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Joseph Michael Straczynski (/strəˈzɪnski/; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). He is the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison. Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was a co-writer on the martial arts thriller Ninja Assassin (2009); he was one of the key writers for (and had a cameo in) Marvel's Thor (2011), as well as the horror film Underworld: Awakening (2012) and the apocalyptic horror film World War Z (2013). From 2001 to 2007, Straczynski wrote Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by runs on Thor and Fantastic Four. He is the author of the Superman: Earth One trilogy of graphic novels, and he has written Superman, Wonder Woman, and Before Watchmen for DC Comics. Straczynski is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, Dream Police, and Ten Grand through Joe's Comics. A prolific writer across a variety of media and a former journalist, Straczynski is the author of the autobiography Becoming Superman (2019) for HarperVoyager, the novel Together We Will Go (2021) for Simon & Schuster, and Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer (2021) for Benbella Books. In 2020 he was named Head of the Creative Council for the comics publishing company Artists, Writers, and Artisans. Straczynski is a long-time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums (including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online) since 1984. He is credited as being the first TV producer to directly engage with fans on the Internet and to allow viewer viewpoints to influence the look and feel of his show (see Babylon 5's use of the Internet). Two prominent areas where he had a presence were GEnie and the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Michael Straczynski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
J. Michael Straczynski
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Based on the 1987 Ninja Turtles TV series. The citizens of New York run a fan club for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, much to their fascination. Then Shredder plots to brainwash the fans with a bad-ifier device from Krang and convince them that the Turtles are the enemies and put them out of their misery. Then with the fans at his command, Shredder orders them to steal every bit of motor oil for the Technodrome in the middle of the Mojave. How will the Turtles snap their fans out of it and convince them that Shredder's using them? From the creators of Legend of the Three Caballeros (2018). Voices by Ben Stiller, Tom Kenny, Steve Carell, David DeLuise, Grey DeLisle, Hynden Walch, Jess Harnell, JP Karliak, Olivia Olson, Kyla Pratt, Fred Stroller, Zachary Gordon, Johnny Depp, Wally Wingert, Eric Bauza, and Bruce Lanoil.
