'La La Land,' 'Moonlight,' 'Manchester by Sea' Among Nominees for Writers Guild Original Screenplay Award

LOS ANGELES - Writers of the films "Hell or High Water," "La La Land," "Loving," "Manchester by the Sea" and "Moonlight" were nominated Wednesday for the Writers Guild of America Award for best original screenplay.

For adapted screenplay, WGA nominations went to the writers of "Arrival," "Deadpool," "Fences," "Hidden Figures" and "Nocturnal Animals."

The WGA Awards will be presented Feb. 19 at the Beverly Hilton in a ceremony hosted by actor-comedian Patton Oswalt. A separate ceremony will be held simultaneously in New York.

WGA nominations were announced last month in the television, new media, news, radio and promotional writing categories. Videogame writing nominations will be announced Jan. 12.

The nominations announced Wednesday were: Original Screenplay

-- "Hell or High Water," written by Taylor Sheridan
-- "La La Land," written by Damien Chazelle
-- "Loving," written by Jeff Nichols
-- "Manchester by the Sea," written by Kenneth Lonergan
-- "Moonlight," written by Barry Jenkins, story by Tarell McCraney Adapted Screenplay
-- "Arrival," screenplay by Eric Heisserer; based on the story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
-- "Deadpool," written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; based on the "X-Men" comic books
-- "Fences," screenplay by August Wilson, based on his play
-- "Hidden Figures," screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Thoedore Melfi; based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly
-- "Nocturnal Animals," screenplay by Tom Ford; based on the novel "Tony and Susan" by Austin Wright Documentary Screenplay
-- "Author: The JT LeRoy Story," written by Jeff Feuerzeig
-- "Command and Control," telescript by Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser; story by Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts; based on the book "Command and Control" by Eric Schlosser
-- "Zero Days," written by Alex Gibney

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