Dan Mazeau is an American screenwriter. He was born and raised in

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and majored in physics at the

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. He then enrolled in the MFA screenwriting program at the

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(UCLA). He is also a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at the

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. There he wrote a family fantasy "The Land of Lost Things" and the script was set up at

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/ Paramount Pictures, with Arnold Kopelson producing. Hired by Dan Lin and Warner Bros. to adapt ''

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'', he was named one of Variety's "10 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2008 and the script was on the Blacklist that same year.

Career

Mazeau has also wrote a script for a ''

'' adaptation. He has also been attached to write a script for '' Bleach'', based on the popular manga. By January 2009, Mazeau was hired by

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to write a script for '' The Flash'' after previous iterations by

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, David Dobkin and Craig Wright failed to get off the ground. In April 2018, Mazeau was revealed to have contributed to a draft of the film, titled ''Flashpoint''. Mazeau is currently adapting Japanese author Chohei Kambayashi's alien invasion novel ''Yukikaze'' for

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, with

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slated to star. Mazeau has also been hired to rewrite an action film entitled ''World's Most Wanted'' with

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currently attached.

Filmography

* ''

Wrath of the Titans ''Wrath of the Titans'' is a 2012 action fantasy film and a sequel to the 2010 film '' Clash of the Titans''. The film stars Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes, and Liam Neeson ...

'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2023) * ''

Fast X ''Fast X'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 10'') is an upcoming American action film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Justin Lin, Zach Dean, and Dan Mazeau. It is the sequel to '' F9'' (2021), serving as the tenth main installment ...

'' (2023)

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* 21st-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of California, Berkeley alumni UCLA Film School alumni Screenwriters from California Writers from Santa Rosa, California 21st-century American male writers {{US-screenwriter-stub