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David Leslie Johnson
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick ( né Johnson) is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television. Early life Johnson began writing plays in the second grade and wrote his first screenplay at age nineteen after graduating from Lexington High School in Lexington, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography and Cinema. Career Johnson began his career as a production assistant on Frank Darabont's ''The Shawshank Redemption'', which was filmed on location in Johnson's hometown of Mansfield, Ohio, at the historic Mansfield Reformatory, where Johnson's great-grandfather had been a prison guard. Johnson spent the next five years as Darabont's assistant, using the opportunity to hone his craft as a screenwriter. He wrote at least two scripts for the cancelled ''Return of the Thing'', a four-hour sequel mini-series to John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic '' The Thing''. The project was ultimatel ...
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Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield is a city in and the county seat of Richland County, Ohio, United States. Located midway between Columbus and Cleveland via Interstate 71, it is part of Northeast Ohio region in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau. The city lies approximately southwest of Cleveland, southwest of Akron and northeast of Columbus. The city was founded in 1808 on a fork of the Mohican River in a hilly region surrounded by fertile farmlands, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location with numerous railroad lines. After the decline of heavy manufacturing, the city's economy has since diversified into a service economy, including retailing, education, and healthcare sectors. The 2020 Census showed that the city had a total population of 47,534, making it the 21st-largest city in Ohio. The city anchors the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 124,936 residents in 2020, Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas ...
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Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include '' Fortune'' and '' Bloomberg Businessweek''. ''Forbes'' has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of the America's Wealthiest Celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People, and The World's Billionaires. The motto of ''Forbes'' magazine is "Change the World". Its chair and editor-in-chief is Stev ...
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The Devil Made Me Do It
''The Devil Made Me Do It'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Paris. It was released on October 9, 1990, on Tommy Boy Records. Paris toured the US and Europe that year to promote the record. The album eventually sold over 300,000 copies according to the emcee. Release The title track was banned on MTV. Some record stores refused to carry a version of the album, due to a cover image of a police officer putting a Black boy in a chokehold. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' praised the "diverse, imaginative and burningly intense self-produced tracks." Track listing # "Intro" – 0:40 # "Scarface Groove" – 4:35 # "This Is a Test" – 2:47 # "Panther Power" – 3:58 # "Break the Grip of Shame" 3:34 # "Warning" – 1:07 # "Ebony" – 3:56 # "Brutal" – 3:53 # "On the Prowl" – 1:10 # "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 4:12 # "The Hate That Hate Made" – 1:09 # "Mellow Madness" – 4:50 # "I Call Him Mad" – 4:17 # "Escape from Babylon" – 5:18 # "Wretched" – 3:32 ...
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Will Beall
Will Beall is an American screenwriter and former Los Angeles Police Department detective. He is best known for writing the scripts for '' Gangster Squad'' (2013) and the DC Extended Universe films ''Aquaman'' (2018) and ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' (2021), and for developing the police TV series ''Training Day'' and '' Deputy'', both of which were canceled after one season. Career Beall launched his writing career in 2006 with the publication of his acclaimed first novel ''LA REX'', after working for 10 years as a homicide detective and gang investigator with the Los Angeles Police Department. Beall adapted the book for Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin and the script was featured atop The Black List, Hollywood's annual survey of the industry's favorite screenplays. Between 2009 and 2011, he was a story editor for the ABC TV show '' Castle'', writing several episodes exploring the show's overarching plotline of the hunt for Beckett's mother's killer. Beall wrote the featur ...
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Carey W
Carey may refer to: Names * Carey (given name), a given name * Carey (surname), a surname ** List of people with surname Carey Places Canada * Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific * Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay United Kingdom * Carey, Herefordshire (see List of places in Herefordshire) * Carey Baptist Church, an independent Evangelical church in Reading, England United States * Carey, Alabama (see List of places in Alabama: A–C) * Carey, California * Carey, Georgia * Carey, Idaho * Carey, Ohio * Carey, Texas * Carey, Wisconsin * Carey, Wyoming, a locale near the eastern end of Wyoming Highway 95 * Carey Block, historic building in Wyoming * Carey Farm Site, a prehistoric archaeological site in Delaware * Carey Formation, a geologic formation in Oklahoma * Carey House (other), several * Carey Lake, a lake in Cottonwood County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Elsewhere * Carey Glacier, Antarctica * Carey Gully, South Australia * Carey Islands, ...
