Brian Tucker (screenwriter)

Tucker gained notability from writing an unsolicited screenplay for Broken City (2013), which was bought by Mandate Pictures.{{cite web | last1=Siegel | first1=Tatiana | last2=McNary | first2=Dave | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986125/ | title=Mandate acquires 'Broken City' | website=Variety | date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=August 28, 2021}}{{cite web | last=Siegel | first=Tatiana | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988933/ | title=Malkovich, Mandate to make movies | website=Variety | date=July 14, 2008 |access-date=August 28, 2021}} The script became part of the film industry's 2008 black list of "best, albeit unproduced, screenplays."{{cite news | last=Ito | first=Robert | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/movies/broken-city-is-directed-solo-by-allen-hughes.html | title=Recalibrating a Directing Brotherhood | work=The New York Times | date=January 12, 2013 |access-date=August 28, 2021}} Speaking about the finished film, Emily Helwig of The Hollywood Reporter said "Tucker's screenplay might have been the problem and that it may have been a better story told as a period piece."{{cite journal | last=Helwig | first=Emily | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/broken-city-reviews-mark-wahlberg-413244 | title='Broken City': What the Critics Are Saying | journal=The Hollywood Reporter | date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=August 28, 2021}} Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune had issues with the "coincidence and improbability" of Tucker's script.{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/17/the-purr-of-power-in-broken-city-12/ | work=Chicago Tribune | title=The purr of power in 'Broken City' ★★ 1/2 | date=January 17, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2021}} In January 2019, he wrote a script for a biopic based on the life of Angela Davis.{{cite web|url=https://shadowandact.com/sundance-exclusive-julie-dash-to-helm-angela-davis-biopic-from-lionsgate|title=Sundance Exclusive: Julie Dash To Helm Angela Davis Biopic From Lionsgate|last=Obie|first=Brooke|date=January 27, 2019|website=Shadow and Act|access-date=July 5, 2023}} In November 2019, it was announced that Tucker would serve as a screenwriter on a remake of The Fugitive.[https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1112102-the-fugitive-albert-hughes-to-helm-warner-bros-remake The Fugitive Albert Hughes to Helm Warner Bros. Remake] In August 2021, it was revealed that Tucker had been hired to rewrite Todd McFarlane's screenplay for the upcoming Spawn reboot.{{Cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=August 13, 2021|title='Spawn' Movie Gets 'Broken City' Scribe as New Writer (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spawn-movie-gets-broken-city-scribe-as-new-writer-1234997780/|access-date=August 28, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} Tucker was also attached to write the screenplay for a Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance remake{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2010/biz/news/wb-wants-vengeance-1118013427/|title=WB wants Vengeance|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=January 6, 2010|work=Variety|access-date=August 28, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Cannes: Park Chan-wook's Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance Getting Remake|url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/cannes-park-chan-wooks-sympathy-for-mr-vengeance-getting-remake-504409/|date=May 20, 2013|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 28, 2021}} and an original film titled Expiration.[http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/adrien-brody-set-to-play-a-poisoned-cia-agent-in-action-thriller-expiration-330 Adrien Brody set to play a poisoned CIA agent in action thriller Expiration] In April 2023, he was announced to have written all of the episodes of Secret Invasion, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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