Original Screenplay
FLIGHT, written by John Gatins (Paramount Pictures)
LOOPER, written by Rian Johnson (TriStar Pictures)
THE MASTER, written by Paul Thomas Anderson (The Weinstein Company)
MOONRISE KINGDOM, written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (Focus Features)
ZERO DARK THIRTY, written by Mark Boal (Columbia Pictures)

Adapted Screenplay
ARGO, screenplay by Chris Terrio (Warner Bros. Pictures)
LIFE OF PI, screenplay by David Magee (20th Century Fox)
LINCOLN, screenplay by Tony Kushner (DreamWorks Pictures)
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, screenplay by Stephen Chbosky (Summit Entertainment)
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, screenplay by David O. Russell (The Weinstein Company)

Documentary Screenplay
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns (Sundance Selects)
THE INVISIBLE WAR, written by Kirby Dick (Cinedigm Entertainment Group)
MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, written by Alex Gibney (HBO Documentary Films)
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, written by Malik Benedejelloul (Sony Pictures Classics)
WE ARE LEGION: THE STORY OF THE HACKTIVISTS, written by Brian Knappenberger (Cinetic Media)
WEST OF MEMPHIS, written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin (Sony Pictures Classics)

http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-po ... ions-71371

Ineligible:
Original: Django Unchained, Amour, Rust and Bone, The Impossible, Seven Psychopaths
Adapted: Les Miserables, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Anna Karenina, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Michael will be pleased to see Perks cited, but it is hard to tell if it would still be there had either Beasts of the Southern Wild or even Les Misérables been eligible.

So glad The Perks of Being a Wallflower made it .

I'm glad those other films weren't eligible . Fingers crossed it's nominated at the Oscars.

Will Argo win this as well?

NO

Yes.

It would be great if Moonrise wins Original!

I'm gonna go ahead and say yes. And I'm taking it as my current prediction for the Oscar as well.

I hope Lincoln pulls off the win, though. Between the great dialogue and the ways it keeps an intimate focus on the characters while also capturing the scope of what was going on at the time, it's an especially great script. Not that Argo's script was bad (definitely not), but Lincoln's is on another level, I think.