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David Samuel Goyer (born December 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the Blade trilogy (1998–2004), Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Man of Steel (2013), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has also directed four films: Zig Zag (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Unborn (2009). He is the creator of the science fiction television series Foundation, which is loosely based on the Foundation series written by Isaac Asimov. Goyer was co-writer of the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. He won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Batman Begins (2005), received another nomination for Dark City, and was nominated for four Hugo Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article David S. Goyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Marauders Era is a 2024 American epic fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo Del Toro. It stars Aaron Taylor Johnson, Ben Barnes, Andrew Garfield, Dane Dehaan, Karen Gillan, Louis Garrel, Timothee Chalamet, Vanessa Kirby, Keira Knightley, Katie McGrath, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Peter Dinkalage, Vera Farmiga, Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Tom Hiddleston and Ralph Fiennes. The film follows the story of a group of boys as creat mayhem in school, get girlfriends, bully a group of Snakes and create a map to start their legacy. The film premiered on May 15, 2024, at the Cannes Film Festival, then released worldwide on May 19, 2024. The film received positive reviews and has been deemed an improvement over the Fantastic Beasts films by many, with praise for its action sequences, mature themes, score, visual effects, darker tone, and the performances of Johnson, Barnes, Garfield, Hardy, Chalamet and Louis Garrel; criticism largely focused on the film's dialogue and aspects of Gillan, Dehaan and McGrath's performances. The film was also criticized for its 3 and a half hour runtime. It broke several box office records during its opening week and went on to earn over $868 million worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter franchise at the time. It was the highest-grossing film in the U.S. and the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 2024. The film also holds the record for the highest opening-day gross on a Thursday, making $50 million.
