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Another Stakeout (USA 1993, John Badham) Armageddon (USA 1998, Michael Bay) (USA 1997, James L. Brooks) Assassins (USA/France 1995, ) Assault on Precinct 13 (USA 1976, ) Avatar (USA/Great Britain 2009, James Cameron) Avengers, The (USA 2012, ) Back in Action (Canada 1993, Steve DiMarco and Paul Ziller) Back to the Future (USA 1985, ) Backdraft (USA 1991, ) Bad Boys (USA 1995, Michael Bay) Bad Boys 2 (USA 2003, Michael Bay) Bait (Australia/Singapore 2012, Kimble Rendall) Barracuda (USA 1987, Harry Kerwin and Wayne Crawford) Basic Instinct (USA/France 1992, ) Batman (USA/Great Britain 1989, Tim Burton) Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (USA 1995, Phillip Rhee) Beverly Hills Cop (USA 1984, ) Big Heat, The (USA 1953, Fritz Lang) Big Lebowski, The (USA/Great Britain 1998, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) Big Sleep, The (USA 1946, ) Big Stan (USA 2007, Rob Schneider) Billy Jack (USA 1971, Tom Laughlin) Blade (USA 1998, Stephen Norrington) Blade Runner (USA/Hong Kong/Great Britain 1982, Ridley Scott) Blue Steel (USA 1990, Kathryn Bigelow) Boondock Saints, The (Canada/USA 1999, Troy Duffy) Bourne Identity, The (USA/Germany/Czech Republic 2002, Doug Liman) Bourne Legacy, The (USA 2012, Tony Gilroy) Bourne Supremacy, The (USA/Germany 2004, Paul Greengrass) Bourne Ultimatum, The (USA/Germany 2007, Paul Greengrass) (USA 1995, ) Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (USA/Mexico 1974, Sam Peckinpah) Bullet to the Head (USA 2012, Walter Hill) 326 Bibliography

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Die Hard 2 (USA 1990, Renny Harlin) Die Hard: With a Vengeance (USA 1995, John McTiernan) Dillinger (USA 1973, John Milius) (USA 1971, Don Siegel) Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (USA 1975, Michael Anderson) (USA 1991, Sheldon Lettich) Double Indemnity (USA 1944, Billy Wilder) Drop Zone (USA 1994, John Badham) Edge: The Loner (USA 2015, Shane Black) Escape from Alcatraz (USA 1979, Don Siegel) Excessive Force (USA 1993, Jon Hess) Exit Wounds (USA 2001, Andrzej Bartkowiak) Expendables, The (USA 2010, ) Expendables 2, The (USA 2012, Simon West) Expendables 3, The (USA/France/Bulgaria 2014, Patrick Hughes) Exterminator, The (USA 1980, James Glickenhaus) Face/Off (USA 1997, John Woo) First Blood (USA 1982, Ted Kotcheff) Fifth Element, The (Le cinquième élément, France 1997, Luc Besson) Frankenfish (USA 2004, Mark A.Z. Dippé) French Connection, The (USA 1971, William Friedkin) Friday the 13th (USA 1980, Sean S. Cunningham) Friends with Benefits (USA 2011, Will Gluck) Frozen (USA 2013, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee) Fugitive, The (USA 1993, Andrew Davis) Gaucho, The (USA 1927, F. Richard Jones) General, The (USA 1926, Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman) Geronimo: An American Legend (USA 1993, Walter Hill) Gilda (USA 1946, Charles Vidor) Goldeneye (Great Britain/USA 1995, Martin Campbell) Good Day to Die Hard, A (USA 2013, John Moore) Goonies, The (USA 1985, Richard Donner) Grand Canyon (USA 1991, Lawrence Kasdan) Great Train Robbery, The (USA 1903, Edwin S. Porter) Gremlins (USA 1984, ) Halloween (USA 1978, John Carpenter) 328 Bibliography

