Will ‘I Play Rocky’ Compete in Best Adapted Screenplay or Best Original Screenplay?

I Play Rocky is shaping up to be an Oscar contender, with most of their category placement decisions being fairly obvious. However, the film does have one question mark, and that’s where Peter Gamble‘s screenplay will compete. Initially, it seemed like a Best Original Screenplay player. Now, however, there’s rumbling about a potential classification instead in Best Adapted Screenplay. Even Amazon MGM hasn’t settled on a spot, let alone the Academy or other voting bodies. Read on for more.

According to Variety, there are ongoing discussions about whether I Play Rocky will ultimately end up in Adapted Screenplay or Original Screenplay. Again, Gamble conceived the screenplay without source material, which fits with other past Original nominees. On the other hand, the characters within the film are established IP, which fits with prior Adapted nominees. So, the ultimate decision is still to come, but the deadline is today to submit Official Screen Credits (or OSC) forms to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 99th Academy Awards. Now, we wait.

Source: Variety