The WGA has written out the film nominations for its 2023 Writers Guild Awards, spanning original, adapted and documentary screenplays. See the full list below.
10.01.2023 - 01:21 / deadline.com
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
To eat or not to eat? That is the question posed to a group of affluent diners in the twisted culinary satire The Menu. The Searchlight Pictures film directed by Mark Mylod follows an esteemed, award-winning chef named Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes) during the celebratory last night at his five-star island restaurant Hawthorne. Enticed by the exclusivity of the mysterious island eatery are several high-profile guests including a washed-up movie star, three annoying tech bros, an elderly couple, a famed food critic, an over-enthused foodie (Nicholas Hoult) and his morose girlfriend (Anya Taylor-Joy). They await a personalized multi-course menu that, to their horror, grows increasingly more exploitative and violent than the last.
The sharp script penned by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy provides biting commentary about how obscene wealth can corrupt and blind people to reality. In a darkly funny scene between Slowik and a highly educated diner, the chef simply admits to wanting to kill her because she was able to graduate from Brown without accruing student loans.
“One of the things I’m most proud of in The Menu is you can view it through a whole lot of different lenses,” Mylod told Deadline. “It’s a really fun ride, but there is that social bite to it, and I hope it’s not quite as straightforward as ‘eat the rich.’ At least for me, the most interesting items are about the individual characters, and how their whole value system is being perverted, eaten and twisted.”
The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and has since garnered acting nominations for both Fiennes and
The WGA has written out the film nominations for its 2023 Writers Guild Awards, spanning original, adapted and documentary screenplays. See the full list below.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYEverything Everywhere All At Once, Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert; A24The Fabelmans, Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner; Universal PicturesThe Menu, Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy; Searchlight PicturesNope, Written by Jordan Peele; Universal PicturesTár, Written by Todd Field; Focus FeaturesADAPTED SCREENPLAYBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Story by Ryan Coogler, Based on the Marvel Comics; Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Written by Rian Johnson; NetflixShe Said, Screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Based on the New York Times Investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the Book She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey; Universal PicturesTop Gun: Maverick, Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Based on Characters Created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.; Paramount PicturesWomen Talking, Screenplay by Sarah Polley, Based upon the Book by Miriam Toews; Orion Pictures/MGMDOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY2nd Chance, Written by Ramin Bahrani; Showtime Documentary FilmsDownfall: The Case Against Boeing, Written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester; NetflixLast Flight Home, Written by Ondi Timoner; MTV Documentary FilmsMoonage Daydream, Written by Brett Morgen; Neon¡Viva Maestro!, Written by Theodore Braun; Greenwich Entertainment
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Editor’s note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
Editor’s note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.