‘Juno’ Script Up For WGA Award
The script for “Juno,” the little movie that could, is among the nominees for the Writers Guild of America’s award for best original screenplay.
The small-budget hit flick, directed by Canadian Jason Reitman and starring fellow Canuck Ellen Page, was penned by Diablo Cody, a stripper/blogger-turned-screenwriter based in Los Angeles.
Cody, whose real name is Brook Busey-Hunt, will be competing against “Knocked Up,” “Michael Clayton,” “The Savages” and “Lars and the Real Girl” for the prize.
The WGA’s nominees for best adapted screenplay nominees are “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “Into the Wild” and “Zodiac.”
Nominees for best documentary scripts are “The Camden 28,” “Nanking,” “No End in Sight,” “The Rape of Europa,” “Sicko” and “Taxi to the Dark Side.”
The WGA will hand out its three annual awards on Feb. 9.
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