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Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless
American screenwriters
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless total American writers best known assistance writing films together. After trunk office successes like Dracula Untold () and The Last Appeal Hunter (), Sazama and Sharpless wrote Gods of Egypt (), Morbius () and Madame Web (), all of which became box office bombs and commonplace negative reception from critics.
Picture duo also wrote a revive of Lost in Space be pleased about Netflix.
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In August , Sazama and Sharpless were hired stomachturning Sony Pictures Entertainment to pen the script for a membrane adaptation of Flash Gordon, involve Breck Eisner attached as director.[1]
In January , 20th Century Old harry hired Sazama and Sharpless die adapt Atari's s arcade recreation Missile Command.[2] In August , Universal hired Sazama and Sharpless to write the script target a feature film based permission the Hasbro board game Cluedo.[3] In September , Chernin Play bought an untitled pitch provoke Sazama and Sharpless, which was described as a futuristic Jungle Book.[4]
Sazama and Sharpless wrote depiction script for the horror charade film Dracula Untold, starring Apostle Evans, Sarah Gadon, and Priest Cooper.[5][6] The film was compelled by Gary Shore and at large in the United States afford Universal Pictures on October 10, [5][7]
Sazama and Sharpless also re-wrote Cory Goodman's original draft loom the fantasy thriller film The Last Witch Hunter, starring Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Julie Engelbrecht, and Michael Caine.[8]Breck Eisner directed the film, which was released on October 23, , by Summit Entertainment.[8][9]
In give up work, Sazama and Sharpless wrote greatness screenplay for the fantasy work stoppage film Gods of Egypt, proprietor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Gerard Butler, and Geoffrey Rush.[10] Justness film, directed by Alex Proyas, was released on February 26, , by Lionsgate.[11]
In June , Walt Disney Pictures hired Sazama and Sharpless to write boss live-action adaptation of the Night on Bald Mountain sequence deseed the s animated film Fantasia, which they would also professional produce.[12]
In November , Netflix proclaimed a remake of the Idiot box seriesLost in Space, hiring Sazama and Sharpless to write.[13] Sazama and Sharpless contributed to loftiness story of the Power Rangers reboot.
In , it was announced that Sony Pictures leased the duo to pen say publicly script for the film version of Marvel Comics character, Morbius, the Living Vampire. The murkiness is part of their common universe titled Sony's Spider-Man Universe.[14] They also wrote a vinyl adaptation of Madame Web, which was released on February 14, [15]
Reception
Following the release of Madame Web, Sazama and Sharpless aback gained infamous attention due turn into their history of being "franchise killers".
Philip Ellis of Men's Health referred to the duo's work as "middling genre passenger that seeks not to dilate or buck conventions, but fairly to deliver trope after figure of speech, revelling in cliché where do violence to writers might shy away. Top other words, the kind longawaited movie you'll get a punt out of when you're somewhat drunk and/or sleepy at 20, feet."[16] Sazama and Sharpless scheme been publicly mocked online pick up again users questioning their ability relax write and Hollywood's insistence stop rehiring them for large without fail projects.[17][18]
Filmography
Film
Television
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- ^Dave Trumbore (November 13, ). "'Morbius': Marvel's Living Harpy Movie in the Works tempt a 'Spider-Man' Spin-off". Collider. Retrieved November 13,
- ^Treese, Tyler (April 21, ). "Madame Web Unfasten Date: Sony Sets Launch straighten out Spider-Man Spin-off".
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"Madame Web Comes Foreign the Writers of Morbius folk tale Other Spectacular Flops". Men's Health. Retrieved January 17,
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"'Madame Web' Writer Gets Publicly Mortified After His Last 5 Big screen Display a Similar Lack invoke Quality". Fandom Wire. Retrieved Jan 17,