Art Marcum and Matt Holloway | |
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Nationality | American |
Other names | Arthur Marcum Matthew Holloway |
Occupation | Screenwriters |
Years active | 2004–present |
Notable work | Iron Man Punisher: War Zone Uncharted |
Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are an American screenwriting duo, best known for writing the scripts of movies like Iron Man and Punisher: War Zone .
In 2008, Marcum and Holloway wrote the script of Marvel Studios' superhero film Iron Man , which was directed by Jon Favreau and released on May 2, 2008, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] The duo also wrote the script for the action film Punisher: War Zone , directed by Lexi Alexander and released on December 5, 2008, by Lionsgate. They were hired by Paramount to co-write a script with John Fusco for the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, but their script was ultimately never used. [3] [4] In 2019, they were hired by Sony to write the script for the adventure film Uncharted , directed by Ruben Fleischer. [5] In 2020, Deadline revealed they were working on a script for Kraven the Hunter movie. [6]
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