Travis Beacham (born 1980) is an American
screenwriter, best known for writing and co-writing the films ''
Dog Days of Summer
The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sud ...
'' (2005), ''
Pacific Rim'' (2013), ''
Clash of the Titans'' (2010), and proposing the concept for the
Amazon Prime fantasy TV series ''
Carnival Row
''Carnival Row'' is an American neo-noir fantasy television series created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, based on Beacham's unproduced film spec script, ''A Killing on Carnival Row''. The series stars Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, S ...
'' (2019-).
Career
Just prior to graduating from the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...
in 2005 after studying screenwriting, Beacham contributed to the independent feature ''
Dog Days of Summer
The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sud ...
'' directed by fellow alum
Mark Freiburger
Stephen Mark Freiburger (born July 16, 1983) is an American filmmaker.
Early life and education
* Graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2005.
Film work
* Writer/Director of the upcoming feature film ''Follow By ...
.
Beacham's first spec script ''A Killing on Carnival Row'' was picked up by
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after ...
in 2005. Characterized as "a dark neo-noir fantasy thriller," the project was in development for years with directors
Guillermo del Toro and
Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, ''Night in Tunisia (short story collection), Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian ...
. However in May 2017 it was announced that Amazon Studios had ordered an eight-episode television series based on the script, ''
Carnival Row
''Carnival Row'' is an American neo-noir fantasy television series created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, based on Beacham's unproduced film spec script, ''A Killing on Carnival Row''. The series stars Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, S ...
''.
In May 2006, Beacham was hired to write an early draft of the
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
remake of the 1981 mythology epic ''
Clash of the Titans''.
His second spec script, an "otherworldly fantasy" titled ''The Tanglewood'', was picked up by ''Carnival Row'' producers
Arnold Kopelson
Arnold Kopelson (February 14, 1935 – October 8, 2018) was an American film producer.
Among his credits are ''Platoon'', '' Seven'', ''Outbreak'', '' The Fugitive'' and '' The Devil's Advocate''.
Life and career
Kopelson was born in Brooklyn ...
and Anne Kopelson in 2007.
In 2009, Beacham was reported to be working on the screenplay for the
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
remake of ''
The Black Hole
''The Black Hole'' is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Gary Nelson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins and Ernest Borgnin ...
''. Plot details of Beacham's script have been kept under wraps, but the new film is said to be more grounded in science.
In 2010, Beacham's treatment for the science fiction film ''
Pacific Rim'' was acquired by
Legendary Pictures. The film, directed by
Guillermo del Toro, features giant robots defending the world from an onslaught of giant monsters. Prior to the film's release in 2013, Beacham authored a graphic novel prequel titled ''Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero'', with art by
Sean Chen, Yvel Guichet, Pericles Junior and
Alex Ross.
Cable network
AMC
AMC may refer to:
Film and television
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* AMC Networks, an American entertainment company
** AMC (TV channel)
** AMC+, streaming service
** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company
*** ...
announced in April 2013 a science fiction crime drama called ''Ballistic City''. Developed as a potential companion for ''
The Walking Dead'', the new series depicts "a former cop thrust into the criminal underworld of a city housed in a generational spaceship." Beacham is set to write the script and executive produce alongside director
Joseph Kosinski
Joseph Kosinski is an American film director best known for his computer graphics and computer-generated imagery (CGI) work, and for his work in action films. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the 2010 science fiction film ''Tron: L ...
. Beacham was also a creative voice behind the TV series ''
Hieroglyph
A hieroglyph ( Greek for "sacred carvings") was a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system. Logographic scripts that are pictographic in form in a way reminiscent of ancient Egyptian are also sometimes called "hieroglyphs". In Neoplatoni ...
'' which got cancelled before the first episode aired.
In 2016 he made his directorial debut with the science fiction short ''The Curiosity'', starring Caroline Ford, Danial Wolfe, and
Andrew Novell. The next year, it was announced that he would write an episode of the
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
/
Amazon Video
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series ''
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams''.
References
External links
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1980 births
21st-century American screenwriters
American male screenwriters
Living people
People from Cleveland, Tennessee
American television writers
American male television writers
Screenwriters from Tennessee
University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
21st-century American male writers
Television producers from Tennessee