USC Scripter Award Nominees Revealed

Moments ago, the nominations from the USC Scripter Awards were announced. Of course, this precursor is tied into Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars, so keep that in mind. Competing in the film category are James Mangold and Jay Cocks for A Complete Unknown, Peter Straughan for Conclave, RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys, Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar and Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield for Sing Sing, and Chris Sanders for The Wild Robot. The winner will be revealed at the 37th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony on February 22nd.

Here are the USC Scripter Award nominees:

Film

• James Mangold and Jay Cocks for A Complete Unknown based on the nonfiction book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald.
• Peter Straughan for Conclave based on the novel by Robert Harris.
• RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys based on the book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (screenplay and story) and Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield (story) for Sing Sing based on the Esquire magazine article The Sing Sing Follies by John H. Richardson.
• Screenwriter Chris Sanders and novelist Peter Brown for The Wild Robot.

Television

• Richard Gadd for the sixth episode of Baby Reindeer based on his stage play of the same name.
• Steven Zaillian for “V Lucio,” the fifth episode of Ripley, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith.
• Joshua Zetumer for the episode “The People in the Dirt” from Say Nothing, based on the nonfiction book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe.
• Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks for “Anjin,” the first episode of Shogun, based on the novel by James Clavell.
• Will Smith for the episode “Hello Goodbye,” from Slow Horses, based on the novel Spook Street by Mick Herron.