Dan Mazeau

Dan Mazeau
Born1980 (age 44)
Santa Rosa, California
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationScreenwriter

Dan Mazeau is an American screenwriter. While attending the MFA screenwriting program at UCLA, he wrote a family fantasy "The Land of Lost Things" and the script was set up at Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures, with Arnold Kopelson producing.[1] Mazeau was hired by Dan Lin and Warner Bros. to adapt Jonny Quest.[2] He was named one of Variety's "10 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2008 and the script was on the Blacklist that same year.

Early life and career

He was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California and majored in physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He then enrolled in the MFA screenwriting program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.[3]

Career

Mazeau wrote a script for a Jonny Quest adaptation. He has also been attached to write a script for Bleach, based on the popular manga.[4][5]

By January 2009, Mazeau was hired by Warner Brothers to write a script for The Flash after previous iterations by David S. Goyer, Shawn Levy, David Dobkin and Craig Wright failed to get off the ground.[6] In April 2018, Mazeau was revealed to have contributed to a draft of the film, titled Flashpoint.[7]

In 2013, Mazeau was hired to adapt Japanese author Chohei Kambayashi's alien invasion novel Yukikaze for Warner Bros. Pictures, with Tom Cruise set to star, though the project never came to fruition.[8][9] Mazeau has also been hired to rewrite an action film entitled World's Most Wanted with Vin Diesel currently attached.[10]

Writing credits

References

  1. ^ Ross, Matthew (2008-06-19). "Dan Mazeau". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ Ross, Matthew (2008-06-19). "Dan Mazeau". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  3. ^ Award-winning TFT Screenwriter linked to "The Flash", "Johnny Quest", http://www.tft.ucla.edu/2010/07/mazeau-1-on-clash-2/
  4. ^ Sneider, Jeff (2012-02-22). "WB developing pic of manga 'Bleach' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media". Variety. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ^ WB Setting Peter Segal & Dan Mazeau to Develop the 'Bleach' Movie, http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/wb-setting-peter-segal-dan-mazeau-to-develop-a-bleach-movie/
  6. ^ Billington, Alex (January 30, 2009). "Dan Mazeau Writing a Flash Script for Warner Brothers". FirstShowing. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  7. ^ Kit, Borys (April 3, 2018). "'Flash' Movie Writer Dan Mazeau Tackling Ernie Cline's Armada". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (2013-07-24). "Tom Cruise's 'Yukikaze' Moving Ahead With Dan Mazeau (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  9. ^ Lesnick, Silas (July 25, 2013). "Dan Mazeau to Draft Warner Bros. Sci-Fi Adaptation Yukikaze". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (July 26, 2013). "Vin Diesel To Star In 'World's Most Wanted'; Dan Mazeau On To Rewrite Action Pic". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2022.


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