T.S. Nowlin
Writing
Biography
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.
Known For
A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
The Maze Runner
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.
Pacific Rim: Uprising
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
The Adam Project
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Phoenix Forgotten
A live-action adaptation of Nintendo's Legend of Zelda video game series.
The Legend of Zelda
Live-action adaptation of Sifu, a third person action game featuring intense hand-to-hand combat. Follows a young Kung-Fu student on a path of revenge.
Sifu
The film’s logline is being kept under wraps.