Judas and the Black Messiah screenwriters Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas will be honored with the 2021 Paul Selvin Award during the WGA Awards later this month, the Writers Guild said Wednesday.Taking its name from the late Paul Selvin, who served as general counsel to the WGA West for 25 years, the award is given annually to the WGAW member, or members, whose script best embodies “the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties that are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere.” Past honorees include Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, Dustin Lance Black, and Alex Gibney.Berson shared screenplay credit with King on the Warner Bros pic, with story credit shared among all four writers.
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