Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are an American screenwriting duo, best known for writing the scripts of ''

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'' and '' Punisher: War Zone''.

Career

In 2008, Marcum and Holloway wrote the script of

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' superhero film ''

'', which was directed by

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and released on May 2, 2008, by

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. The duo also wrote the script for the action film '' Punisher: War Zone'', directed by

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and released on December 5, 2008, by

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. They were hired by Paramount to co-write a script with

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for the 2014 ''

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'' film, but their script was ultimately never used. In 2019, they were hired by Sony to write the script for the adventure film ''

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'', directed by

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. In 2020, it was revealed that the duo had provided rewrites for two projects in the

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: The first being ''Morbius'' (2022), directed by

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. The other being ''

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'' (2023), directed by

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Filmography

* ''Shadow of Fear'' (2004) * ''

'' (2008) * '' Punisher: War Zone'' (2008) * '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017) * '' Men in Black: International'' (2019) * ''

'' (2022) * ''

'' (2023)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcum and Matt Holloway, Art Living people American male writers American male screenwriters American screenwriters Screenwriting duos Year of birth missing (living people)