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'Avatar' Grabs WGA Nod

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posted January 11, 2010 11:33 AM

James Cameron's sci-fi epic made the cut in the Best Original Screenplay category

The full list of nominees:

Best Original Screenplay:
Avatar (James Cameron)
(500) Days of Summer (Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber)
The Hangover (Jon Lucas & Scott Moore)
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
A Serious Man (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper)
Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron)
Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Star Trek (Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman)
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner)

Best Documentary Screenplay:
Against the Tide
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Earth Days
Good Hair
Soundtrack for a Revolution

3 Comments

jim said:

too bad that screenplay was a copy of dances with wolves...

January 12, 2010 12:33 AM

Zombie said:

Sorry, but where's Quantin Tarrantino's awesome screenply? How could the screenplay with the best dialogue not make the cut?

January 12, 2010 1:21 AM

Anthonie said:

Excellent! Avatar is the best movie ever made, and James Cameron the finest of all directors!

January 12, 2010 8:13 AM

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