Sentences with phrase «screenwriting credit»

Snyder and screenwriter Chris Terrio (who shares screenwriting credit with Whedon after a massive rewrite) take up a lot of the movie's first half introducing us to the three new characters.

David S. Goyer's previous work includes screenwriting credits on such films as Blade (and Blade II), Dark City, The Crow: City of Angels, Death Warrant and Kickboxer 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Brandt, whose screenwriting credits include co-writing Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma and 2 Fast 2 Furious with Derek Haas and who is co-creator of NBC's Chicago Fire and its spinoffs, has sold his untitled supernatural thriller pitch to 20th Century Fox.

Starring Brit Marling (who shares screenwriting credit with Batmanglij), the film follows her as a private intelligence officer who infiltrates the eco-anarchist group, the titular East, led by Alexander Skarsgård and Ellen Page.

«Love Actually» (Universal) Directed by Richard Curtis, whose screenwriting credits include «Four Weddings and a Funeral» and «Bridget Jones» Diary,» this quirky comedy tracks 10 interwoven stories when lovers, losers and also - rans cross paths on Christmas Eve in London.

First screenwriting credit for Emma Thompson, who was already a successful actor.

King earned his first screenwriting credit collaborating on this brilliantly dark and funny portmanteau film from director George A Romero.

Released in 1983, Mr. Mom was only Hughes» second screenwriting credit (after the deservedly forgotten National Lampoon movie, Class Reunion), which he famously based on his own lack of prowess after his wife returned to work and he found himself taking care of their kids.

It is as if JK Rowling — who, tellingly, takes full screenwriting credit here — has fallen in love with the universe she has created, failing to understand what made it so popular and beloved in the first instance.

Genisys is penned by Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Alexander) and Patrick Lussier (a longtime editor whose few prior screenwriting credits include Dracula 2000 and its direct - to - video sequels).

Aimee Teagarden and Johnny Galecki star in this sequel that boasts an Akiva Goldsman screenwriting credit, which is scary unto itself.

The story told here by Garland — whose screenwriting credits also include 28 Days Later, Dredd, Sunshine, and Never Let Me Go — contains elements familiar from his past works: apocalyptic events, authority figures or scientists faced with ethical dilemmas, the exploration of the issues of gender, identity, and creation.

McTiernan's script, to date his only screenwriting credit, is some superficial fluffernutter about restless inuat (spirits of Inuit mythology) haunting the L.A. living — except when it's a diffuse meditation on the stateless qualities of Angelenos and California in general.

Lang wrote the original script with Bertold Brecht (though John Wexley, who translated the script and rewrote the English version with Lang's input, took screenwriting credit on the film) and pretty much took over shaping the film to his own desires once shooting began, which infuriated Brecht and led to his break with Lang.

Playwright Gregory Burke's previous screenwriting credit was for» 71, Yann Demange's thriller whose background is Northern Ireland's Troubles, and though he and Padilha have made their names on full - throttle actioners, much of 7 Days in Entebbe is build - up.

You see, Air's screenwriting credits went into arbitration with the Writers Guild, and the result is a shared credit between two people who never even met until after filming was finished.

Avary's most recent screenwriting credit was for Robert Zemeckis» Beowulf, which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

Further evidence comes from the partial screenwriting credit of Wang Hui - Ling, co-screenwriter of Crouching Tiger attached to this film.

Onscreen, though, this self - adaptation — McEwan's first screenwriting credit since The Innocent in 1993 — loses some of that melancholic power.

The film (based on Amy Fox «s play) picked up decent notices, but was mostly ignored on release, but nevertheless, it managed to get Terrio more screenwriting work, even though he'd only contributed additional material to «Heights» (making «Argo» his first proper screenwriting credit).

Cohen shares screenwriting credits with Phil Johnston and Peter Baynham.

It's a no - winners landscape in the hands of director Yorgos Lanthimos (sharing screenwriting credit with Efthimis Filippou), whose earlier arthouse offerings, like «Alps» and the Academy Award - nominated «Dogtooth,» dove deeply into similar pools of human sadness.

Also leaping to mind is the director who raised the «mockumentary» to high comedic art: Christopher Guest has not only directorial but screenwriting credits on most of his movies, which include Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind.

Another actor, Justin Theroux from Mulholland Drive, earns his second screenwriting credit, after working on the terrific Tropic Thunder (did Downey request his services?).

Director Alex Garland, whose screenwriting credits include 28 Days Later and Sunshine, and who made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, has produced an appropriately understated script, leaving most of the thematic good stuff to the action and art direction.

The show's other co-creators — Brian Koppelman and David Levien, whose screenwriting credits include «Ocean's Thirteen» and «Rounders» — have delivered a compelling and remarkably original story that is filled with florid, entertaining dialogue that ricochets from scene to scene.

McKay and Ferrell share screenwriting credits, and Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller produce.

The third - act climax, which underwent such a massive rehaul by Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard that it earned them both screenwriting credits alongside original scribes Michael Matthew Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, is also really enjoyable.

It doesn't help matters that Akiva Goldsman gets a screenwriting credit.

I imagine that if Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson (who have screenwriting credits on movies like Anchorman and The Royal Tenenbaums, in addition to being famously gifted, quick - witted improvisers) were to ad - lib, Stiller wouldn't angrily call «Cut!»

Since the brittle misanthropy of 2013's Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coens have racked up screenwriting credits on such «serious» fare as Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, and this feels like the brothers cutting themselves some well - earned recreational slack.

Stallone remains not only the star, but also retains a screenwriting credit.

The English language debut of veteran Danish director Henrik Ruben Genz (Terribly Happy), a 2000 Academy Award nominee for Live Action Short, Good People sees Sakey's 2009 text translated to the screen by Kelly Masterson, whose first two screenwriting credits were the highly acclaimed Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and Snowpiercer.

One section explores the controversy over the screenwriting credit.

While Duplass has a screenwriting credit, the foggy haze of memory and nostalgia is realized through a combination of improvised dialogue and intuitive performance.

Adapted from the memoir by Cambodian activist Loung Ung, who shares a screenwriting credit with the director, «First They Killed My Father» follows five - year - old Long (newcomer Sreymouch Sareum) as her family is torn from Phnom Penh to endure a dangerous nomadic life under the Pol Pot regime.

The screenwriting credits boast of no less than six seasoned writers, which is usually a sure sign that the script has undergone a number of rewrites before coming up with one the studio considered to be satisfactory.

Harmony Korine has little work predating Gummo (1997), his feature debut, excluding his screenwriting credit for Larry Clark's Kids (1995).

Woolverton is currently at work on a «Maleficent» sequel for Jolie, and — as the original's writer — has a screenwriting credit on the live - action «Beauty and the Beast,» due from Disney next year, though she said she is not creatively involved in the film.

Del Toro shares his screenwriting credit with Divergent scribe Vanessa Taylor, and both show little interest in Disney - ed recourse to sublimation of strength and desire for their princess.

The screenwriting credits are a veritable who's who of some of the major talents working in the political thriller today.

OSCAR CHANCES: The last time Damon shared a screenwriting credit it was on a little movie called «Good Wil Hunting,» which earned him and Ben Affleck an Oscar.