The USC Libraries have announced the finalists for the 38th annual Scripter Awards, which recognize excellence in adapting literature for film and television from the year 2025.
Among the film finalists are several Oscar hopefuls, each based on acclaimed literary works:
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro — based on the novel “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley; Penguin (publisher) “Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell — based on O’Farrell’s novel of the same name; Vintage Books (publisher) “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) — Paul Thomas Anderson — based on the novel “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon; Penguin (publisher) “Peter Hujar’s Day”
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