Screenplay Nominees for the 86th Oscars Announced

Posted on January 16, 2014

The screenplay nominees for the 86th Oscars have been announced. This year's awards will be presented on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The awards ceremony will be televised live on ABC.

Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater early this morning. Here are the nominees:

Best Adapted Screenplay

Before Midnight, written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, adapted from the film, Before Sunset
Captain Phillips, screenplay by Billy Ray, based on the book, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips
Philomena, screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, adapted from the book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
12 Years a Slave, screenplay by John Ridley, adapted from the book, Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The Wolf of Wall Street, screenplay by Terence Winter, adapted from the book, The Wolf of Wall Stree by Jordan Belfort

Best Original Screenplay

American Hustle, written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
lue Jasmine, written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her, written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska, written by Bob Nelson

Spike Jonze won the award for Best Screenplay for Her at the 2014 Golden Globes. We will see if he is able to repeat at the Oscars.