As the movie award season gets under way, the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America have announced their nominations for their award. Since they are voted on by their peers, the Guilds are often better indicators of the Academy Awards nominations then the critics or the foreign press journalists for the Golden Globes. Trade these and the rest on the NominOptions to predict this yea's Osccar nominations!
PGA Nominations (the winner will be announced on January 22, 2011)
Black Swan (Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver)
The Fighter (David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg)
Inception (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas)
The Kids Are All Right (Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray)
The King’s Speech (Iain Cunning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin)
127 Hours (Danny Boyle, Christian Colson)
The Social Network (Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin)
The Town (Basil Iwanyk, Graham King)
Toy Story 3 (Darla K. Anderson)
True Grit (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin)
WGA Nominations (the winner will be announced on February 5, 2011)
Original Screenplay
Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz
The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
Please Give, Written by Nicole Holofcener
Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy; Based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
I Love You Phillip Morris, Written by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra; Based on the book by Steven McVicker
The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
The Town, Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard; Based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan
True Grit, Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Based on the novel by Charles Portis
Some of the top contenders for the Oscars are ineligible for the WGA awards.
The NominOptions will halt trading on Monday, January 24th before the Academy Awards nominations are announced on Tuesday, January 25th.