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Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. Reeves befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and they were making short films together. When Reeves and Abrams were 15 or 16 years old, Steven Spielberg hired them to transfer some of his own Super 8 films to videotape. Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the films Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) and The Pallbearer (1996), the latter of which marked his feature-length directorial debut. He then transitioned into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series Felicity (1998–2002) alongside J.J. Abrams. Reeves has since directed the horror film Cloverfield (2008), the romantic horror film Let Me In (2010), and the science fiction sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct The Batman (2022) by DC, starring Robert Pattinson.
The Howling Death is a 2022 American action film directed by David Twohy and produced by David Fincher from a story by him and Twohy. It was written by Matt Reeves and edited by James Wan, and is the first installment in the Chronicles of Mister Wolf film series. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Emma Stone, John Krasinski, Tyrese Gibson, David Morse, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Rooker, and Laurence Fishburne. The Howling Death was released on October 11th, 2022, to generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the direction, visual style, music, cinematography, action sequences, story, depiction of the wilderness, and Skarsgård's performance, but the script, violence and runtime were criticized. The film was a box-office success, grossing $819 million against a production budget of $178 million, advertisement costs of $200 million, and a break-even point of $150 million. Its success prompted Twohy to proceed with planned sequels, and the first sequel, The Chronicles of Mister Wolf, was released 2 years later.
