News Summary

• There was a clear box.” Variety exclusively reported on Wednesday that “Barbie” will compete for a best adapted screenplay nomination in the Oscar race, despite campaigning for original screenplay..
• Gerwig, who became the first woman to helm a billion-dollar movie, has been nominated for three Oscars in her career: “Lady Bird” (2016) for original screenplay and directing and “Little Women” (2019) in adapted..
• Eligible voting members of the branch will only be able to cast votes for the “Barbie” script, which Gerwig co-wrote with husband and fellow Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach, in adapted screenplay..
• Each awards body and voting group has its own subset of rules for movies in terms of which screenplay category they can submit or ultimately be nominated..
• https://t.co/8phHXmag7Q The Writers Branch executive committee of AMPAS most likely moved the hot-pink comedy to adapted screenplay because Barbie and Ken were pre-existing dolls from Mattel..
• By Michaela Zee Judd Apatow disagrees with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ decision to classify Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” as an adapted screenplay rather than original..