Are these the screenplay nominees for this year’s Oscars?

From THR, Scott Feinberg predicts the screenplay nominees for this year’s Oscars:

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Frontrunners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (The Descendants) BFCA, HFPA, NBR, NYFCC
Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) BFCA, HFPA
Tate Taylor (The Help) BFCA
John Logan (Hugo) BFCA
Eric Roth (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) BFCA

Major Threats
Richard Curtis, Lee Hall (War Horse)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov (The Ides of March) HFPA
Steven Zaillian (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Possibilities
Hossein Amini (Drive)
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Pedro Almodovar (The Skin I Live In)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Frontrunners
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) BFCA, HFPA
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) BFCA, HFPA
Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni (Win Win) BFCA
Will Reiser (50/50) BFCA, NBR
Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)

Major Threats
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) LAFCA
Diablo Cody (Young Adult) BFCA
J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)

Possibilities
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
James Ward Byrkit, John Logan, Gore Verbinski (Rango)
Dustin Lance Black (J. Edgar)
Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

This year feels a lot more malleable than recent history. I have a bunch of movies to see before I can make an informed guess, but how about you? Which scripts of produced movies impressed you the most in 2011?

For more of the THR article, go here.