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 campai…
Why are biopics based on historical figures allowed to compete in original?
The most prominent example is Rian Johnson’s whodunit mystery series “Knives Out” , nominated for original, and last year’s hit sequel “Glass Onion” being recognized for adapted screenplay. That’s due to the central detective character Benoit Blanc returning to the film, although it does not reference its successor, and is a brand-new case to unpack.
Stephen Gaghan’s “Syriana” , based on the memoir “See No Evil” by Robert Baer, was moved from adapted to original, given the film’s numerous differences from the source material. That didn’t stop the Academy from keeping Tony Kushner’s “Lincoln” , loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” or Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” , based on the 1927 novel “Oil” by Upton Sinclair in adapted.
I’d also argue this ties into the “Zola” question as well. The Janicza Bravo dark comedy based on the Twitter thread about a girl’s impromptu road trip was campaigned for adapted, which cited the tweets and the magazine article that was written about it. How does social media fit into the future of screenwriting?The answer to this debate likely lies in two potential solutions.
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