
'Conclave' wins Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Straughan has won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Conclave" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

The papal intrigue film was written by British author-playwright Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by British novelist Robert Harris.
Both Straughan and Harris are veterans of the thriller genre. Straughan's other screenplay credits include "The Snowman" and an adaptation of John le Carré's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
Harris' works - many of them source material for movies - include the World War II novels "Fatherland" and "Enigma" and the Russia-based thriller "Archangel." He is also known, and somewhat notorious for his 2007 novel, "The Ghost," a fictionalized critique of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Harris and director Roman Polanski co-wrote a well-regarded adaptation, "The Ghost Writer.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.