Past Oscar years have often had an imbalance in the screenplay categories, with original being the designated place for edgy (for Oscar at least) critical darlings and adapted screenplay being the place where all the prestige Best Pictures gather to receive their admirer. But old rules are going away, "prestige" has lost meaning, and this year nearly all the critical darlings AND consensus Best Picture likelies have been deemed "original" -it's seriously stacked, just look at the updated chart.
So what gets nominated for Adapted in this vacuum? Here's an alphabetical list of 15 possibilities but beyond Call Me By Your Name none of them seem like safe bets, exactly. So which way does this go? After scratching my head I've made a guess on the chart but I'm eager to hear what you're thinking on that matter.
- Beguiled
- Blade Runner 2049
- Call Me By Your Name
- The Disaster Artist
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- Last Flag Flying
- Logan
- The Lost City of Z
- Molly's Game
- Mudbound
- Stronger
- Victoria and Abdul
- Wonder
- Wonder Woman
- Wonderstruck