'CODA' wins Best Adapted Screenplay at WGA Awards. 'Don’t Look Up', 'Succession', and 'Hacks' also win. See the complete list of winners:
Could it be? Could CODA now officially be the front-runner at this week's Academy Awards? The Apple TV+ drama has staged a phenomenal late-period show of strength; after picking up important precursor awards from the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild, CODA also won the Best Adapted Screenplay honor at Sunday's Writers Guild of America awards. The film now has a realistic chance of winning in all three of its nominated categories at the upcoming Oscars.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Written and directed by Siân Heder, CODA is a remake of the 2014 French film La Famille Bélier and tells the coming-of-age story of the only hearing member of a Deaf family. Having swept the Sundance Film Festival honors — it won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast, the Directing Award, the Audience Award, and the Grand Jury Prize — the film was picked up by Apple for a festival record $25 million.
Two honorary awards were also presented during the virtual ceremony. Barry Jenkins won the WGAW's Paul Selvin Award for the episode "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter" of Prime Video's The Underground Railroad. The award is given to "the script that best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties that are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere." Late-night television host Dick Cavett received the WGAE's Evelyn F.
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