David Elias Callaham was born on October 24,1977 and is an American screenwriter and producer.
17 Facts About David Callaham
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David Callaham is best known for co-writing the screenplays for the films Doom, The Expendables, Zombieland: Double Tap, Wonder Woman 1984, Mortal Kombat, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
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David Callaham studied English at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1999.
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David Callaham is a Brown Belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo.
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David Callaham worked at Creative Artists Agency for a while, sometimes submitting his material secretly for coverage.
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In 2002, David Callaham wrote Horsemen which was later produced by Michael Bay.
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In 2003, David Callaham wrote the film adaptation to the video game Doom which was released in 2005.
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David Callaham was credited for story and characters after Sylvester Stallone used David Callaham's Barrow script as a "starting point" for The Expendables.
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In 2010, Legendary Pictures hired David Callaham to write the first draft for Godzilla, for which he received a story credit.
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In 2014, David Callaham completed a production rewrite for Ant-Man, and in 2019, he co-wrote the Zombieland sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, for Sony.
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David Callaham worked on the yet-unproduced Jackpot for Focus Features and America: The Motion Picture for Netflix.
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In October 2016, Universal Pictures hired David Callaham to rewrite The Wolf Man for their Dark Universe.
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In September 2017, Patty Jenkins hired David Callaham to write the script for Wonder Woman 1984 with her and Geoff Johns.
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In November 2018, Sony Pictures Animation hired David Callaham to write a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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In January 2022, David Callaham was announced to have written the latest draft of screenplay of the Masters of the Universe reboot for Netflix, along with Aaron and Adam Nee.
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On May 10,2024, it was announced that David Callaham, who wrote the early drafts to Godzilla, would write a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
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David Callaham then asserted that Sylvester Stallone used his script, Barrow, as the source for The Expendables.