Writer’s Guild Awards 2022: ’CODA’, ’Hacks’ win big

The 2022 Writers Guild Awards announced their winners during a virtual ceremony on Sunday.Hosted by comedian-writer-producer Ashley Nicole Black, the event, honored outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional categories.Don't Look Up took home the award for Best Screenplay and CODA for Best... Read More.

In Brief: ‘Licorice Pizza’ and others hailed by Writers Guild; Christian Slater joins John Cena’s ‘Freelance,’ and more

Mr. Robot's Christian Slater has been tapped to star alongside John Cena, Alison Brie and Narcos' Juan Pablo Raba in Taken director Pierre Morel’s action-comedy Freelance, according to Deadline. Freelance follows Cena as an ex-special forces operator who takes a job providing security for a journalist -- played by Brie -- who's hoping to salvage... Read More.

Police reform hits cop show writers’ rooms with CBS partnership

'S.W.A.T.' - Jordin Althaus/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) -- Today, CBS Television Studios, which airs hit police-themed shows like S.W.A.T. and Blue Bloods, announced it's partnering with the law enforcement and public safety advisory group 21CP Solutions to consult... Read More.

Film Nominees for Writers Guild Awards Announced

Wilson WebbThe Writers Guild of America, East and West, announced their nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2019 on Tuesday. The nominees for original screenplay are, in alphabetical order, 1917, Booksmart, Knives Out, Marriage Story and Parasite. In the adapted screenplay category, the contenders are A Beautiful... Read More.