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Writer: David Koepp

David Koepp has written Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Carlito’s Way, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds and Panic Room, and by total box office is among the most commercially successful screenwriters who has ever worked.

His skill is compression and clarity. The Jurassic Park script cuts a great deal of Crichton’s novel and reorganises the rest so that every set piece teaches the audience a rule that pays off later.

He also directs, including Stir of Echoes and Secret Window, and has written that his working method is to establish the ending before anything else.

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The Mummy (2017)

2017 Alex Kurtzman action horror with Tom Cruise unleashing an ancient Egyptian princess. Universal's failed Dark Universe launch.

Mission: Impossible (1996) film poster

Mission: Impossible (1996)

1996 Brian De Palma spy thriller launching the Tom Cruise franchise. Mission: Impossible is Brian De Palma's 1996 American spy thriller and the franchise launcher that has produced multiple sequels across three decades.

War of the Worlds (1953 & 2005) film poster

War of the Worlds (1953 & 2005)

The War of the Worlds material has been adapted as theatrical film twice across more than fifty years: The War of the Worlds (1953) starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, and War of the Worlds (2005) starring Tom Cruise and…

The War of the Worlds (1953 and 2005) film poster

The War of the Worlds (1953 and 2005)

The War of the Worlds has been adapted to film twice as a major studio production. Byron Haskin directed the 1953 version.

Jurassic Park (1993) film poster

Jurassic Park (1993)

David Koepp and Michael Crichton adapted Crichton's 1990 novel. The film made approximately one billion dollars worldwide on a sixty-three million dollar budget.