Descendants, Bridesmaids Earn Authors Guild Noms

First Launched: The month of the month of january 5, 2012 2:57 PM EST Credit: Fox Searchlight Caption George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in Fox Searchlights The Descendants, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- George Clooneys The Descendants, Kaira Pitts Moneyball, Kristen Wiigs Bridesmaids and Woodsy Allens Evening amount of time in Paris are among nominees for your Authors Guild of America Honours. Clooneys family drama The Descendants acquired an modified-script nomination Thursday for director Alexander Payne and co-authors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Pitts sports tale Moneyball expires for a similar prize for authors Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Zaillian features a second modified-script nomination for director David Finchers thriller The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo, starring Difficulties and Rooney Mara. Bridesmaids star Wiig shared a geniune-script nomination on her behalf wedding comedy, which she co-written with Annie Mumolo. Director Allen also was nominated for original script for his romantic fantasy Evening amount of time in Paris. Other competitors for original script: Will Reiser for your cancer story 50/50, starring Ernest Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen Tom McCarthy for the family members tale Mutually Advantageous, featuring Paul Giamatti and Diablo Cody for your dark comedy Youthful Adult, with Charlize Theron. Also nominated for modified script: author-director Tate Taylor for your Deep South drama The Help, with Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Octavia Spencer and John Logan for filmmaker Martin Scorseses Paris adventure Hugo, featuring Ben Kingsley and child stars Chloe Sophistication Moretz and Asa Butterfield. Some acclaimed films, like the quiet movie The Artist, were ineligible simply because they were not made beneath the guilds contract recommendations. Nominated for documentary script: Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane p la Vega, Better Our World Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek, In case your Tree Falls: An Account around the globe Liberation Front Patricio Guzman, Nostalgia for your Light Wim Wenders, Pina Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich and Leonard Retel Helmrich, Position Among the Stars and Manish Pandey, Senna. Honors from Hollywood trade groups such as the authors, stars and company company directors guilds help deal with likely competitors for your Academy awards, whose nominations emerge Jan. 24. Authors Guild individuals who win will probably be introduced Feb. 19. Copyright 2012 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.