Screenwriter John August is one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood working today. Here's a list of some of his upcoming projects.
BOB THE MUSICAL
(screenplay)
A rewrite of the Mike Bender script for Touchstone.
FATHER KNOWS LESS
(screenplay)
A rewrite job.
"OPS"
(teleplay pilot by) (executive producer)
A one hour drama pilot he co-wrote and is producing.
THE EYE
(screenplay)
A remake he's done a rewrite for Tom Cruise.
ALICE
(screenplay)
Wrote an updated adaptation of the book.
BARBARELLA
(screenplay)
A remake he has written for Drew Barrymore.
SCARED GUYS
(screenplay)
A rewrite he has performed.
TARZAN
(screenplay)
An update he has scripted of the classic novel.
FANTASY ISLAND
(screenplay)
A big screen treatment of the TV series.
FENWICK SUIT
(screenplay) (produced by)
He will produce and possibly script this fantasy novel.
UNTITLED ZOMBIE WESTERN
(written by)
An old spec he may dust off and rewrite.
'UNTITLED BROADWAY MUSICAL'
(stage play by)
Is currently developing this project with a composer.
UNTITLED JOHN AUGUST PROJECT
(written by) (produced by)
A spec sci-fi action thriller he sold for $3 million against 2% of the profit participation. Project is now dead. He never got around to even writing the script due to a similar project beating them to the punch.
DEMONOLOGY
(written by)
A thriller spec described as a cross between "Clueless" and "The Terminator".
THIEF OF ALWAYS
(screenplay)
An adaptation of the Clive Barker novel he was fired from.
FURY
(written by)
An unsold spec that may get turned into a video game or graphic novel.
"BAD HOSPITAL"
(executive producer)
An HBO dramedy that's dead in the water.
He has also written some uncredited rewrite work:
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (2006)
(screenplay)
Wrote this adaptation in 1996, but has declined on-screen credit since the current movie resembles very little of what he wrote.
MINORITY REPORT (2002)
(screenplay)
An uncredited rewrite for Steven Spielberg.
JURASSIC PARK III (2001)
(screenplay)
An uncredited rewrite for Steven Spielberg.