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Bridge of Spies takes a temporary lead in the guild derbies securing citations from six of six guilds. Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant were never going to be players here because they are light on dialogue, as such they move into second with five-for-six along with The Big Short, Spotlight and Sicario. [NOTE: For some reason, when I wrote this, I thought Bridge of Spies was nominated by ACE, thus why I proclaimed Bridge being six-for-six. This is incorrect. Instead, we have a six-way tie for first with five-for-six.)

This does mark the end of the road for Mistress America, one of the few guild-sanctioned films that could have been nominated. Straight Outta Compton has now picked up nominations from three of the big four guilds (PGA, SAG & WGA). It won’t get in at the DGA, but it has to be seen as more of a threat than it did a month ago. Ex Machina, Inside Out and The Hateful Eight weren’t eligible here, so they could easily replace those that did make the list.

On the adapted side, Room, Brooklyn, Anomalisa and The Danish Girl weren’t guild signatory productions, thus weren’t permitted to compete. I would say that Trumbo‘s inclusion is a surprise, but considering it’s subject was a blacklisted screenwriter, it’s exclusion would have been more shocking. The bad news for the ineligible productions is that the remaining four nominees are all likely Oscar nominees, meaning only one of them, possibly Room can make the cut over Trumbo. The big question is whether Oscar winner Dalton Trumbo’s legacy tops complaints about the film’s weaknesses.

The Nominations

Best Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies
Sicario
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trainwreck

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short
Carol
The Martian
Steve Jobs
Trumbo

Documentary Screenplay

Being Canadian
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Prophet’s Prey

Writers Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1933
First Awards: 1948 (68)

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