John Rogers (writer)
| John Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | writer |
| Notable work(s) | Leverage, The Core, Jackie Chan Adventures |
John Rogers is a screenwriter, comedian, film producer, and comic book writer. Although born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended McGill University in Montreal and is better known publicly as a Canadian writer. While at McGill, he wrote for the school's comedy magazine The Red Herring.
[edit] Biography
Rogers wrote the first draft of the script for the live-action movie Transformers, released in 2007.[1] He wrote an early screenplay for Catwoman and created the cartoon series Jackie Chan Adventures. He also co-wrote the science fiction adventure film The Core. In 2004 Rogers wrote and executive-produced a television pilot based on the graphic novel Global Frequency. Although the pilot was never aired on network television, it achieved brief notoriety when it was leaked onto the internet and accrued an international fan base. He created and serves as executive producer for the 2008 TNT TV series, Leverage.
Apart from his work in movies and television, Rogers has also worked in the comic book industry. In March 2006, he co-created the new Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes, in the relaunch the Blue Beetle comic book for DC Comics with plotter Keith Giffen and artist Cully Hamner. He has also written comics for BOOM! Studios. Rogers' stories are included in BOOM!'s Zombie Tales, Cthulhu Tales, Pirate Tales and What Were They Thinking? anthologies. Rogers currently writes the current Dungeons & Dragons comic series for IDW Publishing.[2]
Rogers has also worked on role-playing games, and is the author of Feywild chapter of the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons Manual of the Planes (2008).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "John Rogers Transforms the forgotten Graphic Novel for the Big Screen". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35086/john-rogers-transforms-forgotten-graphic-novel-big-screen.
- ^ "John Roger's Plays Dungeons and Dragons". http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=29093.
- ^ Manual of the Planes Spotlight Interview
