J. Mills Goodloe is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and actor.

Personal life

Goodloe grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Early career

He began his career at Warner Brothers, working for director

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whose credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

Lethal Weapon ''Lethal Weapon'' is a 1987 American action film directed by Richard Donner and written by Shane Black. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, and Mitchell Ryan. In ''Lethal Weapon'', a pai ...

'' series. Goodloe worked as Donner's assistant from 1992 to 1995 on films such as ''

Lethal Weapon 3 ''Lethal Weapon 3'' is a 1992 American buddy cop action film directed by Richard Donner and written by Jeffrey Boam and Robert Mark Kamen. The sequel to ''Lethal Weapon 2'' (1989), it is the third installment in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film se ...

'' and ''

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''. In 1996, Goodloe was promoted to president of Donner Productions. Over the next four years, Goodloe produced ''

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'', starring

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and

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, ''

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'' starring

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and

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, and the final installment of the ''Lethal Weapon'' series starring Gibson,

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and

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. In 2001, Goodloe left Donner Productions to write and direct ''

A Gentleman's Game ''A Gentleman's Game'' is a 2002 American sports drama film directed by J. Mills Goodloe and starring Mason Gamble, Dylan Baker, Philip Baker Hall and Gary Sinise. It is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Coyne.page 50 Cast * Mason G ...

'' starring

Gary Sinise Gary Alan Sinise (; born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, musician and humanitarian. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has ...

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and

Philip Baker Hall Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor. He is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He also ...

. The film was nominated for an ESPY Award in the category of Best Sports Film.

Career

Goodloe wrote the adaptation of the

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novel ''

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'' for

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. Goodloe also co-wrote the screenplay for the sports film ''

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'', released theatrically in 2007 by

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and starring

Terrence Howard Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor performing on film and television. He has received a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden ...

and

Bernie Mac Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American stand up comedian, actor and film producer. He joined fellow comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. H ...

.Swimming World: "Get Out The Vote for Swimmers Nominated for ESPY Awards"
June 26, 2007
March 23, 2007 In August 2008, Goodloe was hired by

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to adapt John Grisham's New York Times bestselling novel '' Playing for Pizza''. In October 2014,

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released Goodloe's adaptation of

Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published twenty-three novels, all ''New York Times'' bestsellers, and two works of nonfiction, with over 115 million copies sold ...

' best-selling novel '' The Best of Me'', starring Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden. In 2014, ''

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'' announced that

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hired Goodloe to write the screenplay for ''Christian the Lion'' with Neal H. Moritz's

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producing. On April 24, 2015, Lionsgate released '' The Age of Adaline'', an original Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz screenplay, starring

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and

Michiel Huisman Michiel Huisman (born 18 July 1981) is a Dutch actor, musician and singer-songwriter born in Amstelveen, recognized for his roles in Dutch and international film and television projects. Huisman's music career began as the singer and guitarist ...

.BTL News: "J. Mills Goodloe Spends Years Making The Age Of Adaline" by Scott Essman
May 8, 2015 Goodloe adapted the ''New York Times'' bestselling novel '' Everything, Everything'' for MGM studios.Shadow and Act: "STELLA MEGHIE WILL DIRECT MGM’S ADAPTATION OF NICOLA YOON’S ‘EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING’" by TAMBAY OBENSON
June 1, 2016 The film began principal photography in August 2016. Starring Nick Robinson and

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,Variety: "Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson Star in ‘Everything Everything" by Dave McNary
August 24, 2016 Warner Bros. released the film nationwide on May 19, 2017. In August 2015,

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bought an original action-thriller pitch, ''Sana'', from Goodloe. ''Sana'', a

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-focused story follows an Air Force major whose entire squadron has been poisoned by a jihadist infiltrator. Goodloe co-wrote the screenplay for the film '' The Mountain Between Us'', with

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. Starring

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and

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, the romance drama was directed by Academy Award-nominated

Hany Abu-Assad Hany Abu-Assad (; born 11 October 1961) is an Israeli and Dutch film director and screenwriter of Palestinian origin. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film '' Paradise Now'', and again in 2013 for his film '' Omar ...

, and was released on October 6, 2017, by

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.Variety: "Kate Winslet in Talks to Star Opposite Idris Elba in ‘Mountain Between Us’" by Dave McNary
July 20, 2016 In August 2016,

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announced it had engaged Goodloe to adapt the New York Times bestselling novel '' Anatomy of A Misfit'', which will be produced by ''Rogue One'' producer Allison Shearmur.Deadline: "J. Mills Goodloe To Adapt ‘Anatomy Of A Misfit’ For Paramount" by Patrick Hipes
July 26, 2016 In 2018,

announced that Goodloe was hired to adapt How the Girl Guides Won the War for

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producer Marc Platt. In 2019, Goodloe was hired to write ' To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,' the sequel to the hit

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YA movie '' The To All the Boys I've Loved Before'' , In December 2020, Goodloe was hired to write the music

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''Reckless Love'' for

. The script is based on the

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of the same name by

Cory Asbury Cory Hunter Asbury (born October 15, 1985) is an American Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective. Starting as an intern with the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, in ...

. In October 2022, Goodloe Directed and Executive Produced the Feature Film ''Days When the Rains Came,'' starring

Beau Bridges Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy Award, Emmy, two-time Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nomine ...

, Marisa Couglin, Freddy Rodriguez and

Sam Trammell Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte on the HBO fantasy drama series ''True Blood''. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Richa ...

Filmography

*''

'' (Writer) *''

'' (Writer & Director) *''Lethal Weapon 4'' (Co Producer) *''Double Tap'' (Executive Producer) *''Conspiracy Theory'' (Co Producer) *''Assassins'' (Assoc. Producer) *'' The Best of Me'' (Writer, 2014) *'' The Age of Adaline'' (Writer, 2015) *'' Everything, Everything'' (Writer, 2017) *'' To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'' (Screenplay by, 2020 – Screenplay by Sofia Alvarez and J. Mills Goodloe )

References

External links

* *https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iec86729e87e7d19462910a72ef285df7 *https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iabea5ee8f01f624a6dd5b90dabf281a0 *http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/23318/michael-fassbender-climbs-a-mountain *http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/yet-another-nicholas-sparks-book-headed-to-the-big-screen-this-time-its-the-best-of-me# *https://variety.com/2016/film/news/amandla-stenberg-nick-robinson-everything-everything-1201818827/ *https://variety.com/2016/film/news/kate-winslet-idris-elba-mountain-between-us-1201791718/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodloe, J. Mills 1966 births American male film actors Living people American male screenwriters Writers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Southern Methodist University alumni 20th-century American male actors Film directors from Florida Screenwriters from Florida Film producers from Florida