Tom Wheeler is an American screenwriter and producer. He served as the

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and

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for the

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superhero series '' The Cape''.

Career

Television work

Wheeler began his television career writing and executive producing the

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mini-series ''

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'' in 2005. He then wrote two

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s, ''The World According to Barnes'' and ''Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas'', neither of which were taken to series. His series '' The Cape'', about a police officer framed for a crime he did not commit who takes on the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero in order to clear his name, premiered on NBC on January 9, 2011.

Film work

Wheeler co-wrote the screenplay for ''

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'' (2011), a

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from the ''Shrek'' franchise about the eponymous character. He wrote the screenplay for the 2015

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's animated film '' B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations'', but that film was quietly canceled. He was also co-writing another DreamWorks animated film '' Trollhunters'' together with the film's co-director

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, but the movie was then converted into a television series instead. Wheeler also wrote the 2017 live-action/animated film, ''

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.''

Other writing

As of 2018, Wheeler is working with

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on a project called Cursed, which is an illustrated YA book reimagining the King Arthur legend from the point of view of the

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. Wheeler will write the prose, while Miller will provide original full-color and black-and-white illustrations. Miller and Wheeler will also simultaneously adapt the book into a TV series, which has already received a 10-episode order from

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. They will also both be executive producers on the project.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Tom American television writers American male television writers American television producers Living people American showrunners 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)