Yesterday, hot on the heels of the Producers’ Guild announcing their 2010 nominees, the writers had their say. Here’s who they dubbed as the cool kids for the last year at the movies…

Original Screenplay
BLACK SWAN
THE FIGHTER
INCEPTION
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
PLEASE GIVE

Adapted Screenplay
127 HOURS
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
THE TOWN
TRUE GRIT

Deeper insight into the potential nominees for Oscar’s best screenplay categories, right? Not so fast. The WGA has some pretty steadfast rules about which scripts are eligible and which are not – rules that don’t carry over to the Oscar race.

Some screenplays that didn’t qualify included ANOTHER YEAR, BLUE VALENTINE, THE GHOST WRITER, THE KING’S SPEECH, TOY STORY 3, and WINTER’S BONE.

As you peruse that list of nominees that did make the cut, keep in mind that last year for instance the following films were deemed ineligible: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS, AN EDUCATION, IN THE LOOP, and DISTRICT 9. All four of those were in fact nominated for best screenplay Oscars, edging out WGA favorites like AVATAR, STAR TREK and JULIE & JULIA.

I guess the point is that along with the fact that the WGA has some strict guidelines, they also tend to have a slightly different headspace to them (but then who can understand writers anyway…..hey, wait a second…).

So while this is interesting in the way it’s not exactly the most dependable batch of tea leaves. That said, you might recall that yesterday I said that at the moment there were eight locks for Best Picture nominations. Not for nuthin, but all seven eligible films are WGA nominees.

Thoughts?