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Despite strong box office and a Looney Tunes pedigree, Coyote vs. Acme isn’t eligible for Best Animated Feature because fewer than 75% of the film is animated, blocking an Oscar submission in that category. Nevertheless, industry observers expect it to campaign in other Oscar races—such as Adapted Screenplay, Score, and possibly Supporting Actor for Will Forte—as Academy screenings continue ahead of awards season.
At the 2026 WGA Awards, One Battle After Another won Adapted Screenplay and Sinners won Original Screenplay, as New York hosted the East Coast ceremony with Roy Wood Jr. presenting; the event served as one of the last major precursors before the Oscars, with Adapted nominations closely mirroring the Academy Awards and Original overlap limited to two titles. The WGA West ceremony was canceled due to a strike, and honorary awards were given to Stephen Colbert, Terry George, and Diana Son, with a full slate of winners and nominees across drama, comedy, animation, and documentary categories.
Nominees for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards have been released, with original nominees Black Bag, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Marty Supreme, Sinners and Weapons, and adapted nominees Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another and Train Dreams. In TV, Andor, Pluribus, The Pitt and The Studio lead with multiple nominations. Winners will be announced March 8 in New York and Los Angeles, with Atsuko Okatsuka hosting the LA ceremony; Don Reo will receive the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award and Stephen Colbert will be honored with the Walter Bernstein Award.
The 2026 Writers Guild Awards nominations are led by Sinners and Marty Supreme in the original screenplay race, with Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet and Train Dreams in adaptation contention. Pluribus tops TV nominations with four nods, followed by The Pitt and The Studio with three apiece, as winners will be announced March 8 in Los Angeles and New York across multiple categories including drama, comedy, and documentary writing.
The 2026 Writers Guild Awards nominees span film, television and documentary, with Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Marty Supreme leading Original Screenplay nominations and Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams among Adapted contenders. Apple TV+'s Pluribus tops TV noms with four nods across Drama Series, New Series and two episodic categories, while other major TV contenders include Andor, Severance, The White Lotus, Hacks, Abbott Elementary, The Rehearsal, The Studio, The Chair Company and The Pitt. The awards will be handed out March 8 in concurrent LA and NYC ceremonies, with Don Reo receiving the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award and additional guild honors announced for TV writing on both coasts.
Ava DuVernay's film "Origin" will be competing as an original screenplay, not an adapted screenplay, for this awards season. The film, inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent," is not an adaptation but rather a moving drama that explores Wilkerson's path to making connections about prejudice. The Writers Guild of America has deemed it an original screenplay, and the film's backers plan to campaign for it accordingly.
The category in which the screenplay for the film "Barbie" will compete at the Oscars is still being debated. The decision depends on how the Writers Guild of America (WGA) classifies it and whether the Academy will overrule that choice. The film's title cards indicate it is based on the Barbie toy by Mattel, suggesting an "adapted" run. However, there are examples of films with existing IP and toy products competing in the original screenplay category. The final decision will impact the film's chances of winning and will likely be determined closer to the nomination voting in January.