Oren Uziel: The franchise screenwriter behind Spider-Noir and Hollywood's biggest IPs
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Barry Hertz
Summary
Profile of screenwriter Oren Uziel, a veteran franchise writer who has worked on major Hollywood properties including Jump Street, Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog, Cloverfield, Minecraft, and Fast & Furious. The article highlights his career trajectory and his current role as showrunner of Spider-Noir, Prime Video's new Nicolas Cage-led Spider-Man spin-off series.
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· 3 pulledEven though it might seem as if every new production coming out of Hollywood is a franchise, or wannabe franchise, only a select handful of screenwriters can jump into such grand cinematic universes and emerge out the other end unscathed.
After working on everything from the Jump Street franchise to Mortal Kombat to Sonic the Hedgehog, Cloverfield, Minecraft and a brief dip into Fast & Furious, Uziel is now master of his own universe.
Uziel is showrunner of Spider-Noir, Prime Video's new Nicolas Cage-led extension of the Spider-Man brand
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