Hard-Boiled (Lat Sau San Taam, Hong Kong 1992, John Woo) Hard Target (USA 1993, John Woo) Hard Way, The (USA 1991, John Badham) Hell Night (USA 1981, Tom DeSimone) Heat, The (USA 2013, Paul Feig) Heaven’s Gate (USA 1980, ) Hidden, The (USA 1987, Jack Sholder) History of Violence, A (USA/Germany/Canada 2005, ) Home Alone (USA 1990, Chris Columbus) Homefront (USA 2013, Gary Fleder) Hot Fuzz (Great Britain/USA/France 2007, Edgar Wright) House (USA 1985, ) Hudsucker Proxy, The (USA/Great Britain/Germany 1994, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) Hunger Games, The (USA 2012, Gary Ross) Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The (USA 2013, Francis Lawrence) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The (USA 2014, Francis Lawrence) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, The (USA/Germany 2015, Francis Lawrence) Hunt for Red October, The (USA 1990, John McTiernan) Impulse (USA 1990, Sondra Locke) In the Heat of the Night (USA 1967, Norman Jewison) In the Line of Fire (USA 1993, Wolfgang Petersen) and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (USA 2008, ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (USA 1989, Steven Spielberg) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (USA 1984, Steven Spielberg) Iron Man (USA 2008, ) (USA 2010, Jon Favreau) Iron Man 3 (USA/China 2013, Shane Black) Jack Reacher (USA 2012, Christopher McQuarrie) Jason Bourne (USA/Great Britain/China 2016, Paul Greengrass) Jaws (USA 1975, Steven Spielberg) John Wick (USA 2014, Chad Stahelski and ) Juno (USA/Canada 2007, Jason Reitman) Jurassic Park (USA 1993, Steven Spielberg) Bibliography 329

Karate Kid, The (USA 1984, John G. Avildsen) King Kong (USA 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (USA 2005, Shane Black) Kiss Me Deadly (USA 1955, Robert Aldrich) L.A. Confidential (USA 1997, Curtis Hanson) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (USA/Great Britain/Japan/Germany 2001, Simon West) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (USA/Great Britain/Japan/Germany 2003, Jan de Bont) Last Action Hero (USA 1993, John McTiernan) Last Boy Scout, The (USA 1991, ) Last Stand, The (USA 2013, Kim Jee-Woon) Lethal Weapon (USA 1987, Richard Donner) (USA 1989, Richard Donner) (USA 1992, Richard Donner) (USA 1998, Richard Donner) Lion King, The (USA 1994, Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff) (USA/Great Britain 2007, Len Wiseman) Loaded Weapon 1 (USA 1993, Gene Quintano) Lock Up (USA 1989, John Flynn) Long Goodbye, The (USA 1973, Robert Altman) Long Kiss Goodnight, The (USA 1996, Renny Harlin) Mad Max (Australia 1979, George Miller) Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (Australia 1985, George Miller and George Ogilvie) Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia/USA 2015, George Miller) Mad Max 2 (Australia 1981, George Miller) Magnum Force (USA 1973, Ted Post) Maltese Falcon, The (USA 1941, John Huston) Manhunter (USA 1986, Michael Mann) Marked for Death (USA 1990, Dwight H. Little) Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (USA 2014, Drew Pearce) Matrix, The (USA 1999, Andrew Wachowksi and Larry Wachowski) Midnight Express (Great Britain/USA 1978, Alan Parker) (USA/Great Britain/Netherlands/Finland 2004, Renny Harlin) 330 Bibliography

