Best Original Screenplay

Sure-Things:

50/50, Will Reiser

The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids, Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig

Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen

Remaining Prediction:

Young Adult, Diablo Cody

Alternates:

A Separation, Asghar Farhadi

Win Win, Thomas McCarthy, Joe Tiboni

Long-Shots:

Beginners, Mike Mills

The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

Diablo Cody, a winner for Juno, should return to this category just ahead of Thomas McCarthy, whose scripts for The Station Agent and The Visitor were both passed up by the Writers’ Branch. Also, the most acclaimed foreign film of the year is always a possible upset in the screenplay categories.