15 Early Predictions For 2019 Oscars

4. Backseat & The Irishman Win Best Screenplay Awards

Martin Scorsese At The BFI
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The Best Adapted and Best Original Screenplay awards can often be great categories for rewarding movies that miss out on the Best Director and Best Picture fields, as occurred this year with Call Me by Your Name and Get Out winning the respective categories.

Expect the same thing to happen next year, with Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian's script for The Irishman likely winning Best Adapted (if the movie makes it out in time), and fellow Oscar winner Adam McKay's original script for Backseat probably scooping Best Original Screenplay.

Given the talent attached in each case, it makes a hell of a lot sense.

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