Matthews, Adam Milch, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Torrey Speer, Scott Troy, Ali Vingiano **WINNER “Succession,” written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy “Yellowjackets,” written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells Comedy Series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” written by Larry David, Steve Leff, Carol Leifer, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein ** WINNER “Hacks,” written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky “Only Murders in the Building,” written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky “Ted Lasso,” written by Jane Becker, Ashley N. Black, Leann Bowen, Sasha Garron, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Michael Orton-Toliver, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel “What We Do in the Shadows,” written by Jake Bender, Jemaine Clement, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil,” William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Lauren Wells New Series “Hacks,” written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael H. Schur, Jen Statsky “Loki,” written by Bisha K.
