Juno (film)
Diablo Cody was first approached to write a screenplay by film producer Mason Novick, who had previously landed her a book deal for her memoir, "", after discovering her blog about stripping. He persuaded her to adapt the book for the screen, but suggested that she first write a screenwriting sample to show studios; that sample became "Juno". After deciding on an adoption storyline, Cody collected the stories of adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents, including that of her then-husband, an adoptee who reunited with his birth parents after she wrote the film. She also found inspiration in the story of a close friend who had become pregnant in high school and used some details from her friend's experience in the film, such as mistreatment from an ultrasound technician. Much of "Juno", however, was based on Cody's own high school experiences: She dated a tic-tac-loving boy similar to Paulie, she was best friends with a cheerleader like Leah, and she used a hamburger phone identical to the one that appears in the film. After writing the screenplay over seven weeks in the Starbucks section of a Target store in Crystal, Minnesota, Cody compared writing to breathing, seeing Juno as an extension of herself.
David Callaham
In 2003, Callaham wrote the film adaptation to the video game "Doom" and submitted it in the summer of 2005. Around that time, Callaham wrote "Barrow" for Warner Bros., a mercenary-inspired action script which later became "The Expendables". Callaham was credited for story and characters after Sylvester Stallone used Callaham's "Barrow" script as a "starting point" for "The Expendables". In 2010, Legendary Pictures hired Callaham to write the first draft for "Godzilla", for which he received a story credit. In 2014, Callaham completed a production rewrite for "Ant-Man" and was hired to write the "Zombieland" sequel for Sony, "Jackpot" for Focus Features and "America: The Motion Picture" for Netflix. In October 2016, Universal Pictures hired Callaham to rewrite "The Wolf Man" for their Dark Universe. In September 2017, Patty Jenkins hired Callaham to write the script for "Wonder Woman 1984" with her and Geoff Johns. In December 2018, Marvel Studios hired Callaham to write the screenplay for a film based on Shang-Chi. Sony Pictures Animation hired Callaham to write a sequel to "".