Oscar heavy-weights Zero Dark Thirty , Argo , Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook are among the titles nominated for screenplay recognition by the Writers Guild. Documentary shortlisted films The Invisible Man , Mea Maxima Culpa and Searching For Sugar Man are also among the nominations in the non-fiction category for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards, which will be held Sunday February 17th in simultaneously in Los Angeles and New York. [ Related: Academy Names 15 As Best Documentary Oscar Contenders; ‘Central Park Five’ Snubbed ] The nominations follow: Original Screenplay Flight , Written by John Gatins; Paramount Pictures Looper , Written by Rian Johnson; TriStar Pictures The Master , Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company Moonrise Kingdom , Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola; Focus Features Zero Dark Thirty , Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures Adapted Screenplay Argo , Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures Life of Pi , Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel; 20th Century Fox Lincoln , Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin; DreamWorks Pictures The Perks of Being a Wallflower , Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book; Summit Entertainment Silver Linings Playbook , Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick; The Weinstein Company Documentary Screenplay The Central Park Five , Written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns; Sundance Selects The Invisible War , Written by Kirby Dick; Cinedigm Entertainment Group Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God , Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films Searching for Sugar Man , Written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists , Written by Brian Knappenberger; Cinetic Media West of Memphis , Written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin; Sony Pictures Classics
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Writers Guild Awards Unveils 2013 Nominees
