Writer's Guild Nominations: Blue Jasmine & Dallas Buyers Club Get a Boost, Another loss for Inside Llewyn Davis

Support from the PGA and now WGA mean great things for these 2 "underdogs".

Yesterday's PGA nominations found Dallas Buyers Club continuing its Screen Actors Guild success by landing a nomination for Best Film; with both PGA and SAG behind it, Best Picture seemed pretty likely. But now, with the WGA backing it, there seems to be a lot more support behind the film than previously thought.

Woody Allen's screenplay for Blue Jasmine was always seen as a sure thing given his track record. But after receiving a PGA nomination yesterday and a Golden Globe nomination for Sally Hawkins, it seems there's more support for the film outside of Cate Blanchett's masterclass turn and Allen's screenplay.

Films that were ineligible for the WGA include 12 Years A Slave, Philomena, Rush, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Short Term 12, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Fruitvale Station and In a World. I imagine that's how Lone Survivor (a film that's been ignored all season) made it in.

The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis was passed over for a nomination after being passed over by the PGA. Though the PGA loss is less worrisome (they didn't nominate A Serious Man back in 2009 and it managed to get a Best Picture nomination), the WGA exclusion is more worrisome; the WGA has always gone for the Coens. Though this isn't a nail in the coffin, it can be telling in terms of consensus.

You can read the full list of nominations below.

Original Screenplay:

• American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell 
• Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen
• Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
• Her, Written by Spike Jonze
• Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson

Adapted Screenplay:

• August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play
• Before Midnight, Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
• Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephen Talty
• Lone Survivor, Written by Peter Berg; Based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson
• The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by Terence Winter; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort