Toy Story 3, The King's Speech& More Ineligible for WGA Awards« FirstShowing.net

The 2010 nominees for the WGA Awards, or the annualWriters Guild Awards, haven't been announced yet - not until January 4th. When they do arrive, there will be some key films of 2010 missing, because they were disqualified. The WGA likes to cut out scripts that don't follow"the guild's Minimum Basic Agreement, or the agreements of several affiliated international guilds,"whatever that means. As reported by Steve Pond ofThe Wrap(viaAwards Daily), the scripts disqualified this year include:The King's Speech,Winter's Bone,Toy Story 3,Blue ValentineandAnother Year. Quite a batch of films withdamngood writing!

To be honest, I don't think this is as shocking as it all sounds, as this happens pretty much every year with the WGA. Last year they disqualifiedInglourious Basterds,An EducationandDistrict 9, which opened up space for500 Days of Summertoget a nomination. Maybe excluding those 5 strong scripts will allow other worthy scripts a chance, likeMonstersorThe American. It's not good to hear that some of the best writing won't be recognized by its own guild, but there's always theOscars, where I'm also expecting/hoping to seeThe King's Speech,Toy Story 3andBlue Valentineto get featured anyway. Stay tuned for the nominations!

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