Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can ...

It’s been a month since Peter Straughan won his first Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Conclave, and the screenwriter still can’t believe the reception the film has had. “I had ...

Over the past 20 years, screenwriter Peter Straughan has become British cinema’s go-to guy for adaptations. That might sound like a back-handed compliment, but his protean talent makes it hard ...

Peter Straughan won his first Golden Globe on Sunday, scoring for Best Screenplay — Motion Picture for Conclave. The Papal whodunnit, written by Straughan who adapted the book of the same name ...

Peter Straughan, who adapted Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning historical novel “Wolf Hall” for screen has set the story of William Shakespeare’s first folio as his next project.

Conclave screenwriter Peter Straughan grew up in a “devout Catholic household’ and even served as an altar boy as a child. So while he’s no longer an active church member, Straughan says he ...

Peter Straughan wasn’t exactly walking around with his cell phone in hand to hear if the movie academy was going to acknowledge him for adapting Conclave in Thursday’s Oscar nominations.. With ...

Peter Straughan's reputation as a screenwriter has run far ahead of the evidence actually up on the screen. "Sixty Six," his debut pic, co-written with partner Bridget O'Connor but also with the ...

PETER STRAUGHAN: Two of the film’s producers sent it to me. Tessa Ross, who I made Frank with when she was at Film4, and Robyn Slovo, who I’d worked with on Tinker Tailor.

Peter Straughan wasn’t exactly walking around with his cell phone in hand to hear if the movie academy was going to acknowledge him for adapting Conclave in Thursday’s Oscar nominations. With ...