Variety exclusively reported “Barbie” would be campaigned for best original screenplay for the upcoming awards season rather than in adapted screenplay as had been presumed. The decision ...

What exactly is an adapted screenplay? Is it based on a book? An experience? What about an eponymous doll with a penchant for pink? These are the big questions the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

For instance, 2016’s “Moonlight” was considered an adapted screenplay by the Oscars since it was based on the play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney. But that ...

That could be good news for many of this year’s nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay. Four of the five are also up for the top prize. Here is our breakdown of the race as it stands today.

Release the white smoke! Academy voters have awarded "Conclave" the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Written by Peter Straughan, adapting a 2016 Robert Harris novel of the same name, the papal ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined that the script for last summer’s blockbuster “Barbie” will be considered an adapted screenplay for this year’s Oscars voting ...

Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida. “Nickel Boys” is nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay. USA TODAY interviewed veteran actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who has ...

8 nominations: actor in a leading role, actor in a supporting role, actress in a supporting role, costume design, directing, best picture, sound, adapted screenplay Where to see it: In theaters.

It's the third movie to be adapted from August Wilson's 10-play series. If good intentions were all, this screen version of "The Piano Lesson" would earn high marks. But wishing doesn't make it so.

“Conclave,” based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert Harris, nabbed the award for best adapted screenplay. The novel follows the complicated, sometimes underhanded twists and turns ...