Adam Cozad

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Adam Cozad is an American screenwriter best known for writing the scripts for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , The Legend of Tarzan , and Underwater .

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Life and career

Cozad was born and grew up in Chico, California, where he attended Notre Dame School until his tenth grade. [1] He later moved to Texas and went to Trinity University, where he got his major degree in history. [2]

In 2014, Cozad wrote his first screenplay for the action film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , based on the character created by Tom Clancy, with rewrites by David Koepp, of Jurassic Park and Spider-Man fame. Shadow Recruit stars Kevin Costner, Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and Kenneth Branagh (who also directed). [3] [1]

His second screenplay was for the action adventure film The Legend of Tarzan , which he wrote along with Craig Brewer from their own story, which stars Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, and Christoph Waltz. [2]

Cozad had been hired to write the screenplay for the sequel to Suicide Squad film. [4] He was replaced with James Gunn.[ citation needed ]

He also performed a revision of Underwater's script from Brian Duffield. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleCreditNotes
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Written byCo-wrote with David Koepp
2016 The Legend of Tarzan Screenplay by, story byCo-wrote with Craig Brewer
2020 Underwater Written byCo-wrote with Brian Duffield
Bloodshot Uncredited script work [6]

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