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Zak Penn. Writer: Ready Player One. Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers.
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Zak Penn wrote the story and a screenplay for The Incredible Hulk and an unused screenplay for The Avengers.
He was given a writer's credit for The Avengers for writing its first script.
•Zak Penn's script for The Incredible Hulk was rewritten by lead actor Edward Norton. He also wrote a story and screenplay for The Avengers, although it was discarded by Joss Whedon, who chose to write his own script. However, due to WGA rules, Penn was still given a co-writer screenplay credit for The Avengers as he was the film's first writer.
•Zak Penn wrote an unused script for the Universal Pictures production Hulk.
•Zak Penn wrote a story for the 20th Century Fox production X2.
•Zak Penn wrote screenplays for the 20th Century Fox productions Elektra and X-Men: The Last Stand.
•Zak Penn also wrote the video games Fantastic Four and X-Men: The Official Game.
•Zak Penn also wrote an unused script for the DC Entertainment production The Suicide Squad.
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Aug 16, 2021 · Zak Penn started his career on a high note when he sold his first script at age 23 and landed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the star. The thrill didn’t last long. Last Action Hero got re-written, Penn was relegated to a “story by” credit and the would-be blockbuster flopped at the box office. But Penn survived the ignominy and 28-years later ...
Beacon 23: Created by Zak Penn. With Stephan James, Natasha Mumba, Lena Headey, Wade Bogert-O'Brien. A man living in the 23rd Century works at a remote "lighthouse" in space that serves as a beacon to help passing ships.
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May 16, 2012 · Zak Penn, writer of THE AVENGERS, X-MEN, and THE INCREDIBLE HULK, shares his thoughts on writing action adventure with Robert McKee in this interview segment...
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Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, and co-wrote the scripts for X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network. Penn was born in New York. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1990. His screenplay for PCU ...
Mar 29, 2018 · When screenwriter Zak Penn read galleys in 2011 for Ernest Cline‘s “Ready Player One,” he had a thought: “This will never get made.”The sprawling novel was wall to wall with ’80s ...