Mission: Impossible (USA 1996, Brian De Palma) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (USA/United Arab Emirates/Czech Republic 2011, Brad Bird) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (USA/China/Hong Kong 2015, Christopher McQuarrie) Missionary Man (USA 2007, ) Mr. Holmes (Great Britain/USA 2015, Bill Condon) Monster Squad, The (USA 1987, ) Mummy, The (USA 1999, Stephen Sommers) Naked Gun, The (USA 1988, David Zucker) Natural, The (USA 1984, Barry Levinson) Near Dark (USA 1987, Kathryn Bigelow) Negotiator, The (USA/Germany 1998, F. Gary Gray) New Jack City (USA 1991, Mario Van Peebles) Nice Guys, The (USA 2016, Shane Black) (USA 1986, Fred Dekker) Nightmare on Elm Street, A (USA 1984, Wes Craven) No Country for Old Men (USA 2008, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) North by Northwest (USA 1958, ) Nowhere to Run (USA 1993, Robert Harmon) Odd Thomas (USA 2013, Stephen Sommers) Off Limits (USA 1988, Christopher Crowe) Olympus Has Fallen (USA 2013, Antoine Fuqua) Orca (USA/Netherlands/Italy 1977, Michael Anderson) Other Guys, The (USA 2010, Adam McKay) Out for Justice (USA 1991, John Flynn) Partners (USA 1982, James Burrows) Passenger 57 (USA 1992, Kevin Hooks) Peacemaker, The (USA 1997, Mimi Leder) Piranha (USA/Netherlands 1978, Joe Dante) Piranha 3D (USA 2010, Alexandre Aja) Playing It Cool (USA 2014, Justin Reardon) Plegde, The (USA 2001, ) Point of No Return (USA 1993, John Badham) Police Academy (USA 1984, Hugh Wilson) (USA 1987, John McTiernan) Bibliography 331

Predator 2 (USA 1990, Stephen Hopkins) Predator, The (USA/Canada 2018, Shane Black) Pretty Woman (USA 1990, Garry Marshall) Prince of the City (USA 1981, Sidney Lumet) Prison (USA 1987, Renny Harlin) Punisher, The (Australia/USA 1989, Mark Goldblatt) Purple Rose of Cairo, The (USA 1985, Woody Allen) Quiet Cool (USA 1986, Clay Boris) Raiders of the Lost Ark (USA 1981, Steven Spielberg) Rambo (USA/Germany 2008, Sylvester Stallone) Rambo: First Blood Part II (USA 1985, George Pan Cosmatos) Rambo III (USA 1988, Peter MacDonald) Ratatouille (USA 2007, Brad Bird and Jan Pikava) Red Heat (USA 1988, Walter Hill) Red Water (USA 2003, Charles Robert Carner) Reef, The (Australia 2010, Andrew Traucki) Relic, The (USA/Great Britain/Germany/Japan/New Zealand 1997, Peter Hyams) Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (USA 1988, Guy Hamilton) Rio Bravo (USA 1959, Howard Hawks) Road House (USA 1989, Rowdy Herrington) RoboCop (USA 1987, Paul Verhoeven) RoboCop (USA 2014, José Padhila) RoboCop 3 (USA 1993, Fred Dekker) Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (USA/Great Britain 1975, Jim Sharman) Rookie, The (USA 1990, Clint Eastwood) Rush Hour (USA 1998, ) Scarface (USA 1983, Brian De Palma) Scream (USA 1996, Wes Craven) Se7en (USA 1995, David Fincher) Set It Off (USA 1996, F. Gary Gray) Shaft (USA 1971, Gordon Parks) Shane (USA 1953, George Stevens) Shark Attack (USA/South Africa/Israel 1999, Bob Misiorowksi) Shark Attack 2 (USA/South Africa 2000, David Worth) 332 Bibliography

