{"id":44927,"date":"2018-12-19T21:10:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T02:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=44927"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:53:18","slug":"2019-award-season-screenplays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/19\/2019-award-season-screenplays\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated: For Your Consideration – 2019 Award Season Best Screenplay Hopefuls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With awards season starting, it can only mean that it is time for the studios to start putting out online copies of the screenplays they hope will be getting award nomination consideration. That also means any folks who like to read screenplays get a bonanza of titles to pick from as the season progresses. All the scripts are in .pdf format and will probably only be available through the awards season, so click and save if you\u2019re interested in having a copy to read later on down the road. Here are the initial offerings, which we will continue to update as more become available.<\/p>\n

Updated 12\/27\/18 – Added 14 new screenplays.<\/em>
\nUpdated 12\/19\/18 – Added 10 new screenplays.<\/em>
\nUpdated 11\/29\/18 – Added Beautiful Boy<\/strong> from Amazon.<\/em>
\nUpdated 11\/25\/18 – Added The Front Runner<\/strong> from Sony.<\/em><\/p>\n

A24<\/h3>\n

Eighth Grade<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Bo Burnham
\nFirst Reformed<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Paul Schrader<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/h3>\n

Beautiful Boy<\/a> – April 3, 2018 unspecified draft script by Luke Davies & Felix van Groeningen (based on the books Beautiful Boy<\/em> by David Sheff and Tweak<\/em> by Nic Sheff)<\/p>\n

Annapurna<\/h3>\n

Destroyer<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi
\nIf Beale Street Could Talk<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Barry Jenkins (Adapted from the novel by James Baldwin)
\nThe Sisters Brothers<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain (Based on the Book by Patrick deWitt)
\nSorry To Bother You<\/a> – May 17, 2017 white version script by Boots Riley
\nVice<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Adam McKay<\/p>\n

Bleeker Street<\/h3>\n

Colette<\/a> – May 19, 2017 Final Shooting Script script By Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland Current Revisions by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
\nDisobedience<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script By Sebastian Lelio Rebecca Lenkiewicz Based on the novel by Naomi Alderman
\nLeave No Trace<\/a> – May 1, 2017, unspecified draft script by Debra Granik Anne Rosellini Based on the novel My Abandonment<\/em> by Peter Rock
\nWhat They Had<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Elizabeth Chomko<\/p>\n

Focus Features<\/h3>\n

Blackkklansman<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
\nBoy Erased<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Joel Edgerton (Based on the memoir written by Garrard Conley)
\nMary, Queen Of Scots<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Beau Willimon
\nOn The Basis Of Sex<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by Daniel Stiepleman<\/p>\n

Netflix<\/h3>\n

22 July<\/a> – August 3, 2018 shooting draft script by Paul Greengrass Based on: “One of Us” by \u00c3\u2026sne Seierstad
\nThe Ballad Of Buster Scruggs<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
\nPrivate Life<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Tamara Jenkins
\nRoma – Undated, unspecified draft script by Alfonso Cuaron<\/p>\n

Paramount<\/h3>\n

A Quiet Place<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski (Story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck)<\/p>\n

Sony<\/h3>\n

The Front Runner<\/a> – July 27th, 2017 unspecified draft script by Matt Bai & Jay Carson & Jason Reitman
\nSpider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse<\/a> – December 3, 2018 unspecified draft script by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (Story by Phil Lord)<\/p>\n

Sony Classics<\/h3>\n

All Is True<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Ben Elton
\nCapernaum (Chaos)<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani
\nThe Happy Prince<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Rupert Everett
\nNever Look Away<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
\nPuzzle<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Oren Moverman and Polly Mann (Based on the film ROMPECABEZAS By Natalia Smirnoff)
\nThe Rider<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Chloe Zhao
\nRuben Brandt, Collector<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Milorad Krsti\u00c4\u2021 and Radmila Roczkov
\nStan & Ollie<\/a> – April 20, 2017, goldenrod draft script by Jeff Pope
\nThe Wife<\/a> – Undated, unspecified draft script by Jane Anderson (Based on the Novel “The Wife” by Meg Wolitzer)<\/p>\n

Walt Disney<\/h3>\n

Black Panther<\/a> – Undated, adapted draft script by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Col
\nMary Poppins Returns<\/a> – undated, unspecified draft script by David Magee (Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Screen Story by David Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca; Based on the “Mary Poppins” stories by PL Travers)<\/p>\n

Warner Brothers<\/h3>\n

Crazy Rich Asians<\/a> – August 15, 2018 final as filmed draft script by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim (based on the novel by Kevin Kwan)
\nA Star is Born<\/a> – October 5, 2018 final as filmed script by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters (based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson (based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As award season commences, studios begin putting the screenplays they hope will be awards contenders online.<\/div>\n

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