WGA Awards Go To ‘Argo’, ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
In the last major pre-Oscars guild awards, the WGA followed the PGA, the DGA, and the SAG (not to mention the HFPA, the BAFTA, and most every other film-related acronym you may think of) in fetingArgo, this time for the excellent adapted screenplay byChris Terrio.Mark Boal’sZero Dark Thirtynabbed the original screenplay award, but at this pointArgoseems a virtual lock to pick up Best Picture come Sunday.
Meanwhile,Malik Bendjelloul’s documentarySearching for Sugar Mancontinued its winning streak, while critical favesBreaking Bad,Louie, andGirlsall emerged victorious in the television categories. Hit the jump to see the winners.
All of the film winners are listed below, along with highlights from the TV awards. For the full list, which also includes trophies forMad Men,Modern Family,The Simpsons,Portlandia, andAssassin’s Creed III: Liberation, head tothe WGA website.
WGA Screen Categories
Original Screenplay:Zero Dark Thirty, written byMark Boal
Adapted Screenplay:Argo, written byChris Terrio
Documentary Screenplay:Searching for Sugar Man, written byMalik Bendjelloul
WGA Television Categories
Drama Series:Breaking Bad, written bySam Catlin,Vince Gilligan,Peter Gould,Gennifer Hutchison,George Mastras,Thomas Schnauz,Moira Walley-Beckett
Comedy Series:Louie, written byPamela Adlon,Vernon Chatman,Louis C.K.
New Series:Girls, written byJudd Apatow,Lesley Arfin,Lena Dunham,Sarah Heyward,Bruce Eric Kaplan,Jenni Konner,Deborah Schoeneman,Dan Sterling
Long Form – Original:Hatfields & McCoys, Nights Two and Three, teleplay by byTed MannandRonald Parker, story byBill KerbyandTed Mann