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (USA/South Africa/Israel 2002, David Worth) Shark Night (USA 2011, David R. Ellis) Shawshank Redemption, The (USA 1994, Frank Darabont) Sherlock Holmes (USA/Germany 2009, Guy Ritchie) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (USA 2011, Guy Ritchie) Shoot to Kill (USA 1988, Roger Spottiswoode) Showdown in Little Tokyo (USA 1991, Mark L. Lester) Silence of the Lambs, The (USA 1991, Jonathan Demme) Sinners and Saints (USA 2010, William Kaufman) Speed (USA 1994, Jan de Bont) Stagecoach (USA 1939, John Ford) Stakeout (USA 1987, John Badham) (USA 1977, ) Stargate (USA/France 1994, ) Starship Troopers (USA 1997, Paul Verhoeven) Stranger, The (USA 1995, Fritz Kiersch) Stranger on the Third Floor (USA 1940, Boris Ingster) (USA 1993, Rowdy Herrington) Sudden Death (USA 1995, Peter Hyams) Sunset Boulevard (USA 1950, Billy Wilder) Superman (USA/Great Britain/Panama/Switzerland 1978, Richard Donner) Taken (France 2008, Pierre Morel) Tango & Cash (USA 1989, and Albert Magnoli) Taxi Driver (USA 1976, Martin Scorsese) Terminator, The (USA/Great Britain 1984, James Cameron) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (USA/France 1991, James Cameron) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (USA/Germany/Great Britain 2003, Jonathan Mostow) Terminator: Genisys (USA 2015, Alan Taylor) Terminator: Salvation (USA/Germany/Great Britain/Italy 2009, McG) Thelma & Louise (USA/France 1991, Ridley Scott) Thunderball (Great Britain 1965, Terence Young) Titanic (USA 1997, James Cameron) To Have and Have Not (USA 1944, Howard Hawks) Bibliography 333

Tombstone (USA 1993, George Pan Cosmatos and ) Total Recall (USA 1990, Paul Verhoeven) Total Recall (USA/Canada 2012, Len Wiseman) Touch of Evil (USA 1958, Orson Welles) Tough and Deadly (USA 1995, Steve Cohen) Transformers (USA 2007, Michael Bay) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (USA 2009, Michael Bay) Transporter, The (France/USA 2002, Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen) True Confessions (USA 1981, Ulu Grosbard) (USA 1994, James Cameron) Twister (USA 1996, Jan de Bont) Unbreakable (USA 2000, M. Night Shyamalan) Under Siege (USA/France 1992, Andrew Davis) Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (USA 1995, Geoff Murphy) Undisputed 2 (USA 2006, Isaac Florentine) Unforgiven (USA 1992, Clint Eastwood) Usual Suspects, The (USA/Germany 1995, Bryan Singer) Van Helsing (USA/Czech Republic 2004, Stephen Sommers) Veronica Mars (USA 2014, Rob Thomas) Walk Among the Tombstones, A (USA 2014, Scott Frank) Welcome to the Punch (Great Britain/USA 2013, Eran Creevy) What’s Your Number? (USA 2011, Mark Mylod) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (USA 1988, Robert Zemeckis) Wild Bunch, The (USA 1969, Sam Peckinpah) Wild Geese, The (Great Britain/Switzerland 1978, Andrew V. McLaglen) X-Men (USA 2000, Bryan Singer) Year of the Dragon (USA 1985, Michael Cimino) Zootopia (USA 2016, Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush) Zulu (France/South Africa 2013, Jérôme Salle)

TV Series

Alias (2001-2006, Creator: J.J. Abrams) Banshee (2013-2016, Creators: David Schickler and Jonathan Trooper) Castle (2009-2016, Creator: Andrew W. Marlowe) Columbo (1971-2003, Creators: Richard Levinson and William Link) 334 Bibliography

Common Law (2012, Creators: Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015, Creator: Anthony E. Zuiker) Good Guys, The (2010, Creator: Matt Nix) House of Cards (2013-, Creator: Beau Willimon) Lethal Weapon (2016-, Creator: Matthew Miller) Life (2007-2009, Creator: Rand Ravich) Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968, Creator: Sam Rolfe) Mentalist, The (2008-2015, Creator: Bruno Heller) Rush Hour (2016, Creators: Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick) Veronica Mars (2004-2007, Creator: Rob Thomas)

Appendix

Annotated Shane Black Filmography

Night of the Creeps (USA 1986) Director: Fred Dekker. Screenwriter: Fred Dekker. Cast: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, , David Paymer et al. The directorial debut of Shane Black’s friend Fred Dekker. A horror comedy about an invasion of alien parasites which turn their victims into . Black has a small part as a cop. Tom Atkins, starring as the cop Ray Cameron in Night of the Creeps, played Michael Hunsaker in Lethal Weapon a year later. All major characters have the last names of famous horror directors.

