Will Staples | |
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Alma mater | Princeton University |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 2003–present |
Will Staples is an American screenwriter, producer, [1] and novelist. He is best known for his work on the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , the films Without Remorse and Sweet Girl , the television series The Right Stuff , and his novel, Animals.
In 2011, Staples and screenwriter Paul Haggis wrote the script for the video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , [2] which was the largest entertainment release in history at the time. [3]
On October 25, 2013, Deadline announced that Ben Affleck and Warner Bros had hired Staples to write a geopolitical thriller about a team of mercenaries in Eastern Congo for Affleck to star in and direct. [4] The following year, Warner announced that Staples had been hired to write a movie set in the world of illicit animal trafficking for Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Tobey Maguire to produce and star in. [5]
In May 2014, Staples was hired to rewrite Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation . [6]
In 2017, National Geographic announced that Staples would be creating The Right Stuff television series based on Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book The Right Stuff , with Leonardo DiCaprio executive producing. [7] The series moved to Disney+ in 2020. [8]
Will's first novel, Animals, a thriller about global animal trafficking, organized crime and a deadly pandemic, was released on March 30, 2021. [9]
Two of his screenplays have appeared on The Black List, an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays – once for his adaptation of the book King of Heists by J. North Conway, and again for Landslide, an adaptation of the book How to Break a Terrorist , co-written with Tony Camerino. [10] [11]
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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2016 | The Tiger Mafia [12] | Writer, Executive Producer | |
2021 | Without Remorse | Written by |
Year | Title | Credit |
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2017 | Shooter | Writer, Consulting Producer |
2019 | Jack Ryan [13] | Consulting Producer |
2020 | The Right Stuff | Writer, Executive Producer |
Year | Title | Credit |
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2007 | Lair | Writer |
2011 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Writer |
2013 | Need for Speed Rivals | Writer |
2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Special Thanks |
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