Doug Richardson

American screenwriter and novelist

Doug Richardson is an American screenwriter and novelist who writes action movies and thrillers.^[1]^[2] He is best known for writing movies like Die Hard 2, Bad Boys, and Hostage and was the first Hollywood writer to sell a spec script for a million dollars.^[3]

Career

Richardson's first major Hollywood project was writing Die Hard 2, a commission he received from Larry Gordon just three weeks into the theatrical run of the original Die Hard film.^[3] He went on to write Bad Boys, adapting it from an existing screenplay by George Gallo. The film was set to be directed by Michael Bay, and became a final film starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith.^[3]

Filmography

Die Hard 2 (1990) (Screenplay)^[4]
Money Train (1995) (Screenplay)^{[citation needed]}
Bad Boys (1995) (Screenplay)^[5]
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) (Story/Executive Producer)
Hostage (2005) (Screenplay)^[6]
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) (Re-write).
Black Water Transit (2009, unreleased) (Initial draft).

Novels

Dark Horse (1997)
True Believers (1999)
The Safety Expert (2011)
Blood Money (2013)
99 Percent Kill: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2015)
Reaper: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2016)
American Bang: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2017)
The Night is Never Black: A Lucky Dey Thriller (2018)

Nonfiction

The Smoking Gun: True Tales from Hollywood's Screenwriting Trenches (2015)

References

^ "Doug Richardson profile". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
^ "Screenwriter's Tale Of Win Over Credits". Deadline. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Miyamoto, Ken (26 January 2016). "ScreenCraft Is One-On-One With Hollywood Action Screenwriter Doug Richardson". Screencraft. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ Lambie, Ryan (8 December 2018). "The Strange History of the Die Hard Movies". Den of Geek. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ Cohen, Steven (29 May 2018). "'Bad Boys 1 & 2 Collection' Bound for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray". High-def digest. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ LaSalle, Mick (11 March 2005). "Uh, can we talk this over?". SF Gate.