Jeff Loveness is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor, and comic book writer who has worked on the television series ''

Jimmy Kimmel Live! ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, broadcast on ABC. The nightly hour-long show debuted on January 26, 2003, at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California, as part of ABC's ...

'' and ''

Rick and Morty , creator = Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon , developer = , voices = {{plainlist, * Justin Roiland * Chris Parnell * Spencer Grammer * Sarah Chalke * Kari Wahlgren , composer = Ryan Elder , count ...

,'' as well as the upcoming

Marvel Cinematic Universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published ...

films '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' and '' Avengers: The Kang Dynasty''.

Career

Loveness started his career by writing several television episodes for ''

'' and ''

Miracle Workers A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divin ...

''. He later gained notability for writing four season four ''

'' episodes. Soon after, he was hired by

Marvel Studios Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios produces the Ma ...

to write the screenplay for '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania''. In December 2020, Loveness revealed that he had turned in the first draft of the script, and said Marvel had used the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

break to "do something new and weird" with the film. He came back in 2021 to write the ''Rick and Morty'' season 5 opening episode "

Mort Dinner Rick Andre "Mort Dinner Rick Andre" is the premiere episode of the fifth season of the Adult Swim animated television series ''Rick and Morty''. It is the 42nd episode of the series overall. Written by Jeff Loveness and directed by Jacob Hair, the episode ...

" and the finale, "

Rickmurai Jack The fifth season of the animated television series ''Rick and Morty'' consisted of 10 episodes, part of the 70 episodes ordered by Adult Swim after they renewed the series in 2018. The series stars Justin Roiland as both titular characters. The ...

", which is his final episode of the show. In September 2022, Loveness was confirmed to work again with Marvel Studios by writing the screenplay for '' Avengers: The Kang Dynasty''. In March 2015, Loveness wrote a comic series centered around the Marvel Comics character Groot, alongside artist

Brian Kesinger Brian Kesinger (born June 20, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American illustrator, author and animator who has worked at Walt Disney Studios for 20+ years. His works are steeped in Victorian steampunk art. Born into a family of musicians ...

. In May 2017, he wrote several comic issues centered around other Marvel characters, including

Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramat ...

and

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Si ...

Filmography

Accolades

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

* Groot (2015) *

(2017) *

(2017)

References

External links

* {{Authority control 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American screenwriters American comedy writers American comics writers American male screenwriters American male television writers American satirists American television writers Living people Marvel Comics people American parodists Place of birth missing (living people) Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)