Tom Wheeler (writer)

For the businessman and former chair of the FCC, see Tom Wheeler.

Tom Wheeler
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	screenwriter producer
Years active	2002–present

Tom Wheeler is an American screenwriter and producer. He served as the executive producer and show runner for the NBC superhero series The Cape . ^[1]

Career

Television work

Wheeler began his television career writing and executive producing the ABC mini-series Empire in 2005. He then wrote two television pilots, The World According to Barnes and Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas, neither of which were taken to series. His series The Cape , about a police officer framed for a crime he did not commit who takes on the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero in order to clear his name, premiered on NBC on January 9, 2011. ^[2]

Film work

Wheeler co-wrote the screenplay for Puss in Boots (2011), a spin-off from the Shrek franchise about the eponymous character. ^[1]

He wrote the screenplay for the 2015 DreamWorks Animation's animated film B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations , ^[3] but that film was quietly canceled. He was also co-writing another DreamWorks animated film Trollhunters together with the film's co-director Guillermo del Toro, ^[4] but the movie was then converted into a television series instead. Wheeler also wrote the 2017 live-action/animated film, The Lego Ninjago Movie.

Other writing

on March 22, 2018, it was announced that Wheeler was working with Frank Miller on graphic novel called Cursed, a reimagining of the King Arthur legend from the point of view of the Lady of the Lake. The graphic novel was written by Wheeler, while Miller provided full-color and black-and-white illustrations. ^[5] Six days later it was announced that Miller and Wheeler will also simultaneously adapt the book into a TV series of the same name, which had already received a 10-episode order from Netflix. Both Wheeler and Miller served as executive producers and Wheeler also served as showrunner and writer. ^[6] The graphic novel was published by Simon & Schuster in the fall of 2019 ^[5] and the TV series' first season was released on Netflix on July 17, 2020. On July 9, 2021, Netflix canceled the series after one season. ^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
2002	Imagination	No	Yes	Short movie, executive producer
2003	Tir Nan Og	No	Yes	Short movie, executive producer
2007	The World According to Barnes	Yes	Yes	TV movie, executive producer
2009	Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas	Yes	No	TV movie
2011	Puss in Boots	Yes	No
2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Yes	No
2019	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Story	No
2022	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Story	No	[8]

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
2005	Empire	Yes	Yes	Mini-series, executive producer
2005-06	Surface	Yes	Yes	written 1 episode, consulting producer
2011	The Cape	Yes	Yes	creator, written 4 episodes, executive producer
2020	Cursed	Yes	Yes	creator, written 4 episodes, executive producer

Bibliography

Graphic novels

• Cursed (2019), writer, with art by Frank Miller

References

1. West, Kelly (December 18, 2010). "Interview: NBC's The Cape Creator Tom Wheeler". Cinema Blend. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
2. "Shows A-Z – cape, the on nbc". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
3. DreamWorks Animation (September 9, 2012). "New Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Unveils DreamWorks Animation's Release Slate Through 2016". DreamWorks Animation. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
4. Fletcher, Rosie (2011-05-10). "Guillermo Del Toro Talks Future Projects". Total Film . Retrieved 2011-06-08.
5. Canfield, David (March 22, 2018). "Frank Miller to spin King Arthur legend into YA book Cursed". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
6. Andreeva, Nellie (March 28, 2018). "Netflix Orders TV Series 'Cursed' From Frank Miller & Tom Wheeler Based On Book Reimagining King Arthur Legend". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (July 9, 2021). "'Cursed' Canceled By Netflix After One Season". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
8. Scheck, Frank (November 26, 2022). "'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' Review: Antonio Banderas in Fine Feline Form". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 27, 2022.

External links

• Tom Wheeler on Twitter
• Tom Wheeler at IMDb