Lethal Weapon (USA 1987) Director: Richard Donner. Screenwriter: Shane Black. Cast: Mel Gibson, , , Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, , , Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, , et al. The first script that Shane Black sold, produced by , one of his mentors. The successful detaction film about the cops and spawned three sequels. In the first part, Murtaugh and Riggs investigate the suicide of a prostitute, which turns out to be related to a conspiracy among drug-smuggling veterans.

Predator (USA 1987) Director: John McTiernan. Screenwriters: Jim Thomas, John Thomas. Cast: , Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Kevin Peter Hall, Sonny Landham, Shane Black et al. This hybrid of science fiction, horror, action and war movie was produced by Joel Silver. Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his team of commandos are on a mission in the jungle of Southern America, when they are attacked by an alien bounty hunter, decimating the group. Shane Black plays Hawkins, one of Dutch’s men.

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The Monster Squad (USA 1987) Director: Fred Dekker. Screenwriters: Fred Dekker, Shane Black. Cast: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan, Mary Ellen Trainor, Stan Shaw et al. Fred Dekker’s second directorial effort is another horror comedy, with a stronger focus on a younger target audience, written by Dekker and Shane Black. A group of young monster fans finds out that the creatures of classical Universal horror films are real and can be banished by a ritual that can only be performed once a century. Mary Ellen Trainor, the police psychiatrist from the Lethal Weapon series, plays the mother of one of the children.

Dead Heat (USA 1988) Director: Mark Goldblatt. Screenwriter: Terry Black. Cast: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsey Frost, Darren McGavin, Vincent Price, Robert Picardo, Professor Toru Tanaka, Shane Black et al. A hybrid of detaction, comedy and horror, written by Terry Black, Shane Black’s brother. Two cops find out that crimes are committed by resurrected bodies. When investigating a suspicious laboratory, one of the cops is killed and resurrected as a . Together they continue their investigation into the company behind these activities. Shane Black also has a small role as a patrolman. One of two feature films directed by Mark Goldblatt, primarily known as an editor (, , Bad Boys 2 et al.)

Lethal Weapon 2 (USA 1989) Director: Richard Donner. Screenwriter: (Story by Shane Black and Warren Murphy. Characters by Shane Black). Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, , , Derrick O’Connor, , Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Steve Kahan, Mary Ellen Trainor et al. Shane Black wrote a screenplay for Lethal Weapon 2 ending with the death of Martin Riggs. After disagreements about said ending and the (more comedic) tone of the film, he left the production and is only credited with writing the story and the characters. In the second film, Riggs and Murtaugh investigate the smuggling of krugerrands and the Appendix 337 attempts to assassinate key witness Leo Getz, both cases leading them to criminal South African diplomats.

The Hunt for Red October (USA 1990) Director: John McTiernan. Screenwriters: Larry Ferguson, Donald Stewart (Based on the Novel by Tom Clancy). Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland, Peter Firth, Courtney B. Vance, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeffrey Jones, Larry Ferguson, Shane Black et al. The first film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels. Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius wants to defect to the USA with a new nuclear submarine called Red October. CIA analyst Jack Ryan is brought in to advise, as the American authorities are unclear whether Ramius wants to defect or attack the USA using Red October. Shane Black has a cameo as a submarine crewman in the film, directed by Predator-director John McTiernan.

The Last Boy Scout (USA 1991) Director: Tony Scott. Screenwriter: Shane Black (Story by Shane Black and Greg Hicks). Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Bruce McGill, Kim Coates, Jack Kehler et al. Shane Black sold his script for the then-record sum of 1.75 million dollars, which was again produced by Joel Silver. Private eye Joe Hallenbeck is hired to protect exotic dancer Cory, who is assassinated in front of his eyes. Together with Cory’s boyfriend, former professional football player Jimmy Dix, he investigates the murder and uncovers a conspiracy to legalize sports gambling through bribes and the murder of members of the commission on gambling.

