Spaihts: 'Prometheus' fires up career trajectory

Jon SpaihtsIn the very first 2000s, Jon Spaihts was on another profession entirely becoming an executive for your NY-based educational technology company Teachscape."It absolutely was dangerous, because it was challenging, satisfying and intellectually demanding and that i saw an excellent existence there that I'd never return to writing," according to him.So Spaihts needed yearly taken off attempt to write his first script, and, just before the there is a period up, he'd completed "Shadow 19" and offered it to Warner Bros.That project languished in development with Keanu Reeves installed on star. Then Reeves asked for Spaihts if he'd another project that could suit him. Spaihts pitched him an idea he'd for just about any sci-fi film noir that plainly featured the feel of the man stranded alone in space.After hashing inside the idea for six days, Reeves made a decision it absolutely was too bleak for him, but he loved the idea of the stranded spaceman. So Reeves' production partner Stephen Hamel referred to as Spaihts and asked for him if there's a far more happy story being told in regards to the lone figure."It absolutely was among people magical fertilizing questions that you just haven't thought to request yourself, which then causes an reaction to spring fully produced from your skull," recalls the Paradigm client, a Princeton grad who planned being novelist before turning his concentrate on screenwriting. "I riffed at him responding, too as with 30 minutes had came around the telephone the spine from the products increased being my script 'Passengers,' " presently in development at Universal."People" eventually arrived at people at Scott Free Prods., who requested him looking for an over-all meeting, throughout recognise the company leader Michael Costigan stated that they're thinking about developing an "Alien" prequel for Ridley Scott to direct."Again, I riffed," Spaihts states, "too as with approximately one hour had spat out what remains spine in the story of 'Prometheus,' " which Fox is scheduled to produce next June.More recently, he's scripted New Regency-Summit's approaching "The Pitch-dark Hour" and "World War Robot" for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with whom he's also penning an untitled space adventure.TEN SCREENWRITERS To Check Out 2011:Josh Applebaum & Andrew Nemec Jay Baruchel & Jesse Chabot Justin Britt-Gibson Neil Mix Andrew Haigh Kurt Johnstad Lauryn Kahn Paula Pell Jon Spaihts John Yorkey Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com