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

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'' and ''

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,'' as well as the

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film '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' (2023).

Career

Loveness graduated from

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with a

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in 2010. He started his career by writing several television episodes for ''

'' and ''

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''. In March 2015, Loveness wrote a comic series centered around the Marvel Comics character

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

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and

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

'' episodes. Soon after, he was hired by

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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

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

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opening episode "

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" and the finale, "

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", 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'', but was later replaced by

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and

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, who ultimately left the project.

Filmography

Television

Film

Accolades

Bibliography

Aftershock Comics

* ''World Reader'' #1–6

Boom! Studios

* ''

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'' #1–4 * ''Strange Skies Over East Berlin'' #1–4

DC Comics

Source: * ''

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'' (vol. 4) #51–52 * ''Mysteries of Love in Space'' #1 ('' Lois Lane & Superman: Glasses'' story) * '' Shazam!'' (vol. 3) #12, 15 * ''Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman'' #1

Marvel Comics

Source: * ''

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Annual'' #42 (''The Many Costumes of Spider-Man'' story) * ''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 6) #6 (''Spidey Meets Jimmy'' story) * ''Amazing Spider-Man Special'' / ''

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Special'' / '' All-New Captain America Special'' * ''

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: No More Bullying'' #1 (''Weird'' story) * ''

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: Life After Logan'' #1 (''You'' story) * ''

'' (vol. 1) #1–6 * ''Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Captain Marvel - Halloween Spooktacular'' #1 (''Sanctum Spooktorum'' story) * ''Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Spider-Man - Web of Intrigue'' #1 (''The More The Merrier'' story) * ''

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: Spider-Man'' #30 (''The Best Part'' story, with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and

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) * ''

'' (vol. 7) #1–7 * ''

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Annual'' #1 (''Nobody Does It Better'' story)

References

External links

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