But the Scripter has grown less idiosyncratic and more in line with the Oscars in recent years: Of the 11 matches, seven have come in the last eight years, including the last five years in a row.Īlso Read: #OscarsSoWhite Protest Planned for Oscars SundayĪs the favorite in this year’s adapted-screenplay race, “The Big Short” is expected to extend that streak.įour of this year’s five Scripter nominees are also Oscar nominees. Over the 27 previous years of the Scripter’s existence, its winners have matched the Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay only 11 times. The selections were made by a committee made up of screenwriters, critics, authors, producers and academics, and chaired by Writers Guild of America, West president Howard Rodman. The other television nominees were all single episodes of series: “Game of Thrones,” “The Leftovers,” “The Man in the High Castle” and “Masters of Sex.” The Scripter Award goes both to the film’s screenwriters and to the author of the work on which it is based, which means that “The Big Short” winners were not only Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, who also won the Writers Guild Award last weekend, but also author Michael Lewis.įor the first time, the Scripter also gave out an award for a television adaptation, which went to the HBO miniseries “Show Me a Hero.”Īlso Read: 'The Big Short' and 'Spotlight' Win Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List “The Big Short” has been named the best book-to-screen adaptation of 2015 at the USC Libraries Scripter Award ceremony, which took place on the USC campus in Los Angeles on Saturday night.