Competition for Best Screenplay Oscar nominations crammed with contenders

Best Screenplay: Which Writers Will Be Celebrating Next Week? - Hollywood Prospectus Blog - Grantland

A couple of months ago, I wrote a Grantland column about the competition for Best Screenplay Oscar nominations in which I suggested that this year, Best Adapted Screenplay would be crammed with contenders and Best Original Screenplay would offer a quieter, sparser field. I would like to amend that slightly by explaining that I may have slightly overstated matters. No, let me go further: I misstated matters. I was wrong. In fact, for good measure, I would just like to offer a full and unconditional apology to the people of New Jersey.