Mattson Tomlin

{{short description|Romanian-American screenwriter and producer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mattson Tomlin

| image = Mattson Tomlin speaks to Librairie Mollat.jpg

| caption = Tomlin in 2024

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|07|16}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania[https://www.romaniajournal.ro/spare-time/romanian-born-filmmaker-mattson-tomlin-making-his-directorial-debut-mother-android/ Romanian Born Filmmaker Mattson Tomlin Making His Directorial Debut MOTHER / ANDROID]

| occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|Producer|Director}}

| spouse =

| years_active = 2018–present

| nationality = American

| website =

}}

Mattson Tomlin (born July 16, 1990){{cite tweet |last=Tomlin |first=Mattson |author-link=Mattson Tomlin |user=mattsontomlin |number=1283872719113580545 |date=July 16, 2020 |title=Bizarrely, I am 30 today. |language=en |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724181631/https://twitter.com/mattsontomlin/status/1283872719113580545 |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=How 'The Batman' and 'Project Power' Scribe Mattson Tomlin Became One of Hollywood's Busiest Screenwriters|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/how-project-power-writer-mattson-tomlin-made-it-hollywood-1306780/|accessdate=September 6, 2021|date=August 14, 2020|last=Couch|first=Aaron|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} is an American filmmaker and writer.

Career

In 2018, Tomlin wrote the script for the Project Power (2020) for Netflix, starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/joseph-gordon-levitt-jamie-foxx-untitled-netflix-sci-fi/ |title=Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jamie Foxx to Co-Star in Untitled Netflix Sci-Fi |website=TheWrap |first=Trey |last=Williams |date=September 20, 2018 |access-date=November 28, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/jamie-foxx-joseph-gordon-levitt-join-netflix-untitled-sci-fi-movie-1202468185/ |title=Jamie Foxx & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Join Netflix's Untitled Henry Joost-Ariel Schulman Sci-Fi Feature |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=September 20, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/jamie-foxx-joseph-gordon-levitt-netflix-movie-dominique-fishback-female-lead-the-hate-u-give-1202472510/ |title=Jamie Foxx & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Netflix Sci-Fi Movie Finds Female Lead In 'The Deuce's Dominique Fishback |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=September 27, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2019}} He scripted and produced the film Little Fish (2021), based on a short story by Aja Gabel.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/olivia-cooke-jack-oconnell-star-sci-fi-film-little-fish-1192710 |title=Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell to Star in High-Concept Sci-Fi Love Story 'Little Fish' (Exclusive) |website=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Valence Media |first=Borys |last=Kit |date=March 6, 2019 |access-date=November 28, 2019}} He gained attention in 2019 when he was brought onboard to assist with The Batman (2022). The film would serve as a reboot of the Batman film franchise and star Robert Pattinson.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |title='The Batman' Finds Its Selina Kyle In Zoë Kravitz |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/the-batman-finds-its-selina-kyle-in-zoe-kravitz-1202759926/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=November 28, 2019 |date=October 14, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/robert-pattinsons-batman-london-shoot-1202843775/ |title=Robert Pattinson's 'The Batman' Starts London Shoot |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=January 28, 2020 |access-date=February 11, 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}} The script which was completed in 2019 was submitted to Warner Bros by Matt Reeves written by Reeves, Tomlin and Peter Craig although only Reeves and Craig received credit.

File:Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo on Librairie Mollat.jpg in 2024]]

By January 2020, Tomlin was writing the television pilot for an adaption of the comic book series Fear Agent, and a film adaption of the comic book series Memetic for Lionsgate. Both projects would be produced by Seth Rogen's Point Grey Pictures.{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/seth-rogen-david-f-sandberg-tackling-rick-remenders-fear-agent-1271777|title=Seth Rogen, David F. Sandberg Tackling Rick Remender's 'Fear Agent' for Amazon (Exclusive)|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=January 22, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Valence Media}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/memetic-movie-mattson-tomlin-lionsgate-boom-studios-point-grey-1202844039/|title=Lionsgate Buying Graphic Horror Novel 'Memetic' For 'The Batman' Co-Writer Mattson Tomlin To Script; Point Grey & Boom! Studios Producing|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation}} He was also writing a film adaptation of the video game character Mega Man for Netflix.{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/mega-man-movie-mattson-tomlin-quotes/|title = New Mega Man Movie Details Revealed}} In May 2020, Tomlin sold a spec script, titled 2084, to Paramount Pictures.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-batman-co-writer-2084-paramount/ |title='The Batman' Co-Writer Sells Sci-Fi Spec Script '2084' to Paramount |website=TheWrap |first=Umberto |last=Gonzalez |date=May 5, 2020 |access-date=May 5, 2020}} By September 2020, Tomlin wrote the script for Mother/Android, with the intention to direct.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/the-batman-writer-mattson-tomlin-chloe-grace-moretz-team-for-sci-fi-tale-mother-android-exclusive|title=Mattson Tomlin, Chloe Grace Moretz Team for Sci-Fi Tale 'Mother/ Android' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=October 14, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/algee-smith-chloe-grace-moretz-mother-android-miramax-1234581400/|title='Euphoria's Algee Smith To Co-Star Opposite Chloe Grace Moretz In 'Mother/Android' Sci-Fi At Miramax|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=September 21, 2020|access-date=October 14, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raul-castillo-joins-chloe-grace-moretz-and-algee-smith-for-cast-of-miramaxs-motherandroid-301138414.html |title=Raúl Castillo Joins Chloe Grace Moretz and Algee Smith for Cast of Miramax's Mother/Android |website=PR Newswire |date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=October 14, 2020}}

