WGA Screenwriting Credit System - Examples

Examples

Here are some complicated examples of WGA-approved exceptions to writer-only credit.

  • The Rock (1996):
    • Story by David Weisberg & Douglas S. Cook
    • Screenplay by David Weisberg & Douglas S. Cook and Mark Rosner
  • Armageddon (1998):
    • Story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh
    • Adaptation by Tony Gilroy and Shane Salerno
    • Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J. J. Abrams
  • Scary Movie 4 (2006)—the original Scary Movie was based on a combination of two scripts, causing its sequels to have increasingly complicated writing credits.
    • Screenplay by Craig Mazin & Jim Abrahams & Pat Proft
    • Story by Craig Mazin
    • Based on characters created by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Buddy Johnson & Phil Beauman and Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
  • The Heartbreak Kid (2007)—a remake of the 1972 film of the same name, which was based on a short story
    • Based on the screenplay by Neil Simon
    • Based on the short story "A Change of Plan" by Bruce Jay Friedman
    • Screenplay by Scot Armstrong and Leslie Dixon and Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly & Kevin Barnett
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)—the fourth film in the series based on the theme park ride; the plot of this film was taken from a novel
    • Suggested by the novel by Tim Powers
    • Based on Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
    • Based on characters created by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert
    • Screen story and screenplay by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio

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