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Chad Hayes (writer)
Chad Hayes (born April 21, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer, and twin brother of Carey Hayes. They are writing partners, and wrote such films as the 2005 remake of '' House of Wax'', '' The Reaping'' (2007) and '' The Conjuring'' (2013). He and Carey also starred in Doublemint gum commercials in their childhood. Personal life Hayes was born April 21, 1961, in Portland, Oregon, the identical twin brother of Carey Hayes. They were raised Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul c .... Chad has two children: Dylan and Hanna. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1961 births Living people Writers from Portland, Oregon American twins American male screenwriters American television writers American male television writers ...
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The Conjuring 2
''The Conjuring 2'' (known in the United Kingdom as ''The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case'') is a 2016 American supernatural horror film, directed by James Wan. The screenplay is by Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, Wan, and David Leslie Johnson. It is the sequel to 2013's '' The Conjuring'', the second installment in ''The Conjuring'' series, and the third installment in ''The Conjuring'' Universe franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren from the first film. The film follows the Warrens as they travel to England to assist the Hodgson family, who are experiencing poltergeist activity at their Enfield council house in 1977 which later became referred to as the Enfield poltergeist. In July 2013, before the release of the first film, it was reported that New Line Cinema was already developing a sequel with both Farmiga and Wilson signed on to reprise their roles. By October 2014, it was announced that W ...
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Greg Berlanti
Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer and director of film and television. He is known for his work on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Everwood'', '' Political Animals'', '' Riverdale'', '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' and '' You'', in addition to his contributions to DC Comics on film and television productions, including The CW's Arrowverse, '' Titans'', and the ''Doom Patrol''. In 2000, Berlanti founded the production company Berlanti Productions. In the 2017–2018 television season, Berlanti tied Jerry Bruckheimer's 2005–2006 record in having 10 different live-action scripted television series airing on various networks and digital platforms and took sole possession of the record, with 14 airing in the 2018–19 television season, having signed the most expensive producer deal at that time (June 2018) with Warner Bros. In the 2019–20 television season, with one cancellation and two new serie ...
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Dan Mazeau
Dan Mazeau is an American screenwriter. He was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California and majored in physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He then enrolled in the MFA screenwriting program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. There he wrote a family fantasy "The Land of Lost Things" and the script was set up at Nickelodeon/ Paramount Pictures, with Arnold Kopelson producing. Hired by Dan Lin and Warner Bros. to adapt ''Jonny Quest'', he was named one of Variety's "10 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2008 and the script was on the Blacklist that same year. Career Mazeau has also wrote a script for a ''Jonny Quest'' adaptation. He has also been attached to write a script for '' Bleach'', based on the popular manga. By January 2009, Mazeau was hired by Warner Brothers to write a script for '' The Flash'' after previous iterations by David S. ...
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Wrath Of The Titans
''Wrath of the Titans'' is a 2012 action fantasy film and a sequel to the 2010 film '' Clash of the Titans''. The film stars Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes, and Liam Neeson, with Jonathan Liebesman directing a screenplay by Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson from a story by them and Greg Berlanti. ''Wrath of the Titans'' takes place a decade after the events of the preceding film as the gods lose control over the imprisoned Titans (thanks to humanity's lack of prayers which also is draining their immortality) and Perseus is called, this time to rescue his father Zeus, overthrow the Titans, and save mankind. Talk of a sequel began with the release of ''Clash of the Titans'' in March 2010. Writers Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson were hired in June 2010 and director Jonathan Liebesman was brought on board in August 2010. The majority of the casting took place between January and February 2011. Princip ...
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Red Riding Hood (2011 Film)
''Red Riding Hood'' is a 2011 American romantic horror film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson. The film is very loosely based on the folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood" collected by both Charles Perrault under the name ''Le Petit Chaperon Rouge'' (''Little Red Riding Hood'') and several decades later by the Brothers Grimm as ''Rotkäppchen'' (''Little Red Cap''). It stars Amanda Seyfried as the title role, with Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas and Julie Christie in supporting roles. ''Red Riding Hood'' had its world premiere at Hollywood on March 7, 2011, and was theatrically released on March 11, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with praise for Seyfried's performance but criticism for its plot. It grossed over $89 million worldwide against a $42 million budget. Plot Valerie lives with her parents ...
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Orphan (2009 Film)
''Orphan'' is a 2009 psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder and Jimmy Bennett. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past. The film is an international co-production between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by Joel Silver and Susan Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment, and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. Principal photography for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of  St. Thomas, Toronto,  Port Hope, and Montreal. ''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but ...
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