Brett Matthews is an American writer of comics and television shows. Matthews graduated from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

in 1999. He was an assistant to

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on television shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In addition, he scripted the Firefly episode '' Heart of Gold''. In 2004, he wrote the screenplay for the Direct to DVD animated movie '' The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury''. In comics, Matthews has co-written the ''

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'' comic book prequel mini-series '' Those Left Behind'' and '' Better Days'' with Joss Whedon. He is currently writing

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for

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. He has also written Daredevil,

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and

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comicbook specials for

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. Matthews received

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nominations for his

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for "Heart of Gold" and in the

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category for ''Serenity: Better Days''. He served as an executive story editor for ''

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''. In addition, he was credited as a supervising producer and co-executive producer for ''

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''. On April 26, 2017,

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announced that Matthews will be the main show runner for the third season of the slasher television series ''

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''. The show will undergo a reboot with a new cast and setting. Matthews,

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, Shakim Compere and Yaneley Arty will be credited as executive producers for the series under

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. On June 24, 2019, it was announced that the rebooted ''Scream'' series would be moving to VH1 ahead of the premiere of the third season. The third season, titled ''Scream: Resurrection'', premiered on July 8, 2019. Currently, Matthews serves as an executive producer and writer for the CW series, ''

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''.

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