Jason Reitman Articles

JUNO (2007) Direction: Jason Reitman Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, Rainn Wilson Screenplay: Diablo Cody Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Juno Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody, Juno is what most teen movies are not: non-commercial, with an "agenda" between the pages of its screenplay. In [...]

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Best Original Screenplay, The Hurt Locker Best Adapted Screenplay, Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's win for Up in the Air, about an expert corporate-downsizer played by George Clooney, is all but assured. Reitman and Turner's screenplay has been the most honored by US film critics and it has won the Writers Guild Award. Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker screenplay is somewhat [...]

Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (top); Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (bottom) The Writers Guild of America came up with some pretty shocking choices at their 2010 awards held this evening: Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) for best original screenplay, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's Up in the Air (directed by Reitman) for best adapted screenplay, [...]