David Callaham

David Elias Callaham (born October 24, 1977)[1] is an American screenwriter.

David Callaham
BornDavid Elias Callaham
(1977-10-24) October 24, 1977
Fresno, California, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Years active2003–present

Personal life

Callaham was born in Fresno, California on October 24, 1977. Callaham studied English at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1999. He is married to Bree Tichy. They were married in 2009.[2] Callaham is a Brown Belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo.[3] Callaham is of Chinese descent where both his parents were born in the United States to Chinese parents.[4]

Career

After reading an article in Penthouse magazine focusing on the lifestyle of Hollywood TV writers, Callaham and a friend moved to Los Angeles with plans to write comedies together. They sent query letters to multiple agencies but never received responses. Callaham worked at Creative Artists Agency for a while, sometimes submitting his material secretly for coverage.[5]

In 2003, Callaham wrote the film adaptation to the video game Doom and submitted it in the summer of 2005. Around that time, Callaham wrote Barrow for Warner Bros., a mercenary-inspired action script which later became The Expendables. Callaham was credited for story and characters after Sylvester Stallone used Callaham's Barrow script as a "starting point" for The Expendables.[6] In 2010, Legendary Pictures hired Callaham to write the first draft for Godzilla, for which he received a story credit.[7] In 2014, Callaham completed a production rewrite for Ant-Man, and in 2019, he co-wrote the Zombieland sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, for Sony. He has also worked on the yet-unproduced Jackpot for Focus Features and America: The Motion Picture for Netflix.[8][9]

In October 2016, Universal Pictures hired Callaham to rewrite The Wolf Man for their Dark Universe.[10] In September 2017, Patty Jenkins hired Callaham to write the script for Wonder Woman 1984 with her and Geoff Johns.[11] In December 2018, Marvel Studios hired Callaham to write the screenplay for a film based on Shang-Chi.[12] Sony Pictures Animation hired Callaham to write a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.[13] In April 2020, Callaham was announced as the writer of Walt Disney Pictures' live-action remake of Hercules.[14]

Lawsuit

In late 2013, Nu Image and Millennium Films filed a lawsuit against Callaham and the Writers Guild of America West for fraud, unjust enrichment and declaratory relief over a "flawed and misinformed" Guild arbitration that gave Callaham undeserved writing credit for The Expendables and The Expendables 2. The plaintiffs have accused Callaham for intentionally withholding emails and other correspondences from the WGA screen writing credit arbitration panel in 2009 that according to the plaintiffs reveal how very little Callaham was involved with The Expendables and demand reimbursements from Callaham for any payments made to him for his fraud credit in the two films.[15] When Sylvester Stallone was developing the script for The Expendables, Callaham claimed that Stallone used his script, Barrow, as the source for The Expendables. A WGA arbitration was ignited in which Callaham won and additionally earned $102,250 in bonus payments. However, the plaintiffs have uncovered emails from Callaham admitting that his script is nothing like Stallone's script.[16]

Filmography

Feature films
YearFilmCreditNotes
2005 Doom Story/Screenplay by[17] Co-wrote with Wesley Strick
2009 Horsemen Written by[18]
Tell-Tale Screenplay by[19]
2010 The Expendables Story/Screenplay by[20] Co-wrote with Sylvester Stallone
2012 The Expendables 2 Based on
2014 The Expendables 3
Godzilla Story by[21]
2015 Ant-Man Production rewrite[8] Uncredited
2019 Zombieland: Double Tap Written by[22] Co-wrote with Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Screenplay by[23] Co-wrote with Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings[24] Written by
Mortal Kombat Screenplay by[25] Co-wrote with Greg Russo
2022 Untitled Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel[13] Written by
TBA Hercules[14] Screenplay by

Television
YearFilmCredit
2016-2017 Jean-Claude Van Johnson Executive producer, created by, written by[26]
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References
  1. "David E Callaham was born on October 24, 1977 in Fresno County, California". California Birth Index. California Office of Health Information and Research. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  2. "Dave Callaham". IMDb.
  3. "Eddie Bravo Radio". www.stitcher.com.
  4. McNary, Dave (4 December 2018). "Marvel Studios Developing 'Shang-Chi' Movie With Dave Callaham Writing". Variety.
  5. "Screenwriter Profile: David Callaham" (Interview). Fresh Voices. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  6. "Webb vs. Stallone" (PDF). United States District Court Southern District of New York. December 27, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  7. McWeeny, Drew (October 14, 2010). "Updated! Guillermo Del Toro on 'Godzilla'? Not so fast, says director". Hit Fix.
  8. Fleming Jr., Mike (September 30, 2014). "After Moving Slow As Corpse, 'Zombieland 2′ Gets Writer And Urgency". Deadline Hollywood.
  9. Fleming Jr., Mike (2017-03-30). "Netflix Sets First Animated Film 'America'; Channing Tatum Voicing George Washington". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  10. Ford, Rebecca (October 13, 2016). "Universal Taps 'The Expendables' Writer to Pen 'The Wolf Man' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  11. Kit, Borys (September 13, 2017). "'The Expendables' Writer Joins Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns to Write 'Wonder Woman 2' (EXCLUSIVE)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  12. Fleming Jr., Mike (December 3, 2018). "'Shang-Chi' Marvel's First Asian Film Superhero Franchise; Dave Callaham Scripting, Search On For Director Of Asian Descent". Deadline Hollywood.
  13. Vejvoda, Jim (November 29, 2018). "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Official Credits Reveal Surprise Voice Actor Cameos". IGN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  14. Borys Kit (April 30, 2020). "'Hercules' Live-Action Remake in the Works From Disney, 'Shang-Chi' Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  15. Patten, Dominic (December 24, 2013). "WGA West & Scribe Sued For Fraud By Nu Image/Millennium Over 'Expendables' Credit". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  16. Gardner, Eriq (January 30, 2014). "Sylvester Stallone's 'Expendables' Launches Nasty Writers Battle". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  17. "Doom". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  18. "Horsemen". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  19. "Tell-Tale". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  20. "The Expendables". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  21. "Godzilla". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  22. "Zombieland: Double Tap". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  23. "Wonder Woman 1984". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  24. Adams, Tim (2019-07-20). "Marvel Announces Shang-Chi Film, Cast, Release Date". CBR.
  25. "Mortal Kombat". Writers Guild of America East. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  26. "Jean Claude Van Johnson". Writers Guilde of America East. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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