WGA Announces Nominations for 78th Annual Awards

The Writers Guild of America announced nominations Tuesday for its 78th annual awards, recognizing outstanding writing in film, television, streaming, news, radio, and other media from 2025. The ceremonies will take place on March 8, 2026, with simultaneous events in Los Angeles and New York. The Los Angeles event, hosted by comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, will stream live on the Writers Guild of America West's YouTube channel, while highlights from the New York ceremony will appear on the Writers Guild of America East's social media channels.

In the film categories, Ryan Coogler's original screenplay for the vampire horror Sinners earned a nomination, alongside David Koepp's spy thriller Black Bag, Mary Bronstein's psychological dramedy If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie's ping-pong drama Marty Supreme, and Zach Cregger's mystery horror Weapons. For adapted screenplays, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, joined Will Tracy's alien comedy Bugonia, based on the South Korean film Save the Green Planet; Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, drawn from Mary Shelley's novel; Chloe Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell's...