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Based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire, the film is written by Zemeckis and Forrest Gump screenwriter Eric Roth.
Also starring Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery, the Miramax and ImageMovers film is produced by Zemeckis, Derek Hogue, Jack Rapke and Bill Block.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
In March 2023, Variety exclusively reported that Knight had signed onto the project, replacing original screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Both of us knew that in 2006, Heff earned permanent Hollywood B-list infamy as the screenwriter of Snakes on a Plane, the cult classic, so-bad-it’s-good Samuel L. Jackson thriller with the title that explains the movie’s entire plot.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Campbell is officially set to return for Scream 7, which is directed by Kevin Williamson, the screenwriter of Scream, Scream 2, and Scream 4.
—EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
In March 2023, Variety exclusively reported that Knight had signed onto the project, replacing original screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Both of us knew that in 2006, Heff earned permanent Hollywood B-list infamy as the screenwriter of Snakes on a Plane, the cult classic, so-bad-it’s-good Samuel L. Jackson thriller with the title that explains the movie’s entire plot.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Campbell is officially set to return for Scream 7, which is directed by Kevin Williamson, the screenwriter of Scream, Scream 2, and Scream 4.
—EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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