USC Scripter Awards Nominees Include ‘One Battle After Another’, ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Hamnet’ & ‘Slow Horses’

USC Scripter Awards Announce Finalists, Including Major Best Adapted Screenplay Contenders

The USC Scripter Awards announced its 2026 finalists including Oscar contenders 'Hamnet' and 'One Battle After Another'.

USC Scripter Awards: ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ a Surprise Film Adaptation Nominee, ‘Slow Horses’ Lands Fourth Consecutive Nomination for TV Adaptation

Peter Straughan, who won best film adaptation at the most recent Scripter Awards for 'Conclave,' is nominated for best TV adaptation for 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' and could become the first person to ever take home the prize in both categories.

USC Scripter Awards Nominees Include ‘One Battle After Another’, ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Hamnet’ & ‘Slow Horses’

The writers behind the adapted screenplays of the films Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Peter Hujar’s Day and Train Dreams have been nominated for the 38th annual Scripter Awards. This year’s TV nominees are the scribes and authors behind Dark Winds, Death by Lightning, Dept. Q, Slow Horses and Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. See the full list below. The awards, presented annually by the USC Libraries, honor the writers …

USC Scripter Awards Nominations: ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Surprises Alongside ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamnet’ and More

2026 USC Scripter nominations include "Peter Hujar's Day," "Frankenstein," "Hamnet," "One Battle After Another" and "Train Dreams."

Adapted Screenplay preview? ‘One Battle,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ and ‘Hamnet’ among USC Scripter finalists

The university's writing awards focus on film and television adapted from the written word.

USC Scripter Nominations: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Train Dreams,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Death by Lightning’ and More

The screenplays of Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Peter Hujar’s Day and Train Dreams, as well as the source material from which they were drawn, are nominated for the USC Scripter Award for best film adaptation, and the teleplays for episodes of Dark Winds, Death by Lightning, Dept. Q, Slow Horses and Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, as well as the source material from…