Will Staples is an American

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, producer, and novelist. He is best known for his work on the video game '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'', the films ''

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'' and '' Sweet Girl'', the television series '' The Right Stuff'', and his novel, ''Animals''.

Career

In 2011, Staples and screenwriter

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wrote the script for the video game, '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'', which was the largest entertainment release in history at the time. On October 25, 2013, Deadline announced that

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and

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had hired Staples to write a geopolitical thriller about a team of mercenaries in Eastern Congo for Affleck to star in and direct. The following year, Warner announced that Staples had been hired to write a movie set in the world of illicit animal trafficking for

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, Tom Hardy, and

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to produce and star in. In May 2014, Staples was hired to rewrite '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation''. In 2017,

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announced that Staples would be creating '' The Right Stuff'' television series based on

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’s 1979 book '' The Right Stuff'', with

executive producing. The series moved to

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in 2020. Will's first novel, ''Animals'', a thriller about global animal trafficking, organized crime and a deadly pandemic, was released on March 30, 2021. Two of his screenplays have appeared on The Black List, an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays – once for his adaptation of the book ''King of Heists'' by J. North Conway, and again for ''Landslide'', an adaptation of the book '' How to Break a Terrorist'', co-written with Tony Camerino.

Filmography

Film

Writer * ''The Tiger Mafia'' (2016) (Also executive producer) * ''

'' (2021) * ''

Way of the Warrior Kid ''Way of the Warrior Kid'' is an upcoming American drama film directed by McG and written by Will Staples. It is based on the 2017 children's novel of the same name by Jocko Willink. It stars Chris Pratt, who also serves as a producer, alongside ...

'' (TBA)

Television

Writer Consulting producer * ''Shooter'' (2017) * '' Jack Ryan'' (2019)

Video game

Writer * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' (2011) * ''

Need for Speed Rivals ''Need for Speed Rivals'' is a 2013 racing video game developed in collaboration between EA Gothenburg, Ghost Games and Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twentieth installment in the ''Need for Speed'' series, and the ...

'' (2013) Special thanks * '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'' (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Staples, Will 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American male writers