Vince Vaughn, the son of a salesman, is credited with the story and
shares a screenplay credit with Jared Stern, which probably accounts for one of the more favorable portrayals of salespeople in recent cinematic history.
Director Derrickson, known for his successful horror films,
shares screenplay credit with Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill.
Despite the palpable electricity between McQueen and Dunaway, the original's romance felt rushed and therefore somewhat forced; here, screenwriter Leslie Dixon (who
shares screenplay credit with Kurt Wimmer, who, in a unique arrangement, handled only the action scenes) fleshes out the love story, showing how their basic desire develops into real affection.
Ryan Reynolds
shares screenplay credit this time around, but apparently no ideas were discarded on the path from script to screen.
Part of the time, Ritchie, who
shares screenplay credit with Harry Potter executive producer / Man from U.N.C.L.E scribe Lionel Wigram and lapsed filmmaker Joby Harold (the 2007 thriller Awake), applies the Sherlock Holmes treatment: the cloudy gray visuals, the slow - motion fight sequences, the irony - heavy anachronistic sense of humor.
Jumping the Broom, whose title comes from a wedding tradition Pam alone wishes to see honored here, marks the feature film debut of director Salim Akil (a veteran of TV's «Soul Food», «Girlfriends», and «The Game») and Arlene Gibbs, who
shares screenplay credit with story - credited Elizabeth Hunter (an alum of «ER», «The L Word», and «Charmed»).
Oddly, Juice marks Dickerson's only writing to date, as he alone is billed with story and
shares screenplay credit with the less experienced Gerard Brown, who has almost never worked in Hollywood again.
It is apparent that Cianfrance, who
shares screenplay credit with Brother Tied co-writer Joey Curtis and novice Cami Delavigne, is not simply trying to go against the grain.
Jackson didn't wait as long as Lucas and his adaptations (on which
he shares screenplay credit with three others) can't warrant the same story - fixated criticisms as Lucas» inventions.
There is even an effort by Loter, who shares story credit with Tom Rogers (who also
shares screenplay credit with three others), to pack a little emotion into the proceedings, aided by some original songs by KT Tunstall and Bleu.
Every bit as epically weird as its predecessor, 1999's Anchorman, Ferrell's shaggy collaboration with director Adam McKay, with whom
he shares screenplay credit, represents a leisurely cinematic stroll with one of the comedian's more indelible characters.
Two years later,
he shared a screenplay credit with Robert Towne on Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza.
Josh Heald, who conceived the first film and
shared screenplay credit with the duo of Sean Anders and John Morris, gets no credited help this time around.
Snyder still gets solo director billing on Justice League, with the former Buffy creator
sharing a screenplay credit with Chris Terrio, but the upbeat tone of the movie — snappy patter blending with action unburdened by subtext — is definitely Whedonesque.
Director / co-screenwriter James Mangold (Scott Frank and Michael Green
share screenplay credit) has a special affinity for Wolverine, having directed Jackman in 2013's eponymous «The Wolverine.»
The studio has released updated credits for Justice League as part of its fall movie preview, revealing that Whedon will
share screenplay credit with Chris Terrio (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Argo).
Taking over directing duties from Christopher McQuarrie and also
sharing screenplay credit, Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond) does little to revive a résumé that has been on a downslide for some time.
Not so much because of its mystery - suspense plot, reportedly faithful to the Robert Harris novel (Harris and Polanski
share screenplay credit).
Krasinski —
sharing screenplay credits with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck — piles on diabolical bits of ominous foreshadowing, especially a nail that pops up on the staircase, as Marco Beltrami's sinister score tightens the screws.
Not exact matches
And that's why John
shares story
credit with Chris and I, and Chris and I wrote the
screenplay.
Screenplay credit is
shared by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, and Josh Gatins (who provided the story).
(He also wrote the
screenplay but it's not his first; he
shared credit for last year's Keanu.)
The lion's
share of the
credit should rightfully go to Tom Tykwer, who not only directs in gorgeous fashion, he co-wrote the very ambitious
screenplay adaptation and contributed to the gorgeous score, as he has done for all of his films.
He is also one of four attributed with the
screenplay,
sharing credit with seasoned scribe Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King, The Mirror Has Two Faces), stand - up comic and roast dais staple Jeff Ross, and event comedy writer Lewis Friedman (who has been scarce in film since his 1998 debut BASEketball).
In addition, Mazin alone is
credited with the
screenplay (and
shares a story
credit) of the current # 1 movie in America, the poorly - reviewed but strongly - performing Identity Thief.
The
screenplay was the brainchild of Marc Norman but on Weinstein's suggestion, England's esteemed playwright Tom Stoppard was hired to do a rewrite, and they
shared original
screenplay credit.
This one's
screenplay is solely
credited to Anderson, though British artist and Anderson friend Hugo Guinness
shares story
credit and Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig gets one whopper of an «inspired by» screen at the start of the end
credits.
Superficially, the plotline of Obsessed reads like a thinly - veiled remake of Fatal Attraction, as it features so many similarities to that classic thriller that the original's scriptwriter, James Dearden, deserves to
share a
credit for the
screenplay.
It's been in development since 2009, a long time even for animation, and though LeFauve has sole
screenplay credit, the fact that she
shares story
credit with four other writers — Sohn, Erik Benson, Kelsey Mann and Bob Peterson (who also has an original concept and development
credit) points up how many cooks were involved in this tasty broth.
Ellin, who
shares story
credit and attributes the
screenplay entirely to himself, is more interested in the business dealings and even more than that, those bros being bros..
This is Kazan's first
screenplay credit, but we have no reservations on the quality of her work: her Off - Broadway play «We Live Here» unfortunately drew comparisons to the often histrionic and extravagant «Rachel Getting Married» for
sharing a similar plot, but the former was actually a much stronger and subtler work without all of the miserablist Oscar - beggar mayhem.
Christine adapter Bill Phillips penned the
screenplay and
shares story
credit with novice Steve Ransoshoff.
This time around, Oscar - winning Argo scribe Chris Terrio
shares story
credit with Snyder and
screenplay credit with none other than Joss Whedon, the Avengers writer - director who has defected from Marvel and finished, sans
credit, directing this film after family tragedy pulled Snyder away.
The international production Aftershock has Roth
sharing story and
screenplay credit, taking top billing as actor, and even presenting in the Tarantino sense.
Singer can't take blame for the deficiencies of the
screenplay, which
credits his Oscar - winning The Usual Suspects writer Christopher McQuarrie, TV veteran Dan Studney, and DreamWorks Animation scribe Darren Lemke, who
shares story
credit with comedy director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus).
An original tale like Only, Neon Demon, which
credits Refn alone with story and has him
share responsibility for the
screenplay with novice duo Mary Laws and Polly Shenham, initially seems to find the director stretching his creative muscles.
Gervasi
shares story
credit with Niccol and
screenplay credit with Nathanson.
Though originally announced as a straight biopic of inventor Joy Mangano, Joy has evolved slightly from that to allow Russell (who
shares story
credit with Bridesmaids» Annie Mumolo but alone is
credited with
screenplay) some creative license.
Not content with simply writing the
screenplay, Garland also produced the film, becoming involved so deeply in the movie's production that rumors of him even
sharing a co-directing
credit with director Pete Travis made the rounds at one point.