Barbie hopes to bring shades of pink to the 96th Academy Awards as Warner Bros. confirms its campaign for the film to earn consideration for Best Original Screenplay.Per Variety, Warner Bros. confirmed their intention to push Barbie’s Oscar prospects by submitting the film for Best Original Screenplay which, if successful, would secure a nod for director Greta Gerwig and her life/creative partner Noah Baumbach. The confirmation comes after it was reported Warner Bros. was unsure whether to submit Barbie for Best Original or Best Adapted Screenplay. The confusion came because of the fact Barbie is based on Mattel’s eponymous fashion doll franchise, thus making it an adaptation. Yet, much of the film’s story was invented by Gerwig and Baumbach, suggesting it’s an original screenplay.If Barbie scores a Best Original Screenplay nomination, it would be the fourth for Gerwig, who broke the record for the highest-grossing movie made by a female director thanks to the billion-dollar fantasy comedy. Gerwig previously earned Oscar nods for 2016’s Lady Bird, getting nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. She also scored a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay thanks to her 2019 feature-length effort, Little Women. While the Original designation will stick for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) precursors next January, the Academy could switch Barbie to the Adapted category during the voting process, having done it for movies like 2016’s Moonlight.RELATED: Does Barbie Stand a Chance at the Oscars?
Barbie hopes to bring shades of pink to the 96th Academy Awards as Warner Bros. confirms its campaign for the film to earn consideration for Best Original Screenplay.
Per Variety, Warner Bros. confirmed their intention to push Barbie‘s Oscar prospects by submitting the film for Best Original Screenplay which, if successful, would secure a nod for director Greta Gerwig and her life/creative partner Noah Baumbach. The confirmation comes after it was reported Warner Bros. was unsure whether to submit Barbie for Best Original or Best Adapted Screenplay. The confusion came because of the fact Barbie is based on Mattel’s eponymous fashion doll franchise, thus making it an adaptation. Yet, much of the film’s story was invented by Gerwig and Baumbach, suggesting it’s an original screenplay.
If Barbie scores a Best Original Screenplay nomination, it would be the fourth for Gerwig, who broke the record for the highest-grossing movie made by a female director thanks to the billion-dollar fantasy comedy. Gerwig previously earned Oscar nods for 2016’s Lady Bird, getting nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. She also scored a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay thanks to her 2019 feature-length effort, Little Women. While the Original designation will stick for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) precursors next January, the Academy could switch Barbie to the Adapted category during the voting process, having done it for movies like 2016’s Moonlight.
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