2013 Oscar Predictions: Best Adapted Screenplay

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• Camilo Caballero | Thu Jan 31 23:15:38 EST 2013Reply

  As much as I loved Lincoln, this award should go to Silver Linings Playbook. Lincoln will most likely get Picture, Director, Actor and possibly Supporting Actor, so SLP should get at least this award. The screenplay was very clever, the characters were fun and interesting, the dialogue was snappy and smart, and probably one of the most original concepts in this category. Argo could win it as well, as probably if it doesn't win Best Picture it won't win anything but a few technical awards, so they might give them this instead

• fuck you | Thu Jan 10 17:13:00 EST 2013Reply

  you think Lincoln seriously deserves it over Silver Linings Playbook and Argo? ARE YOU FUCKING HIGH

• E.T. | Thu Jan 10 16:57:57 EST 2013Reply

  Considering Anna Karenina isn't nominated, maybe you should change the picture in this article

• Rael | Thu Jan 10 04:36:50 EST 2013Reply

  Silver Linings Playbook, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lincoln, Life of Pi, The Beasts of Southern Wild are my favorites...probably Argo, The Sessions, Anna Karenina or Les Miserables for the spoilers.
  
  It is a toss-up between Stephen or David here...I haven't watch SLP, so I would go for TPOBW.

• ello | Wed Jan 09 19:13:38 EST 2013Reply

  The Hobbit is a book (and a very good one at that). Not even on the list. Wow.

• Martin | Tue Jan 08 10:22:36 EST 2013Reply

  Check my predictions on the screenplays at http://www.mondoglam.com/2013/01/predicciones-al-oscar-2013-dos-dias_8.html

• James K | Sun Jan 06 16:16:58 EST 2013Reply

  Lincoln's got this. Silver Lining Playbooks and Argo are in as well. Not very enthusiastic about this category, never have been. I think the last 2 will probably be The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Life of Pi. Beasts of the Southern Wild has a shot as well. Les Miserable's not getting a nomination and neither is On the Road or Skyfall. The Sessions has a longshot.

• Jeremy | Sun Jan 06 06:07:59 EST 2013Reply

  This pisses me off, Argo! Second! Thats bullshit! The script had no charecter development, didn't really move anywhere and didn't build tension until the last scene which didn't add to much. When I write a screenplay I try to make even the blandest charecters interesting and you would be one lying motherfucker if you said the charecters in this weren't bland because they were amoung the blandest ever written on screen. This pisses me off, pisses me right the fuck off! Argo, most over rated movie of 2013, Argo fuck yourself!

• Ross | Sat Jan 05 15:54:24 EST 2013Reply

  Skyfall was an original screenplay. herp derp.

• Zac | Sun Jan 06 17:33:09 EST 2013

  It's a sequel. Herp derp.

• John | Thu Jan 03 22:21:45 EST 2013Reply

  A bit bummed that The Avengers wasn't considered to be a long shot over The Dark Knight Rises

• lol | Fri Jan 04 16:56:39 EST 2013

  lol

• Oscar | Wed Jan 02 06:04:52 EST 2013Reply

  This has been a good year for screen plays. Original and adapted. I was so looking forward to Cloud Atlas. I thought it might be the best film to come out in the last 50 years. Then I went and saw it. So bummed! The only film more confused with itself was Cosmopolis. To be worthy of a nomination the film has to work with an audience. Heaven forbid it makes the studio some money so they can justify hiring the writer again. Snobs always skip right past the successful films of the year even though the population shows up in force. Look at the top 100 grossing films of the year again. There are some gems in there. Skyfall, The Hobbit, Brave, Ted, The Lorax, Wreck it Ralph, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Life of Pi, Lawless and yes, The Avengers! If you think writing The Avengers screenplay was easy. Then why didn't you do it? That film was a smash and sent everybody out of the theaters smiling. It was better than all the Hulks, Thor's and X-Men crap that you're used to. They made it look easy. We were adapted whether we wanted to be or not. Of course there is always the "I hated it because it was so successful kid". Jealously is so attractive.

• JenniferWest | Sat Dec 29 21:37:29 EST 2012Reply

  Argo !

• JenniferWest | Sat Dec 29 21:37:11 EST 2012Reply

  Argo !

• George | Wed Dec 26 09:30:19 EST 2012Reply

  How come no ones mentioned the great gatsby? Surely that will be one to watch

• John | Sat Dec 29 00:35:44 EST 2012

  Because the film is in 2013

• BOO | Wed Dec 19 11:09:36 EST 2012Reply

  I hope it goes to Beasts. Even though Perks was really good I don't think they will nominate it.

