While the victory of Zero Dark Thirty signals a possible victor over non-nominated Quentin Tarantino, the big news of the night is the Adapted Screenplay win by Chris Terrio for Argo. The film didn’t seem like it had much of a shot with the WGA with the likes of Tony Kushner and David O. Russell in the midst, yet it managed to triumph continuing to show a wide level of support for the film and a suggestion that perhaps it could take the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the Oscars next week.

The Awards

Best Original Screenplay

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo

Documentary Screenplay

Searching for Sugar Man

Writers Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1933
First Awards: 1948 (65)