Though there’s a great Hollywood tradition for adapting beloved books into movies, inspiration for Oscar-nominated movies often come from a wide number of sources. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was based on”Can You Say…Hero?” an Esquire article from 1998, for example. The critically acclaimed 2015 movie The Martian began as a self-published 2011 novel by Andy Weir. And while the parade of Marvel and DC adaptations hitting theaters seems neverending these past few years, comic book characters have found new life on the big screen for more than half a century.
This year’s Best Adapted Screenplay nominees are no different. While three of the scripts were based on traditionally published books (one a beloved classic at that), one is adapted from on an unproduced play and the other is loosely based on a 1988 comic. Here are the source materials that served as the inspiration for the 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominees:
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