Avengers director Joss Whedon says he wrote the first Avengers script alone, despite sharing a credit with Zak Penn. Whedon also says he almost added The Wasp to the film.
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Avengers screenwriter Zak Penn reveals that before Chris Hemsworth came along, there was a plan to reduce Thor's role in the first Avengers film.
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Zak Penn (Ready Player One, The Avengers) will write the ROM movie for Paramount, based on the Hasbro toy and subsequent comic series about an intergalactic cyborg.
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Writer Zak Penn (The Avengers) says he's returning to Marvel Studios to write another superhero movie screenplay. Read more about the new Zak Penn Marvel project.
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Writer Zak Penn offers a brief update on the Matrix reboot, saying the film is currently in a "phase" right now and is still in the planning stages at Warner Bros.
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At a recent press junket, writer Zak Penn revealed another big Ready Player One reference that was originally in the script – until Steven Spielberg cut it out. Plus, discover the surprising franchise Spielberg couldn't secure the rights to.
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Screenwriter Zak Penn offers an update on that potential new Matrix movie, which will not be a reboot but will continue to expand The Matrix universe.
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If you freaked out about new of The Matrix reboot, you'll be happy to hear from writer Zak Penn that the project isn't really a reboot at all.
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Rumor has it a Blue Beetle and Booster Gold movie is in the works at Warner Bros., from director Greg Berlanti and screenwriter Zak Penn.
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The Ready Player One movie, based on Ernie Cline's '80s pop culture-influenced novel and directed by Steven Spielberg, gets a release date.
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Paramount is building new Transformers sequels and spin-offs, and has hired five people for a new Transformers writing team.
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Ready Player One is a must read pop culture novel and now, it seems author Ernie Cline is working on a Ready Player One sequel. Read more here.
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Warner Bros. has reportedly offered Ready Player One to Christopher Nolan. Will he do it? Who knows. Read the Christopher Nolan Ready Player One news.
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Screenwriter Zak Penn offers a new update on the Ready Player One movie. Basically, the script is done and it has lots of potential licensing hurdles.
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When a landfill in New Mexico was dug up last year, with those involved hoping to exhume thousands of dumped copies of Atari's terrible E.T. video game, the whole event was captured on camera for a documentary. That doc is Atari: Game Over, directed by Zak Penn, and it is now available online. Thanks to…
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Guillermo Del Toro says Pacific Rim 2 will be "very different" than the first. Learn Pacific Rim 2 details and info on the Pacific Rim animated series.
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Director Guillermo del Toro gives fans the news they've wanted to hear: Pacific Rim 2 is official, and set for a 2017 release!
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The Ready Player One movie has some movement once again. Writer Zac Penn has boarded the project to rewrite the script so a director can get attached soon.
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Pacific Rim 2 is being written by Zak Penn and Guillermo del Toro. The original's writer, Travis Beacham, is tied up with his new Fox series Hieroglyph.
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Len Wiseman is set to direct Black Chapter, written by Zak Penn. The sci-fi thriller follows an FBI agent who enters a training program to gain superpowers.
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Two of the major studios set up brand new sci-fi projects on Wednesday. First up, Paramount bought the rights to Clark Baker's short film Vessel with the aim to turn it into a feature. We covered it in June and it's about a flight that goes frighteningly wrong. Stephen Susco (The Grudge, Red, Texas Chainsaw 3D)…
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Want to see a sensual image of Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises? How about a behind the scenes featurette on The Avengers? Which character did Joss Whedon force himself to cut from the film? What does Beyonce look like dressed as Spider-Man? Have props from Man of Steel revealed one of the film's story lines?…
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As a huge fan of the original Karate Kid, I die a little bit inside anytime I see the three words "The Karate Kid" on my TV guide only to find it's the 2010 remake with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Apparently, though, I'm in the minority. The film was an absolute smash hit for…
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As the next phase of Marvel's movie master plan begins to unspool at theaters worldwide - with Thor on May 6 followed by Captain America: The First Avenger on July 22 - attention will quickly turn towards Joss Whedon's superhero crossover film The Avengers. And if we're talking Avengers, screenwriter Zak Penn is a man…
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It has been assumed for a while now that Marvel's upcoming superhero team-up film The Avengers would follow the continuity of the original comic books run, and involve a plot where Loki would unleash the Hulk. Here is more information on that comic storyline from Wikipedia: "Loki's schemes eventually came to include Earth itself and…
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Briefly: Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada has confirmed on Twitter that screenwriter Zak Penn has turned in a first draft of the big screen adaptation of The Avengers. The film currently has a release date scheduled for May 4th 2012.
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Screenwriter Zak Penn has long been attached to Marvel's Avengers movie, and he's recently begun talking about the project, if only a little bit. SciFiWire quotes him from a panel at the Los Angeles Film Festival, where he spoke briefly about one of the most daunting aspects of the project: continuity. The backdrop to this…
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