Writers’ Guild (WGA) Nominees

   WGA Names Screenplay Nominees 
Writers announce picks for original, adapted scripts 

By DAVE MCNARY / DAILY VARIETY

'The Queen' 

'Little Miss Sunshine' 
The Writers Guild of America has tapped the screenplays for "Babel," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Queen," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "United 93" for its original screenplay award and "Borat," "The Departed," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Little Children" and "Thank You for Smoking" for the adapted award. 
Winners will be announced Feb. 11 in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. The WGA nominations, announced Thursday morning, were based on voting by the guild's 13,000 members. 
WGA winners have matched the Oscar winner in the original category seven times in the past 12 years, including last year when Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco won for "Crash." The guild's winner in the adapted category has doubled as the Oscar winner eight times in the past 12 years, including last year when Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana won for "Brokeback Mountain." 
The screenplay for Fox's "Borat" qualified in the adapted category since it was based on a character created by Sacha Baron Cohen. 
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
"Babel"
Guillermo Arriaga, Paramount Vantage 
"Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Arndt, Fox Searchlight Pictures
"The Queen"
Peter Morgan, Miramax Films
"Stranger Than Fiction"
Zach Helm, Sony Pictures Entertainment
"United 93," 
Paul Greengrass, Universal Pictures 
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," 
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips, Based on a Character Created by Sacha Baron Cohen, Twentieth Century Fox
"The Departed"
William Monahan, Based on the Motion Picture Internal Affairs, Written by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, Warner Bros. Pictures
"The Devil Wears Prada"
Aline Brosh McKenna, Based on the Novel by Lauren Weisberger, Twentieth Century Fox
"Little Children"
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, Based on the Novel by Tom Perrotta, New Line Cinema
"Thank You for Smoking"
Jason Reitman, Based on the Novel by Christopher Buckley, Fox Searchlight Pictures  
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