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Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, wrote the script for The Incredible Hulk, co-wrote the scripts for X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network.
Zak Penn. Writer: Ready Player One. Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers.
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March 23, 1968 · New York, New York, USA. Mini Bio. Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers.
Beacon 23 is a TV series created by Zak Penn, set in the 23rd century, about a man who works at a space lighthouse. The series stars Stephan James, Natasha Mumba, Lena Headey and others, and premieres in November 2023.
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Aug 16, 2021 · Zak Penn is a co-writer of Free Guy, a comedy about a video game character who realizes he's a background extra. He talks about his career, his approach to story structure, and his influences from Last Action Hero to Elf.
May 18, 2012 · Assembling 'The Avengers' for the Big Screen: Interview with Screenwriter Zak Penn. Script Magazine. May 18, 2012. When it comes to screenwriting, says Zak Penn, “the comic book stuff has taken up all of my adaptation juice!”
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Jul 9, 2018 · Screenwriter Zak Penn talks about adapting Ernest Cline's novel into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, and the themes of geek culture and nostalgia. He also reveals how he worked with Spielberg to create the Halliday journals and the Oasis sequences.
