Gary Whitta
Gary Whitta | |
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Born | Gary Leslie Whitta 21 July 1972 |
Occupation(s) | Author Screenwriter Video game designer |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse | Leah Whitta[1] |
Children | 2 |
Gary Leslie Whitta (born 21 July 1972) is an English-American screenwriter, author, game designer, and
Whitta was the screenwriter of The Book of Eli (2010), co-wrote After Earth (2013) with M. Night Shyamalan, and co-developed the story for Rogue One (2016).
Career
Whitta began his career as a writer and games journalist for
Magazine publishing
Besides his involvement setting up PC Gamer, Whitta has a long history of involvement with print and online magazines of all kinds. ACE magazine was owned by UK publisher
While no longer managing or editing, Whitta still contributes game reviews and opinion pieces for a number of gaming publications. His articles can be found in various places, including PC Gamer
Screenwriting
In addition to contributing to periodicals, Whitta has written a number of screenplays and TV episodes. A partial list, including the text of those which were not picked up, could at one time be found on his
Whitta has found Hollywood success as the screenwriter of the film The Book of Eli.[9][10] He was also working on a script known as the "Monkey Project" with Chris Weston,[11] which would have reimagined the classic Buddhist novel Journey to the West (and the related classic television series Monkey) as an animated series. However, Weston pulled out of the project.
He wrote the script for the action thriller film Undying.[12] His latest screenwriting work was the sci-fi film After Earth. He was hired to script the first Star Wars stand-alone film, Rogue One, directed by Gareth Edwards.[13] On 9 January 2015, he was announced to have amicably parted ways with the film.[14]
On 27 October 2016, Variety reported that Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and Team Downey had put together a writers' room for the third of the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movies, with several top names, including Whitta, Nicole Perlman, Justin Malen, Geneve Dworet-Robertson and Kieran Fitzgerald.[15]
Game development
Whitta has written for
Comic books
Whitta is also the writer behind a popular short series of comic books based on the
Whitta is currently co-creating the comic OLIVER with Transmetropolitan/The Boys[26] co-creator and illustrator Darick Robertson for a 2015 release from Image Comics.[27]
Podcasts
Whitta was a frequent commentator on the PC Gamer podcast and he co-hosted the Game Theory podcast with Colin Campbell, which has since stopped being produced. In September 2011, Whitta and Campbell, then News and Features Editor at IGN, started a new podcast in the same vein as Game Theory, called IGN's Game Business Show.[28] He also commentated on the Next Gen podcast until the podcast was canceled.
He was a weekly co-host of This is Only a Test (
In November 2017, Whitta became an official co-host for the video game podcast,
In April 2020, Whitta launched a
On 21 August 2020, Whitta announced Talk Guys, a talk show based in the game
On 30th Jan 2024, Whitta talked on the podcast My perfect console about his life love of games.
Personal life
Whitta resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, California with his wife Leah, and has two children. In 2009, he became a US citizen.[32]
Filmography
As writer
Film
- The Book of Eli (2010)
- After Earth (2013) – Co-wrote the script with M. Night Shyamalan from a story written by Will Smith
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) – Co-wrote story only with John Knoll
- Starlight (TBA) - Writer
Television
- Nerd Court (2015) - 9 episodes
- Star Wars Rebels (2016–2017) – 4 episodes
Video games
- Prey (2006) – Co-wrote the game
- The Walking Dead: The Game (2012) – Story Consultant & Co-wrote the game with Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin
- The Walking Dead: 400 Days (2013) – Co-wrote the game with Sean Ainsworth, Nick Breckon, Mark Darinand Sean Vanaman
- Halo 5: Guardians (2015) - Story Consultant
- The Walking Dead: The Final Season (2018) - Additional Writing
- Forspoken (2023) - Original Concept and Lore Creator
Books
- Abomination (2015) - Author, writer
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation (2018) - Writer
- OLIVER (2019) - Writer
- Greg Miller
- Gundog, Inkshares,[33] 12 September 2023.
References
- ^ Whitta, Gary (13 February 2013). "Gary Whitta". Google+. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ Knight, Gareth. "Amiga history guide". ACE. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
- ^ a b "PC Gamer". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 22 October 1996. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ CHUD.com Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Forum archive, February 2001.
- ^ IW2 review Archived 5 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. PC Gamer, July 2005.
- ^ "1Up profile page". 1up.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ PC Gamer podcast, June 2006.
- ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: This Week's Podcast - Edge Magazine". Next-gen.biz. 19 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ QT3 Forums March 2007. A reinterpretation of the Australian film Freedom Deep and the subject of pending legal action.
- ^ "The Book of Eli". 15 January 2010 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Chris Weston blog, September 2006.
- ^ "Kurt Russell Goes Dark in 'Undying'". Bloody-disgusting.com. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Kit, Borys (22 May 2014). "'Star Wars' Spinoff Hires 'Godzilla' Director Gareth Edwards (Exclusive)". TV line. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "'Star Wars' Standalone Movie Loses Writer Gary Whitta (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 January 2015.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (27 October 2016). "Warner Bros. and Team Downey Set Writers' Room for 'Sherlock Holmes 3' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
- ^ DNF script 3D Realms forums.
- ^ a b c d GaryWhitta.com Archived 24 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine biography.
- ^ Prey info at 3D Realms[dead link]
- ^ "The Walking Dead Episode 4: Around Every Corner sneaks over in October". Joystiq. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Image Comics Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Press Release, September 2005.
- ^ QT3 Forums, February 2006
- ^ Shrew Review April 2005.
- ^ IGN Comics April, 2005.
- ^ Silver Bullet Comics Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Boys (comics)
- ^ "CCI EXCLUSIVE: Whitta & Robertson Get Literary On "Oliver"". 14 July 2012.
- ^ "IGN's Game Business Show". Tested. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "OCTOBERKAST! 24 Hours of This is Only a Test For the Kids!". Tested. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "'Star Wars' writer launches late-night talk show on 'Animal Crossing'". EW.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Gary Whitta's ANIMAL TALKING to Host Elijah Wood and Danny Trejo". Nerdist. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Whitta, Gary (4 March 2009). "I became an American Citizen Today". Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ISBN 9781950301591. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
External links
- Gary Whitta on Twitter
- Gary Whitta at IMDb
- Moby Games developer profile
- Amazon.com list of books
- Famous Whitta quotes – ThinkExist.com