18 Facts About Drew Pearce

Early in his career, Pearce created the British television comedy show No Heroics.

Drew Pearce later wrote and directed the celebrated Marvel One-Shot film All Hail the King, starring Ben Kingsley, which served as the foundation for 2021's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Drew Pearce's directorial debut came with Hotel Artemis, a futuristic thriller set in a secret, members-only hospital for criminals, starring Jodie Foster.

In 2019, Drew Pearce founded the production company Point of No Return.

Drew Pearce worked at The Face magazine for editor Richard Benson, while studying at Exeter University.

Between 2000 and 2004, Drew Pearce was the lead singer and guitarist in the London alt-country band Woodchuck.

In 2007, Drew Pearce created the cult-hit series No Heroics, a sitcom about unsuccessful superheroes, following their R-rated off-duty exploits and their lives in hero-only pub The Fortress.

In 2010, Marvel hired Pearce to write a feature adaptation of Runaways based on the comic book of the same name by Brian K Vaughan and Adrian Alphona.

Development on the film was put on hold the following October, and Drew Pearce explained in September 2013 that the Runaways film had been shelved due to the success of The Avengers.

Drew Pearce continued his work as a writer on a wide array of projects.

Drew Pearce completed an uncredited rewrite on Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi action thriller Pacific Rim.

Drew Pearce then partnered with Jason Segel to create the concept for a third Lego Movie spin-off, titled The Billion Brick Race.

Marvel Studios and consultant Joss Whedon were positive about the short, and after Ben Kingsley agreed to reprise his role as Trevor Slattery, Drew Pearce wrote and directed the short, titled All Hail The King.

Drew Pearce made his feature directorial debut with the genre-bending, cult hit Hotel Artemis.

The film, written by Drew Pearce, is a futuristic thriller, set in a secret, members-only hospital for criminals.

In 2018 Drew Pearce established production company Point of No Return Films in Los Angeles, California.

Drew Pearce focuses on developing and producing film and television projects aimed at reinventing genre.

In March 2012, Drew Pearce directed the music video for the song "Rearrange" by Miles Kane.