Lethal Weapon 3 (USA 1992) Director: Richard Donner. Screenwriter: Jeffrey Boam, (Characters by Shane Black). Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Steve Kahan, Mary Ellen Trainor, Nick Chinlund et al. 338 Appendix

Shane Black was not involved in writing the film and is only credited for creating the (main) characters. In the third part of the series, Riggs and Murtaugh hunt an arms dealer who is also an ex-cop. They team up with Internal Affairs cop Lorna Cole, who becomes Riggs’ girlfriend.

Last Action Hero (USA 1993) Director: John McTiernan. Screenwriters: Shane Black, David Arnott (Story by Zak Penn and Adam Leff). Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, Charles Dance, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Noonan, Anthony Quinn, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Mercedes Ruehl, Frank McRae, Professor Toru Tanaka et al. A parody of action and detaction movies. David Black and his writing partner David Arnott were hired to rewrite the original script by Zak Penn and Adam Leff, which was later doctored by William Goldman. Uncredited rewriting contributions were done by screenwriters such as Larry Ferguson and Carrie Fisher. A young fan of action films enters the world of his greatest idol, Jack Slater, via a magic ticket and helps him stop a mafia conspiracy. Black, Schwarzenegger and McTiernan had worked together on Predator before.

RoboCop 3 (USA 1993) Director: Fred Dekker. Screenwriters: Fred Dekker, Frank Miller (Story by Frank Miller. Characters by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner). Cast: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, Mako, CCH Pounder, Shane Black, Bradley Whitford, Jill Hennessy et al. The third film in the science fiction detaction franchise was co-written and directed by Fred Dekker. In this installment, the titular hero fights criminal land developers waging war on poor people and trying to evict them from their homes. As in Night of the Creeps and Dead Heat, Shane Black plays a cop.

Mike the Detective (USA 1993) Director: Chris Matheson. Screenwriter: Chris Matheson. Cast: Shane Black, Kyle Gass et al. Appendix 339

A comedic short film (43 minutes) starring Shane Black as the titular detective and Kyle Gass. Written and directed by Black’s “Pad O’ Guys”- friend Chris Matheson.

Night Realm (USA 1994) Director: Michael Meyer. Screenwriters: Michael Meyer, Steve Tymon. Cast: Kathy Shower, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, Robert Z’Dar, Shane Black et al. An independent feature film about which not much information can be found. The Imdb lists action and fantasy as the film’s genres, Shane Black’s role in the film is not specified.

The Long Kiss Goodnight (USA 1996) Director: Renny Harlin. Screenwriter: Shane Black. Cast: , Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, David Morse, Tom Amandes et al. The Long Kiss Goodnight set a new record for script prices, being bought for 4 million dollars. A detaction film with elements of the spy genre. With the help of private eye Mitch Hennessey, amnesiac housewife Samanatha ‘Sam’ Caine discovers that she used to be a government assassin named Charlene ‘Charly’ Elizabeth Baltimore. As people from her past try to eliminate them, the duo uncovers a conspiracy to carry out a false flag terrorist to obtain government funding for intelligence agencies. Yvonne Zima, who plays Samantha’s eight-year-old daughter, took on small parts in the Shane-Black-directed Iron Man 3 and as an adult.

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Film (USA 1997) Director: Arthur Hiller (as Alan Smithee). Screenwriter: . Cast: Eric Idle, Ryan O’Neal, , Chuck D., Sylvester Stallone, , Jackie Chan, Shane Black et al. A Hollywood satire written by Shane Black’s screenwriting ‘rival’ Joe Eszterhas. A Hollywood satire about a young director with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee, who is hired to shoot a big budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Jackie Chan. Upon realizing that the end result will be terrible, he tries to remove his 340 Appendix name, but the official pseudonym of the Director’s Guild is Alan Smithee. In an ironic twist, Arthur Hiller removed his name from An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Film because he was dissatisfied with it. Shane Black plays himself in the film, like many other Hollywood personalities.

