 The Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (as opposed to the Oscar for best "original" screenplay, for which no additional works are cited by the author(s) as forming the basis for their screenplay, either in part or as a whole).The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include plays, musicals, and other theatrical works; short stories; nonfiction books; TV series; and even other films, for example, foreign language films.All sequels are automatically considered adaptations by this standard, since the sequel must be based on the story set forth in the original film.