Just announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, these are the writing nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards:
WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies - written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina - written by Alex Garland
Inside Out - screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg Lefauve, and Josh Cooley, from a story Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight - written by Josh Singer and Tom McKay
Straight Outta Compton - Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff, from a story by S. Leigh Savage & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Brooklyn - screenplay by Nick Hornby
Carol - screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
The Martian - screenplay by Drew Goddard
Room - screenplay by Emma Donoghue