December 11, 2024

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Don’t Look Up, Coda , Succession  win prime honours at Writers Guild Awards 2022

By Express News Service

Don’t Look Up and Coda added momentum to their hopes for Oscar gold by nabbing the highest movie honours on the 74th annual Writers Guild Awards.

Sunday’s wins for the Apple TV Plus and Netflix titles come as movie award season heads into its last seven-day countdown main into the 94th Academy Awards on March 27.

The Writers Guild of America West and East joined forces this yr to current Sunday’s awards in a digital format, hosted by actor-writer Ashley Nicole Black, out of Covid-related precaution.

On the TV facet, the HBO/HBO Max platform stood tall. Succession received the trophies for drama sequence and episodic drama, the latter snared by the memorable shareholders assembly romp, Retired Janitors of Idaho.

Succession made historical past on Sunday, ending its 2022 sweep of the key guild awards with two massive WGA wins. The present has already collected the SAG Award for drama ensemble, the DGA Award for drama sequence (for director Mark Mylod) and the PGA honor as nicely.

Episodic comedy honours went to Hulu’s offbeat interval car The Great, for creator/showrunner Tony McNamara’s Alone At Last episode.