CODA's PGA & WGA wins give it a shot at big Oscar glory

CODA, PGA, WGA, SAG, Oscars, Best Picture

This was the final weekend of Oscar voting (ballots are due at 5:00 PM PST on Tuesday) and this also was the final weekend of Guild results as well. The PGA (Producers Guild of America) and WGA (Writers Guild of America) announced their winners and CODA took the top prize at the PGA’s while also scoring a WGA win in the Adapted Screenplay category.

These wins give CODA a big boost when it comes to its hopes on Hollywood’s biggest night. The Power of the Dog seemed like a sure thing last week when it took home top honors at the Critics Choice Awards and the BAFTA’s, along with a DGA win for director Jane Campion, but CODA is proving to be an outlier that could sneak in and take it all. CODA has seen wins at three of the four major guilds (PGA, WGA, and SAG) and this all means that awards season may not be as predictable as we thought it would be.

CODA also took Adapted Screenplay honors at the WGA’s over the weekend, giving it a strong shot at a win in this category come Oscar night. Another big surprise came with the WGA’s pick for Best Original Screenplay. Adam McKay’s polarizing Don’t Look Up took those honors and it is being seen largely as an upset. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza was the favorite to win and Don’t Look Up’s unexpected victory also makes this a category that might surprise us on Oscar night as well. Don’t Look Up’s win certainly got Twitter buzzing last night as film Twitter debated whether the film deserved the win over the other choices.

Per Deadline, since SAG started its own awards show 27 years ago and joined PGA DGA and WGA on the precursor circuit, no film has gone on to win Best Picture without at least one of those four major guild prizes, and only four films in that time have gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar with only one of those guild prizes (Green Book, Million Dollar Baby, The Artist, Moonlight). The Power of the Dog did take home the DGA award but CODA grabbed honors at the other three. This is why it looks like we really have an interesting race on our hands as we head to the Oscars on March 27, 2022.

What are YOUR thoughts on CODA’s guild victories this weekend? You can check out the full winner’s list below!

PGA Winner’s List:

WINNERS

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
CODA

Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Encanto

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama
Succession (Season 3)

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited-Series Television
Mare of Easttown

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy
Ted Lasso (Season 2)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Stand-up, and Talk Television
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Season 8)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game and Competition Television
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 13)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Nonfiction Television
The Beatles: Get Back (Season 1)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free — The Making of Wildflowers

WGA Winner’s List:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Don’t Look Up
Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota; Netflix

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA
Screenplay by Siân Heder, Based on the Original Motion Picture La Famille Belier Directed by Eric Lartigau, Written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Eric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain; Apple

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

Exposing Muybridge
Written by Marc Shaffer; Inside Out Media

TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA

DRAMA SERIES

Succession
Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO/HBO Max

COMEDY SERIES

Hacks
Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Cole Escola, Janis Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max

NEW SERIES

ORIGINAL LONG FORM

Mare of Easttown
Written by Brad Ingelsby; HBO/HBO Max

ADAPTED LONG FORM

Maid
Written by Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler, Inspired by the book by Stephanie Land; Netflix

ORIGINAL & ADAPTED SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA

Debunking Borat
Written by Robyn Adams, Paul Hogan, Jack Youngelson; Prime Video

ANIMATION

“Planteau” (Tuca & Bertie)
Written by Lisa Hanawalt; Cartoon Network

EPISODIC DRAMA

“Retired Janitors of Idaho” (Succession)
Written by Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton; HBO/HBO Max

EPISODIC COMEDY

“Alone At Last” (The Great)
Written by Tony McNamara; Hulu

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES

Conan
Head Writer: Matt O’Brien Writers: Jose Arroyo, Glenn Boozan, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney; TBS

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Writers: Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon; Netflix

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS

Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns
Head Writers: Kristen Bartlett, Mike Drucker Writers: Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Miles Kahn, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker, Alison Zeidman Writing Supervised by Joe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi Special Material by Michael Rhoa; TBS

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Baking It
Writers: Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Niccole Thurman; Peacock

DAYTIME DRAMA

Days of Our Lives
Head Writer: Ron Carlivati Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock, Elizabeth Snyder; NBC

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS

“The Tale of the Midnight Magic” (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
Written by JT Billings and Alex Ebel; Nickelodeon

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS

“The Healthcare Divide” (Frontline)
Written by Rick Young; PBS

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

“Citizen Hearst, Part One” (American Experience)
Written by Gene Tempest; PBS

NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

“The Unequal Recession” (60 Minutes)
Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young; CBS News

NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

“Handcuffed to the Truth” (60 Minutes)
Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young; CBS News

DIGITAL NEWS

“‘Men’s Rights Asians’ Think This Is Their Moment”
Written by Aaron Mak; Slate.com