Drew Goddard

American screenwriter and director

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2024 Drew Goddard writes the pilot episode of 'High Potential' as an executive producer
April 2024 Announced as the writer and director for a new film in The Matrix franchise.
January 2023 Joined a writers' room assembled by James Gunn to map out the overarching story of the DC Universe.
December 2022 FX ordered a pilot for The Trenches, a half-hour animated series created by Goddard.
June 2020 Announced attachment to Project Hail Mary, with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller set to direct.
2019 Goddard Textiles struck an overall deal with Disney Television Studios via 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Signature.
2018 Drew Goddard directed, wrote, and produced the film 'Bad Times at the El Royale'
2018 Served as an executive producer for The Cloverfield Paradox.
December 2018 Producer Amy Pascal stated the Sinister Six film was 'alive' again following the success of Venom.
October 2017 Attached to write and produce Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow film adaptation.
August 2017 Executive produced and co-wrote an episode of The Defenders miniseries, which featured Marvel Television superheroes and was released on Netflix.
March 2017 Sold Bad Times at the El Royale to 20th Century Fox, with plans to produce and direct the film featuring an ensemble cast.
2016 Served as an executive producer for 10 Cloverfield Lane.
November 2016 Began writing a spec script for Bad Times at the El Royale.
May 2016 Reported to be writing the screenplay for Wraiths Of The Broken Land, with Ridley Scott set to direct.
2015 Created the Netflix series Daredevil.
2015 Wrote The Martian, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
November 2015 Sinister Six film project believed to be canceled due to Sony's Spider-Man reboot with Marvel Studios.
February 2015 Was in talks to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming, though the role ultimately went to Jon Watts.
May 2014 Withdrew from showrunning duties on the Daredevil TV series.
April 2014 Confirmed his intention to direct the Sinister Six film.
2013 Wrote the screenplay for World War Z.
December 2013 Announced development of Sinister Six film, with Goddard attached to write and potentially direct.
June 2013 Announced by Paramount as the showrunner and executive producer for the Daredevil television series on Netflix.
2012 Rewrote the third act of the screenplay for World War Z alongside J. Michael Straczynski, Matthew Michael Carnahan, and Damon Lindelof.
2012 Directed The Cabin in the Woods, co-written with Joss Whedon, which won the Saturn Award for Best Horror or Thriller Film and was featured on Metacritic's best films list with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating.
2011 Made his directorial debut with the film The Cabin in the Woods.

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