Film Festival. In April 2020, Deadline.com announced McCarten would be writing the screenplay for an upcoming Whitney Houston biopic. He would also serve as producer with Houston's mentor/boss Clive Davis, her estate president and music company Primary Wave. Stella Meghie was set to direct the film, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody. In September 2021, director Kasi Lemmons was brought on to replace Meghie. Production started shortly afterwards at Marina Studios' soundstages in Quincy, Massachusetts. Theatre McCarten received early international success with his play Ladies Night. McCarten has written the book for A Beautiful Noise, a Broadway musical about Neil Diamond which premiered in New York in December 2022. He is also the author of the play The Collaboration. Personal life McCarten divides his time between London, Los Angeles and Munich. He has three children. Selected works Films Television Theatre Awards and nominations Academy Awards {| class="wikitable |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result |- | rowspan=2 | 2014 | rowspan=2 | The Theory of Everything | Best Picture | |- | Best Adapted Screenplay | |- | 2017 | Darkest Hour | Best Picture | |- | 2019 | The Two Popes | Best Adapted Screenplay | |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" British Academy Film Awards {| class="wikitable |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result |- | rowspan=3 | 2014 | rowspan=3 | The Theory of Everything | Best Film | |- | Best Adapted Screenplay | |- | Outstanding British Film | |- | rowspan=2 | 2017 | rowspan=2 | Darkest Hour | Best Film | |- | Outstanding British Film | |- | 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Outstanding British Film | |- | rowspan=2 | 2019 | rowspan=2 | The Two Popes | Best Adapted Screenplay | |- | Outstanding British Film | |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" Golden Globe Awards {| class="wikitable |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | 2019 | The Two Popes | Best Screenplay | | |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" Hollywood Film Awards {| class="wikitable |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result |- | rowspan=2 | 2019 | The Two Popes | Hollywood Screenwriter Award | |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" Bibliography Spinners Random House New Zealand (1999) Harper Perennial (US) (2001) The English Harem Picador (2002), reprinted (film-tie-in) Alma Books (2006) Brilliance (2006) Hawthorne Books (US), Alma Books (UK) Random House