{"id":479256,"date":"2026-03-16T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479256\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:56:12","slug":"ryan-coogler-wins-best-original-screenplay-oscar-for-sinners-oscars-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479256\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Coogler wins best original screenplay Oscar for Sinners | Oscars 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Coogler has won the best original screenplay Oscar for Sinners, at the 98th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

Coogler\u2019s victory makes him only the second black writer to win the award, following Jordan Peele, who won in 2018 for Get Out.<\/p>\n

Coogler had to overcome a strong field to win, including Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value, and Robert Kaplow for Blue Moon.<\/p>\n

Sinners, which Coogler also directed, stars Michael B Jordan as twins \u201cSmoke\u201d and \u201cStack\u201d Moore, whose juke joint is under siege by vampires led by Jack O\u2019Connell. Jordan later won the best actor Oscar<\/a> for his performance.<\/p>\n

Coogler has been heavily featured already in this year\u2019s script awards race, winning best original screenplay at the Baftas, Writers Guild and Critics Choice awards, and picking up a nomination at the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n

Coogler thanked the Academy and his fellow nominees, as well as his cast and crew \u2013 who he asked to rise from their seats.<\/p>\n

He then paid tribute to his producer and wife, Zinzi, saying she made every day better than the preceding, as well as to his parents, saying: \u201cThank y\u2019all for making me believe in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

He finished by thanking \u201cmy babies that are at home watching. I apologise for all the time away. Dad loves you.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemories are all we have. I hope I\u2019ll give you some great ones. And that y\u2019all blessed to live a long life, and your dad becomes just a memory. I want y\u2019all to remember this one thing. I love y\u2019all more than anything. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article was amended on 16 March 2026 to correct the first name of Zinzi Coogler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Coogler has won the best original screenplay Oscar for Sinners, at the 98th Academy Awards. Coogler\u2019s victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-479256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}