At the 2025 USC Libraries Scripter Awards, “Conclave” won for outstanding film adaptation while “Say Nothing” won in the episodic series category.

“Conclave” won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for the best adapted screenplay of 2025, solidifying its position as the Oscar favorite in that category. The ceremony took place on Saturday ...

The Scripter Award, founded in 1988, is bestowed by the Friends of the USC Libraries and honors the authors and screenwriters of the year’s motion pictures that were adapted from a printed work. The ...

The Scripter Award and the best adapted screenplay Oscar have gone to the same project on 14 occasions over the past 33 years. Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu.

USC Scripter Awards for screen adaptations go to ‘American Fiction’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Cord Jefferson, from left, Percival Everett, Dean Melissa Just, Mick Herron and Scripter Selection ...

The screenplays of A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing and The Wild Robot, as well as the source material from which they were drawn, are nominated for the USC Scripter Award for ...

As more and more movie posters display the phrase “based on the novel by…” in fine print, original ideas are currently few and far between at your local cineplex. Book-to-film adaptation is certainly ...

The Scripter Award and the best adapted screenplay Oscar have gone to the same project on 14 occasions over the past 32 years. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards Nomadland and The Queen ...

The Scripter Award for a television adaptation, a category that was created in 2016, went to screenwriter Bruce Miller and author Margaret Atwood for “The Handmaid’s Tale. ...