Akiva Goldsman

A nifty "> "> ">LA Times feature on Sunday re screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. Here's an excerpt: Akiva Goldsman arrived at the door of producer Brian Grazer in 1998 with one purpose. "I went there," the screenwriter says, "to beg." Goldsman, who had enjoyed a steady ascension in Hollywood for years, was coming off a string of films that had badly battered his reputation. He had produced and written the forgettable dud "Lost in Space" -- and far worse, he had written the screenplay that would become the 1997 bomb "Batman & Robin," one of the most savagely disliked movies of the decade. Given that ... Read Full Story

In the same interview with the LA Times that revealed Marvel topper Kevin Feige's view of Batman & Robin as the most important comic book movie ever to be made, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman spoke about all of his other upcoming projects for DC Comics. Covered here is some new bits from the revamping of Swamp Thing and the movie adaptation of Lobo . They also talk about other projects such as Jonah Hex , which you can follow their link to read about. The best part of everything talked about was easily Swamp Thing . At first this was just another of many remakes ... Read Full Story

Akiva Goldsman arrived at the door of producer Brian Grazer in 1998 with one purpose. “I went there,” the screenwriter says, “to beg.” Goldsman, who had enjoyed a steady ascension in Hollywood for years, was coming off a string of films that had badly battered his reputation. He had produced and written the forgettable dud “Lost in Space” — and far worse, he had written the screenplay that would become the 1997 bomb “Batman & Robin,” one of the most savagely disliked movies of the decade. Given that history of burnt popcorn, Goldsman seemed like the least qualified writer in Hollywood to take on ... Read Full Story

In the same interview with the LA Times that revealed Marvel topper Kevin Feige's view of Batman & Robin as the most important comic book movie ever to be made, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman spoke about all of his other upcoming projects for DC Comics. Covered here is some new bits from the revamping of Swamp Thing and the movie adaptation of Lobo . They also talk about other projects such as Jonah Hex , which you can follow their link to read about. The best part of everything talked about was easily Swamp Thing . At first this was just another of many remakes ... Read Full Story

In the same interview with the LA Times that revealed Marvel topper Kevin Feige's view of Batman & Robin as the most important comic book movie ever to be made, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman spoke about all of his other upcoming projects for DC Comics. Covered here is some new bits from the revamping of Swamp Thing and the movie adaptation of Lobo . They also talk about other projects such as Jonah Hex , which you can follow their link to read about. The best part of everything talked about was easily Swamp Thing . At first this was just another of many remakes ... Read Full Story