• Shawn | Sat Dec 15 00:35:23 EST 2012Reply

  What about Atlas Cloud? Why isn't it even there in the Adapted screenplay that based on a book?

• Shawn | Sat Dec 15 00:37:18 EST 2012

  I mean, Cloud Atlas.

• name | Fri Dec 14 19:13:07 EST 2012Reply

  Please, everyone, stop naming movies in categories they don't even belong in! This is ADAPTED screenplay!

• Ryan | Tue Dec 11 15:12:29 EST 2012Reply

  I feel like all these predictions were changed today just to almost identically mirror the Critic's Choice nominees. I doubt the Academy will pick the same as them.

• Tony | Wed Dec 05 17:24:28 EST 2012Reply

  It will be Kushner for "Lincoln"

• BOO | Wed Dec 05 19:55:53 EST 2012

  Calm down. Lincoln will probably get this and actor. Maybe a technical award or something, but just stop saying it will win everything it's nominated for because you loved it.

• James | Wed Dec 05 12:28:13 EST 2012Reply

  Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas. It deserves to be on many lists, but especially adapted screenplay.

• Bob | Mon Dec 03 18:43:54 EST 2012Reply

  The Hobbit should be somewhere on here. And I heard The Perks of being a Wallflower was great to; so that should be somewhere on here as well.

• Ivana | Mon Dec 03 11:47:22 EST 2012Reply

  I'm a fan of Nolan's Batman trilogy, but no way in hell does The Dark Knight Rises deserve to even be considered for a nomination for the script. If they really want to give it a nomination to acknowledge Nolan's overall work, please let it be anything else but the script or best movie. I would hate it if they nominated TDKR just to make up for ignoring The Dark Knight, which really should have been nominated. TDKR is much weaker than Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and the script is the reason why.

• Bob | Mon Dec 03 18:47:23 EST 2012

  Yea, TDKR won't be getting any recognition at the awards(except maybe things like visual effects, editing and stuff). I'm a Nolan fan and I know that. Though TDK...now that should have been nominated and should have won Best Picture and Director. Gets me so upset every time I remember it didn't.

• Luna | Thu Nov 29 23:04:14 EST 2012Reply

  TWO WORDS: CLOUD ATLAS

• ScentiMental | Fri Jan 04 04:33:42 EST 2013

  I'm sooo with you on this one. Cloud Atlas is one of the best movies in 2012...but I guess Academy will find it (as many viewers already have, unfortunately) political and too leftist (?!?).

• Anonymous | Sun Dec 02 21:53:35 EST 2012

  TWO WORDS: I AGREE

• BOO | Thu Nov 29 21:17:50 EST 2012Reply

  No Amour anymore?

• Cosmo | Thu Nov 29 18:38:22 EST 2012Reply

  Really - What is with Cosmopolis? The adaption was incredible. You might not like the movie or but then you probably won't like the book either. Forgetting an amazing director - what a shame!

• BOo | Mon Nov 26 12:39:39 EST 2012Reply

  Fuck Lincoln I want something else to win

• Kansas | Wed Dec 12 19:05:15 EST 2012

  Bahaha someone is frustrated with Lincoln! And I feel your pain. I liked Lincoln but I don't want it to take away from some other great films that should get noms or wins. I would love to see Silver Linings or Life of Pi do well here. Or (as an underdog for a win) Perks of Being a Wallflower.

• BOO | Thu Nov 29 21:18:52 EST 2012

  Not that I didn't like it. Actually that was too harsh. But I would prefer that Argo or Silver Linings wins. Though I don't doubt Lincoln's chances.

• zane | Tue Nov 27 15:35:05 EST 2012

  Lincoln was amazing and it might me nominated so be good to it.

• kyle | Sun Nov 25 14:37:07 EST 2012Reply

  The comments on nearly all of these Oscar predictions posts would seem to indicate that a great deal of Indiewire readers (at least the ones moved enough to leave a comment) are delusional about their expectations. e.g. Thinking Cloud Atlas, Prometheus, or TDKR will win Best Picture.

• Film Fan | Mon Dec 10 20:53:52 EST 2012

  I totally agree.

• donnaaronna | Fri Nov 23 20:31:54 EST 2012Reply

  What about Cosmopolos? That won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I think Cronenberg did an amazing job with that screenplay.

• LoveforBuzz | Wed Nov 14 16:57:27 EST 2012Reply

  Cloud Atlas? Yeah, it was phenomenal. And Perks better get something.