As Good as It Gets (USA 1997) Director: James L. Brooks. Screenwriters: Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks. Cast: , Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Yeardly Smith, Shane Black et al. A tragicomedy directed and co-written by Shane Black’s other mentor, James L. Brooks. Misanthropic, obsessive-compulsive author Melvin Udall forms friendships with his waitress Carol Connelly and his neighbor Simon Bishop, changing for the better. Shane Black plays Brian, the manager of the café where Carol works and Melvin eats every day.

Lethal Weapon 4 (USA 1998) Director: Richard Donner. Screenwriter: Channing Gibson (Story by Jonathan Lemkin, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Characters by Shane Black). Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Steve Kahan, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jack Kehler et al. Shane Black was not involved in the writing of this sequel as well and therefore again only credited with writing the (main) characters. In the last installment of the Lethal Weapon series, Riggs and Murtaugh become aware of the smuggling of illegal Chinese immigrants who are exploited by the triads.

The Boy Scout (USA 2002) Director: Ward Roberts. Screenwriters: Mark Henein, Ward Roberts. Cast: Ward Roberts, Mark Henein, Corey Michael Blake, Shane Black et al. An absurdist comedy short film (17 minutes) about the titular boy scout helping people, stopping crimes and finally saving the free world. Shane Black plays one of the villainess’ henchmen. Director, co-writer and lead Appendix 341 actor Ward Robers played a small part in Shane Black’s The Nice Guys 14 years later and another in Any Day (2015), in which Shane Black also had a role.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (USA 2005) Director: Shane Black. Screenwriter: Shane Black (Based in Part on the Novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Haliday). Cast: Robert Downey Jr., , Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Rockmond Dunbar, , Ali Hillis et al. Shane Black’s directorial debut after a creative pause, produced by Joel Silver. A noir detaction comedy about a thief mistaken for an actor and sent to Hollywood to get acting lessons for a detective role from an actual private eye. During this research, they stumble upon the body of a murdered young woman and become ensnared in a conspiracy involving a Hollywood producer and murderous henchmen.

A.W.O.L. (USA 2006) Director: Jack Swanstrom. Screenwriter: Shane Black (as Holly Martins). Cast: David Morse, John C. McGinley, Caroline Kristiahn, Scott Rose, Robert Harvey et al. A short film (20 minutes) about an American soldier captured and tortured by enemy combatants in Cambodia in 1972. Shane Black wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Holly Martins, thereby referring to The Third Man (1949).

Monkeys (USA 2007) Director: Chris Matheson. Screenwriter: Chris Matheson. Cast: Shane Black, Kyle Gass, Ryan Rowe. A feature film, reuniting the Mike the Detective team of screenwriter- director Chris Matheson and his stars Shane Black and Kyle Gass.

Iron Man 3 (USA/China 2013) Director: Shane Black. Screenwriters: Shane Black, Drew Pearce (Based on Marvel Comic Books by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, John Kirby, Warren Ellis, Adi Granov). Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, , James 342 Appendix

Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, Ty Simpkins et al. For the third installment of the Iron Man series, Jon Favreau passed the directing duties over to Shane Black, who co-wrote the film with Drew Pearce. Tony Stark, also known as superhero Iron Man, has to battle the superterrorist The Mandarin, who has mutated soldiers at his disposal, in this sequel.

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (USA 2013) Director: Louis D’Esposito. Screenwriter: Eric Pearson. Cast: Haley Atwell, Bradley Whitford, Dominic Cooper, Shane Black et al. A short film (15 minutes) serving as an introduction to the TV series Agent Carter (2015-2016). In the short film, the titular comic book character Peggy Carter has to face sexism working for the intelligence communities shortly after World War II. She goes on a mission as a rogue agent, earning a promotion to the secret agency S.H.I.E.L.D. for her efforts.Shane Black is not seen in the short film, but heard as a voice actor, giving Agent Carter mission instructions on the phone.

