Jeremy Slater is an American writer and producer of film and television, known for his work on films such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and on television series such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', which Slater created, and on which he served as executive producer. He is the head writer and executive producer for the

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miniseries ''

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''.

Career

Slater wrote ''My Spy'', an action comedy film which will be directed by

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, as well as ''Tape 4'', a horror film to be produced by

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, and ''Man of Tomorrow'', a superhero noir film which was included in the 2012

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. In July 2012, Slater was hired to write the script for the 2015 ''

'' film. After the film was released in August 2015, Slater commented that a lot of what he wrote was not in the finished film (particularly his version of the first act), but that he'll "always be honored that egot to play in such a cool sandbox." Slater's original version of the script for ''Fantastic Four'' was said to feel more in tone to a

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movie, being an action-packed superhero adventure in contrast to the final film's dark and realistic tone. It included the villains

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, who is the source for the titular characters' powers,

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, and

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as a Latverian dictator and herald to Galactus, in contrast to the antisocial programmer he was portrayed as in the finished film. Slater wrote a draft of the live action American film adaptation of

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's manga series ''

'' (2017), which was directed by

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. The finished version of the film deviated from and omitted several significant elements of his original screenplay draft and at best, featured minute elements from his original script draft. Slater is the creator and executive producer of ''

'', a TV drama based on the film with the same name. In November 2019, Slater was hired as the head writer and executive producer for the

series ''

'' by Marvel Studios. He will co-write the upcoming

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film ''

Coyote vs. Acme ''Coyote vs. Acme'' is an upcoming American legal drama comedy film directed by Dave Green, from a screenplay written by James Gunn, Jeremy Slater, Jon Silberman, Josh Silberman, and Samy Burch. Combining live-action and animation, the film i ...

'' with

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, Jon Silberman, Josh Silberman and Samy Burch. In January 2022, Slater was hired to write a sequel to ''Mortal Kombat''. In August 2022, ''

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'' reported that Slater had co-written the Untitled ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' sequel with

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and Simon Barrett.

Filmography

Film Executive producer * ''

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'' (2017) Television

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