In February 2021, Tomlin was hired to write to be the showrunner for an anime series based on the Terminator franchise, to be produced by Netflix, Skydance, and Production I.G, titled Terminator Zero.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/terminator-anime-series-in-the-works-at-netflix/ |title='Terminator' Anime Series in the Works at Netflix |website=TheWrap |first=Reid |last=Nakamura |date=February 26, 2021 |access-date=February 26, 2021}} In October 2021, Tomlin was writing the live-action film adaptation of BRZRKR.{{cite web|last=Weintraub|first=Steve|title= Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney Discuss Their Comic Series 'BRZRKR' and Reveal Who's Writing the Live-Action Netflix Movie|url=https://collider.com/keanu-reeves-brzrkr-netflix-movie-interview/|date=October 4, 2021|website=Collider|quote=Reeves told me that Mattson Tomlin (writer of Project Power and one of the writers on The Batman) has been hired to write the live-action movie and it's in the early stages of development.|access-date=February 22, 2022}} In 2021, Tomlin wrote the comic book series Batman: The Imposter for DC Comics, alongside artist Andrea Sorrentino{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=February 22, 2022 |title='Batman: The Imposter' Writer Mattson Tomlin Hasn't Let The Dark Knight Go |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batman-the-imposter-mattson-tomlin-1235097029/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222215313/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batman-the-imposter-mattson-tomlin-1235097029/ |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and with variant covers by artist Lee Bermejo.{{Cite web |title=Batman: The Imposter (2021) |url=https://comicscored.com/volumes/batman-the-imposter-2021/ |access-date=May 28, 2022 |website=Comicscored.com|publisher=Comicscored}} In August 2022, it was announced Tomlin would co-write the sequel to The Batman with Matt Reeves.{{cite web|date=August 23, 2022|last=Kit|first=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-batman-2-mattson-tomlin-to-write-matt-reeves-1235203669/|title='The Batman 2': Mattson Tomlin to Co-Write Script With Matt Reeves|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=August 24, 2022}} In September 2022, it was announced that Tomlin would write a three-issue maxiseries for Boom! Studios entitled A Vicious Circle, with Lee Bermejo serving as artist, and publication beginning in December 2022.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=September 14, 2022 |title='Batman' Writer Mattson Tomlin, Artist Lee Bermejo Team for Time Traveling Assassin Story 'A Vicious Circle' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mattson-tomlin-lee-bermejo-team-a-vicious-circle-1235220564/ |access-date=December 19, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In 2023, the first issue of A Vicious Circle was nominated for multiple Eisner awards.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=BOOM! Studios Celebrates 2023 Eisner Nominations |url=https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/boom-studios-celebrates-2023-eisner-nominations/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=BOOM! Studios |language=en-US}} In April 2025, he scripted a John Wick spinoff film, centered around Caine.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/donnie-yen-to-direct-caine-movie-john-wick-spinoff-cinemacon-1236355917/|work=Deadline|title=Donnie Yen To Direct Lionsgate's 'John Wick' Spinoff About Blind Assassin Caine; Mattson Tomlin Writing – CinemaCon|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=April 1, 2025|access-date=April 30, 2025}}

Bibliography

Batman: The Imposter (2021)
A Vicious Circle (2022–23)
BRZRKR: Fallen Empire (2023){{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=BRZRKR: FALLEN EMPIRE #1 Announcement |url=https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/brzrkr-fallen-empire-1-announcement/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=BOOM! Studios |language=en-US}}