T.S. Nowlin

Alias:
Thomas Scott Nowlin

Thomas Scott Nowlin is an American screenwriter. He is known for writing the screenplays for the films James Dashner's The Maze Runner film adaptation trilogy (2014–2018), Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), and The Adam Project (2022).  Nowlin went to Florida State University.  Nowlin wrote his debut screenplay in 2014 for a science fiction action film, The Maze Runner, which Wes Ball directed. He also wrote the script for its sequel film, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, released in 2015, and Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the final instalment of the trilogy.  Nowlin also co-wrote the screenplay and story for the film Pacific Rim Uprising with director Steven S. DeKnight.  In 2010, it was reported that Nowlin had written a spec script Columbus about Christopher Columbus, which Relativity Media bought with McG attached to direct the film. He also wrote a western thriller spec, Wild Guns, which he sold to Warner Bros. in April 2011; Gianni Nunnari would produce the film through Hollywood Gang Productions.  In April 2012, it was reported that Universal Pictures had bought the distribution rights to Agent 13, an adaptation of the comic book Agent 13: The Midnight Avenger, adapted by Nowlin with Charlize Theron attached to star and Rupert Wyatt to direct. Later, in July 2012, 20th Century Fox hired Ball and Nowlin to co-write the script of a feature live-action adaptation of Ball's animated short film Ruin, which Ball would also direct. In October 2012, Nowlin's spec script, Our Name Is Adam, was bought by producer Mary Parent and attached Tom Cruise to play the lead role. The film was later renamed The Adam Project and has Ryan Reynolds co-starring with Jennifer Garner, released on March 11, 2022.  Description above from the Wikipedia article T. S. Nowlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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