Joe Barton (born 1985) is a British screenwriter of film and television, best known for the crime series ''

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'' and the science-fiction thriller '' The Lazarus Project''.

Early life

Barton was born in London. He studied Film and Television Production at the

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, and one of his first jobs was as a driver on ''

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''.

Career

His writing career began in film. He has written films such as '' The Ritual'', ''

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'' and '' IBoy''. In 2020, it was announced he had written ''

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'', a sci-fi thriller starring

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will distribute. He is tapped to write a sequel to ''

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''. Barton has also written television, first writing for ''

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''. He later wrote for ''

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'', ''

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'' and the epic miniseries '' Troy: Fall of a City''. In 2019,

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broadcast Barton's crime thriller ''

'' (

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: 義理/恥, "Duty/Shame"). The series is set in London and Tokyo, with dialogue in English and Japanese. On December 13, 2020, it was announced Barton would be showrunner on

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's ''

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'', based on the trilogy of books by author Sally Green, with

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and

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as executive producers. The series was later renamed to ''The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself''. In January 2021, it was announced that Barton would be replacing

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as showrunner on an untitled Gotham City Police Department spinoff series based on ''The Batman''. It was later canceled in March 2022, due to "creative differences". In November 2022, it was announced that Barton would be adapting the Peter Shaffer play ''

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Filmography

Film Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barton, Joe Living people 21st-century British screenwriters 21st-century British male writers British television writers British male screenwriters British science fiction writers 1985 births