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Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers.
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Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, wrote the script for The Incredible Hulk, co-wrote the scripts for X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network.
Sci-fi. Marvel. Zak Penn wrote the story and a screenplay for The Incredible Hulk and an unused screenplay for The Avengers. He was given a writer's credit for The Avengers for writing its first script. Zak Penn's script for The Incredible Hulk was rewritten by lead actor Edward Norton.
Apr 19, 2011 · Recently, Zak Penn gave an interview wherein he discussed his work on the original script for The Avengers, causing many a Marvel fan to wonder how much of the forthcoming film’s script was written by Penn and how much was written by director Joss Whedon.
May 18, 2012 · Assembling 'The Avengers' for the Big Screen: Interview with Screenwriter Zak Penn. Script Magazine. May 18, 2012. When it comes to screenwriting, says Zak Penn, “the comic book stuff has taken up all of my adaptation juice!”. Such comic book “stuff” includes work on projects like X2, Elektra, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk ...
Apr 18, 2018 · Before writer-director Joss Whedon came on board to unite Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and company, the studio hired Marvel Cinematic Universe vet Zak Penn, fresh off The Incredible Hulk...
Apr 16, 2011 · By Christina Radish. Published Apr 16, 2011. During a press day for SyFy's new series Alphas, screenwriter Zak Penn talked about Joss Whedon's upcoming Marvel movie THE AVENGERS. At this...
