Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year's most talked-about movies kicks off its 2025-2026 awards season with Netflix's Jay Kelly, written and directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by Emily Mortimer in her screenwriting debut. The film follows famous…

The writers behind the Oscar-nominated adapted screenplay of Focus Features’ Conclave and an episode of the FX and Hulu series Say Nothing on Saturday night at the 37th annual USC Scripter Awards. The winners were revealed tonight during a black-tie ceremony in the Town & Gown ballroom at USC…

The 2025 Oscar nominations released Thursday included a powerhouse lineup of original and adapted screenplays, from leading noms-getter Emilia Pérez to Golden Globe winner Conclave. In all, seven of the 10 Best Picture nominees also scored writing noms today. Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the buzziest awards-season films continues with Day of the Fight, the indie drama written and directed by Jack Huston. Michael C. Pitt, Nicolette Robinson, John Magaro, Steve Buscemi, Ron Perlman and Joe Pesci star in the pic…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year's most talked-about movies continues with the Venice Film Festival-premiering Babygirl, A24's erotic thriller from writer-director Halina Reijn that stars Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. It hit theaters December…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts fueling awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Netflix’s stop-motion animated feature that returns Aardman Animations’ iconic duo to the big screen after a 20-year hiatus. The…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scrips behind the buzziest awards-season movies continues with Hard Truths, the newest film from seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Mike Leigh that reunited him with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste. After its world…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, the A24 epic that won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival and on Sunday became an Oscar Best Picture front-runner by…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series shining a spotlight on the scripts behind the year’s buzziest awards-season movies continues with Searchlight’s A Complete Unknown, James Mangold’s micro-biopic of Bob Dylan that stars Timothée Chalamet. Mangold adapted the script with two-time Oscar-nominated…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Nosferatu, Focus Features’ gothic horror from writer-director Robert Eggers. Set in 1830s Baltic Germany, Eggers reimagines the tale with Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, a…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s buzziest film continues with Nickel Boys, the feature directing debut of Oscar-nominated Hale County This Morning, This Evening filmmaker RaMell Ross, who with longtime collaborator Joslyn Barnes adapted Colson…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts fueling the year's most talked-about movies continues with Flow, Janus Films and Sideshow’s dream-like animated feature from director Gints Zilbalodis. Matīss Kaža and Zilbalodis crafted a 35-page cinematic script featuring no dialogue…