Edge: The Loner (USA 2015) Director: Shane Black. Screenwriters: Shane Black, Fred Dekker (Based on the Novel by George G. Gilman). Cast: Max Martini, Ryan Kwanten, Yvonne Strahovski, William Sadler, Beau Knapp et al. Edge: The Loner is a TV movie for Amazon, intended as for a potential TV series, which was not produced. This Shane-Black-directed western, based on the pulp novels by George G. Gilman, was written by Black and Fred Dekker. Josiah ‘Edge’ Hedges searches for his brother’s killers after the end of the American Civil War and uncovers a corrupt sheriff’s deeds in the process. Beau Knapp, who plays one of the killers, also starred as a villain in Black’s The Nice Guys; William Sadler, who plays the corrupt sheriff, had played the role of the American president in Black’s Iron Man 3.

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Any Day (USA 2015) Director: Rustam Branaman. Screenwriter: Rustam Branaman. Cast: Sean Bean, Eva Longoria, Kate Walsh, Tom Arnold, Paul Ben-Victor, Shane Black et al. A drama about a boxer finding his way back into life after serving a 12- year-sentence in prison for manslaughter. Shane Black’s rolename is Gino. Writer-director Rustam Branaman played the role of Agent Danbury in Black’s Iron Man 3.

The Nice Guys (USA 2016) Director: Shane Black. Screenwriters: Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi. Cast: , , Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, Keith David, Beau Knapp, Kim Basinger, Murielle Telio, Jack Kilmer et al. A detaction comedy set in the 1970s, co-written and directed by Shane Black, produced by Joel Silver. Thug-for-hire Jackson Healy warns private eye Holland March not to follow Healy’s acquaintance and client Amelia Kuttner anymore. When Amelia, who was followed by other people than March as well, goes missing shortly thereafter, Healy hires March to help him find her. During their search, Healy and March uncover a conspiracy involving the porn business and the automobile industry. Jack Kilmer, who plays a supporting role in the film, is the son of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang star Val Kilmer.

Swing State (USA 2016) Director: Jonathan Sheldon. Screenwriter: Jonathan Sheldon. Cast: Alex Beh, Taryn Manning, Sean Astin, Billy Zane, Angela Kinsey, Shane Black et al. A political satire about a liberal Seattle radio DJ creating a fictious right- wing radio host when he fills in for a conservative colleague. His fictional persona becomes a phenomenon. Shane Black plays a small role as Luke, who is the hunting buddy of conservative radio producer Rouge Holmes as well as a cop. This is Black’s fourth role as a policeman after Night of the Creeps, Dead Heat and RoboCop 3.

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Wild Nothing (USA 2018) Director: Brandon Calvillo. Screenwriter: Brandon Calvillo. Cast: JJ Phillips, Shane Black, Shane Hartline, Jadarrel Belser, Brandon Calvillo, Sunny Mabrey et al. A short film (31 minutes) written, directed and edited by Brandon Calvillo about college student Ryan moving to L.A., where he is soon blackmailed by two thugs trying to steal his savings. Shane Black plays thug-for-hire and hitman Phil, who is part of Ryan’s family and offers to kill the two gangsters. Black’s role is an homage to the hard-boiled genre, especially through the use of hard-boiled slang, whereas Ryan is shown reading a book entitled Pulp in one scene. There is a possible reference to Calvillo’s famous guest star: A close-up shows a glass of orange juice next to a small oven with a “Black & Decker”-logo, echoing the writing team (Shane) Black and (Fred) Dekker.

The Predator (USA/Canada 2018) Director: Shane Black. Screenwriters: Shane Black, Fred Dekker (Characters by Jim Thomas and John Thomas). Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Trevante Rhodes, Yvonne Strahovski, Thomas Jane, Keegan-Micheal Key, Jacob Tremblay, Alfie Allen, Sterling K. Brown, Lochlyn Munro, et al. A reboot of the Predator franchise, written by Shane Black and Fred Dekker. The film is about a unit of ex-soldiers battling the titular hunters after a young boy has accidentally caused the aliens’ return to Earth.