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American screenwriter
John Thomas
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Born
| John C. Thomas
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Occupation
| Screenwriter
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Years active
| 1987?present
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Relatives
| Jim Thomas
(brother)
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John C. Thomas
is an American
screenwriter
based in
California
. With his brother
Jim Thomas
, he wrote and/or was substantially involved with the screenplays of numerous films - including
Predator
(1987),
Predator 2
(1990),
Executive Decision
(1996),
Wild Wild West
(1999), and
Behind Enemy Lines
(2001), which spawned a franchise.
Early life
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Born in
Needles, California
and raised in
Bakersfield
, John worked as lifeguard, teacher, ditch digger and carpenter, as well as attempting to be a writer. His brother had the idea for the script that would become
Predator
, in 1983, and asked John for help.
[1]
Thomas and his brother took inspiration from a joke circulating Hollywood concerning the
Rocky
franchise and wrote a screenplay based on it. The Thomas script for
Predator
was originally titled
Hunter
.
[2]
The script was picked up by
20th Century Fox
in 1985, and turned over to producer
Joel Silver
who, based on his experience with
Commando
, decided to turn the science fiction pulp storyline into a big-budget film.
Thomas worked on a number of Hollywood productions through the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, such as
The Rescue
(1988),
Two-Fisted Tales
(1992) and
Mission to Mars
(2000). Along with his brother, he created the short-lived TV series
Hard Time on Planet Earth
. Scheduled opposite
NBC
's
Unsolved Mysteries
and
ABC
's
Growing Pains
on Wednesdays,
Hard Time on Planet Earth
ranked 65th out of 81 programs upon its premiere.
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Ratings for the series never improved and the series was canceled by CBS in May 1989.
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References
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External links
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1980s
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1990s
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- Daniel Waters
, James Cappe, and
David Arnott
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
(1990)
- Steven E. de Souza
,
Daniel Waters
,
Bruce Willis
, and
Robert Kraft
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Hudson Hawk
(1991)
- Blake Snyder
,
William Osborne
, and
William Davies
?
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
(1992)
- Amy Holden Jones
?
Indecent Proposal
(1993)
- Tom S. Parker,
Jim Jennewein
,
Steven E. de Souza
, and
various others
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The Flintstones
(1994)
- Joe Eszterhas
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Showgirls
(1995)
- Andrew Bergman
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Striptease
(1996)
- Eric Roth
and
Brian Helgeland
?
The Postman
(1997)
- Joe Eszterhas
?
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
(1998)
- Jim Thomas
,
John Thomas
,
S. S. Wilson
,
Brent Maddock
,
Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman
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Wild Wild West
(1999)
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2000s
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2010s
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- M. Night Shyamalan
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The Last Airbender
(2010)
- Steve Koren
,
Adam Sandler
, and Ben Zook ?
Jack and Jill
(2011)
- David Caspe
?
That's My Boy
(2012)
- Steve Baker,
Ricky Blitt
, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham,
James Gunn
, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda,
Bob Odenkirk
, Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy,
Greg Pritikin
, Rocky Russo,
Olle Sarri
, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro,
Jeremy Sosenko
, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark ?
Movie 43
(2013)
- Darren Doane
and Cheston Hervey ?
Saving Christmas
(2014)
- Kelly Marcel
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Fifty Shades of Grey
(2015)
- Chris Terrio
and
David S. Goyer
?
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016)
- Tony Leondis
, Eric Siegel, and
Mike White
?
The Emoji Movie
(2017)
- Niall Leonard ?
Fifty Shades Freed
(2018)
- Lee Hall
and
Tom Hooper
?
Cats
(2019)
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2020s
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International
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National
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Other
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