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Geneva Robertson-Dworet (born May 8, 1985) is an American screenwriter. She rose to prominence after being hired in 2015 to rewrite the script for the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot, starring Alicia Vikander and directed by Roar Uthaug. She co-wrote the screenplay for Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel (2019) and is the co-showrunner and co-creator of the television adaptation of the Fallout video game franchise for Amazon Prime Video. Robertson-Dworet was originally set to write the screenplay for David Ayer's Gotham City Sirens film, as part of the DC Extended Universe. Additionally, she wrote a third Sherlock Holmes film, an adaptation of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and a screenplay adaptation of the novel Artemis. She was originally slated to co-write Sony Pictures' Silver & Black, a team-up film about the Spider-Man characters Black Cat and Silver Sable, with Lindsey Beer. However, the film was removed from Sony's production schedule, and the project's future is unclear. In 2018, Robertson-Dworet founded a production company, called Known Universe, together with Lindsey Beer and Nicole Perlman. Known Universe has so far announced that it is going to help produce the new adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. She will also executive produce a Hello Kitty animation/live-action hybrid movie. Robertson-Dworet is a 2007 graduate of Harvard College. She wrote for The Harvard Lampoon during her time there. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geneva Robertson-Dworet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Captain Marvel is a 2019 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, with Geneva Robertson-Dworet also contributing to the screenplay. Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. Set in 1995, the story follows Danvers as she becomes Captain Marvel after Earth is caught in the center of a galactic conflict between two alien civilizations. Captain Marvel premiered in London on February 27, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 8, as part of Phase Three of the MCU. The film grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the first female-led superhero film to pass the billion-dollar mark. It became the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2019 and was the 23rd-highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run. The film received generally positive reviews from critics with praise for the performances of the cast, particularly that of Larson.
