The prestigious USC Scripter award for screenwriting announced their nominees today:
- Captain Phillips
- Philomena
- The Spectacular Now
- 12 Years a Slave
- What Maisie Knew
A couple of surprising choices there, with Spectacular Now and What Maisie Knew, and Captain Phillips has shown real strength in every single preliminary award this season. But I have to assume 12 Years a Slave is the winner here.
And the ADG chimes in with the nods for Production Design in several categories:
PERIOD FILM
- American Hustle
- The Great Gatsby
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Saving Mr. Banks
- 12 Years a Slave
FANTASY FILM
- Elysium
- Gravity
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Oblivion
- Star Trek Into Darkness
CONTEMPORARY FILM
- August: Osage County
- Blue Jasmine
- Captain Phillips
- Her
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Nice to see Llewyn Davis finally be acknowledged for something in a guild, at least for its 60's set design. My guess for the Oscar nods are 12 Years, Great Gatsby, Llewyn Davis, Her and The Hobbit.