• juan | Tue Nov 13 14:50:58 EST 2012Reply

  Perks of being a Wallflower was my favorite movie of the year and it deserves the nomination. It translated the book perfectly, keeping all the emotion and realness of the book

• emvan | Sat Oct 27 13:18:50 EDT 2012Reply

  The Hobbit, as anyone putting a list like this together ought to know, is a heck of a lot tougher nut to crack than Lord of the Rings was. Not having it in the top 15 goes beyond comedy to self-parody. Really.

• george | Mon Oct 29 17:45:35 EDT 2012

  Don't worry. The Hobbit will be awesome, but this website refuses to see it (mostly because they only circulate the same 5 or 6 movies throughout these predictions)

• george | Wed Oct 24 16:14:08 EDT 2012Reply

  ADAPTED NOT ORIGINAL DUMMIES! Look up the difference between the two. Then try and tell me The Hobbit won't win.

• Zane | Wed Oct 24 01:26:05 EDT 2012Reply

  The Dark Knight Rises should be a runner up and Argo those two attest

• Duane | Tue Oct 16 00:17:08 EDT 2012Reply

  Why would This is Forty be Best AdaptedScreenplay?

• Logic | Wed Oct 17 12:25:01 EDT 2012

  It is based on characters previously created in Knocked Up. Toy Story 2 and 3 were both in this category.

• NDog | Wed Oct 10 19:33:00 EDT 2012Reply

  After seeing Perks of Being a Wallflower I think Chbosky deserves at least an oscar nomination, Lincoln will probably scoop it but a nod from the academy would be deserving.

• Ignatius J Reilly | Thu Oct 04 11:14:33 EDT 2012Reply

  I think Kushner now has sole writing credit for Lincoln.

• mass | Tue Oct 02 10:41:48 EDT 2012Reply

  ARGO is obviously going to win this award.

• DUANE | Wed Sep 26 15:56:12 EDT 2012Reply

  JOSS WHEDON - THE AVENGERS

• zane | Tue Nov 27 15:38:42 EST 2012

  First the Avengers was really good but not oscar great.
  Second there are no such things as razzie's, there face so don't listen to idiots.

• zane | Tue Nov 27 15:38:08 EST 2012

  First the Avengers was really good but not oscar great.
  Second there are no such things as razzie's, there face so don't listen to idiots.

• Joseph Chastain | Sun Nov 11 13:54:34 EST 2012

  Really? Avengers deserves a Razzie nomination.

• Poiwl | Wed Sep 26 06:47:01 EDT 2012Reply

  Is something wrong with your brain? Why is Cloud Atlas not even in the list??????

• abhay | Fri Sep 07 01:55:36 EDT 2012Reply

  fuck you...this is shit..CLOUD ATLAS WILL WIN -BEST PICTURE ..BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY :) HAVE A NICE DAY

• Travis | Fri Sep 07 01:22:13 EDT 2012Reply

  My favorite part is how the original Sessions script is listed as adapted!

• BOO | Sat Nov 24 11:26:54 EST 2012

  It's based on the article by MArk O'Brian

• mary | Fri Aug 17 05:53:13 EDT 2012Reply

  How can you bring it out? what is it based on? Because I think there's some incohernces in all those predictions

• JJ | Thu Aug 16 22:12:29 EDT 2012Reply

  No Cloud Atlas?

• Pharmach Power | Tue Aug 14 06:45:30 EDT 2012Reply

  The Dark Knight Rises should never be in the spoilers list. atleast it will bag 2 awards, my hopes are for best adapted screenplay and best editing.

• Zame | Tue Nov 27 15:42:26 EST 2012

  The Dark Knight Rises will get more than two awards, At most ten.

• Arguain | Mon Aug 13 16:38:51 EDT 2012Reply

  The idea that Lincoln, written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, who called it his best work ever is second to anyone in that list is an absolute joke.

• Ignatius J Reilly | Tue Sep 11 12:58:43 EDT 2012

  I agree, though I am biased as a Tony Kushner fan. But Tom Stoppard?! Why isn't he higher on the list. I don't think Indiewire has already forgotten that he won for Shakespeare In Love.

• aaa | Mon Aug 13 08:54:44 EDT 2012Reply

  No Whedon?

• Jack | Wed Jul 18 15:15:07 EDT 2012Reply

  ADAPTED:
  1. Beasts of Southern Wild
  2. Lincoln
  3. Les Miserables
  4. Argo
  5. Silver Lining Playbook

• tanman13 | Thu Jul 12 21:55:33 EDT 2012Reply

  I would normally understand no mention of The Dark Knight Rises... but not with the inclusion of The Avengers.