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34-579: Andrew Lanham is an American film screenwriter best known for his collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton , including The Shack (2017), The Glass Castle (2017), Just Mercy (2019), and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). In 2015, he began his career with a script for the drama film Boy21 . In 2016, Lanham started a series of collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton , by co-writing

68-569: A 22-minute short film, Short Term 12 , based on his experiences at the facility for teenagers. The short film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival , where it won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking. After graduating from film school, Cretton made his feature directorial debut with the 90 minute film, I Am Not a Hipster , which premiered at Sundance on January 20, 2012. The film was produced by Ron Najor, who would later go on to produce

102-461: A drunk Rex aggressively teaches her to swim. He assaults the lifeguard, forcing the family – now pursued by the law and with no money – to go to Welch, West Virginia , where the children meet their grandparents and uncle Stanley. Rex moves his family into a ramshackle house in the wilderness, living without running water, gas, or electricity. When the family has not eaten in days, Rex takes their remaining money to buy food, but returns home drunk after

136-607: A fight. Sewing up his wound, Jeannette asks him to stop drinking, and Rex ties himself to his bed, successfully enduring withdrawal. He lands a job as a construction worker and the family enjoys a comfortable Christmas. The parents attend the funeral of Rose Mary's mother in Texas, leaving the children with their grandparents in Welch. The sisters discover Erma sexually assaulting Brian and attack her, but are pulled away by Stanley. When their parents return, Rex refuses to listen to his children about

170-401: A freelance writer living alone – celebrates with her family, reminiscing about Rex’s unconventional life. In April 2012, Lionsgate was reported to have acquired the rights to the book and Jennifer Lawrence was in talks to star in the film. In October 2013, it was noted that director Destin Daniel Cretton was in talks to direct the film and re-write the screenplay with Andrew Lanham from

204-464: A fundamentally misguided approach to the material." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score 56 out of 100, based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Writing for Rolling Stone , Peter Travers said the film "peddles easy uplift instead of cold, hard truths" and gave it two stars out of four, saying, "Hollywood has

238-399: A knack for sanitizing books that deserve better. In the case of The Glass Castle , it's a damn shame." Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times also gave the film two out of four stars and was equally critical for its presentation, writing: "...a film that presents overwhelming evidence of Rex and Rose Mary as appalling human beings for 90 percent of the journey, and then asks us to give them

272-428: A pile of gambling winnings, telling her to follow her dreams. By 1989, Jeannette is a gossip columnist for New York magazine and engaged to marry David, a financial analyst. At dinner with a client of David’s, Jeannette lies about her parents. On the way home, she sees her now-homeless parents dumpster diving. She later meets with her mother, who is dismissive of her engagement. Jeannette and David visit her family at

306-428: A previous draft by Marti Noxon . In October 2015, Brie Larson joined the cast of the film, replacing Lawrence; she had exited the film after a prolonged search for a male lead. In November 2015, Woody Harrelson joined the cast of the film as the father. In March 2016, Naomi Watts joined the cast as the mother. In April 2016, Max Greenfield and Sarah Snook joined the cast. In May 2016, Ella Anderson joined

340-499: A two-bedroom house with his five siblings, until he was 19 years old. He moved to San Diego, California , to attend Point Loma Nazarene University , where he majored in communications . After graduating, Cretton worked for two years as a staff person at a group home for at-risk teenagers. He made short films as a hobby, which developed as a vocational path. He attended and graduated from film school at San Diego State University . While at San Diego State University, Cretton made

374-467: Is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Cretton, Andrew Lanham , and Marti Noxon . It is based on Jeannette Walls ' 2005 best-selling memoir of the same name . Depicting Walls' childhood, where her family lived in poverty and sometimes as squatters, the film stars Brie Larson as Walls, with Naomi Watts , Woody Harrelson , Max Greenfield , and Sarah Snook in supporting roles. The Glass Castle

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408-482: Is severely burned. At the hospital, a doctor and social worker question her home life, but Rex distracts the staff and escapes with Jeannette. The family leaves town, and Jeannette is enchanted by Rex’s plans for the family’s dream house, a glass castle. The family soon includes Jeannette’s infant sister Maureen, and remains on the move for years, eventually relocating to a dilapidated house in Utah. Jeannette nearly drowns when

442-580: The feature adaptation of Short Term 12 alongside Maren Olson, Asher Goldstein, and Joshua Astrachan. Cretton's feature-length screenplay won one of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ' five Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in 2010. The film premiered on March 10, 2013, at South by Southwest , where it won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards for a Narrative Feature. Widely acclaimed as one of

476-625: The East Bay, Minors promises to take an unflinching look at institutionalization, exploring juvenile facilities and the children who grow up in that system. The series will show how that system shapes young people over a one-year period. Hodge will write the series, and Coogler and Cretton will direct. Cretton subsequently teamed with Larson and Michael B. Jordan for Just Mercy , a drama film based on civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson 's New York Times bestselling memoir: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption . Stevenson founded

510-613: The Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, where he provided defense counsel to men on death row. The plot follows Stevenson (Jordan) as he explores the case of a death row prisoner, Walter McMillian , whom he fought to free. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019, and was theatrically released on December 25, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures . Just Mercy

544-748: The Legend of the Ten Rings was nominated at the Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and at the Ray Bradbury Award for "Outstanding Dramatic Presentation". Destin Daniel Cretton Cretton was born and raised in Haiku, Hawaii on the island of Maui . He is of half-Japanese descent. He was home-schooled by his Christian mother. His sister Joy is a costume designer who has worked on several of Destin's projects. He lived in Haiku in

578-609: The Ten Rings . In February 2022, he was writing the screenplay for Harbinger , based on the Valiant Comics comic book series of the same name . In May 2024, he was writing the script for the Amazon MGM Studios film The Robots Go Crazy . In February 2020, Lanham's work on Just Mercy was nominated at the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture . In September 2022, Lanham work on Shang-Chi and

612-537: The abandoned building where her parents are squatting. Brian, now a police officer, and Lori live comfortably, but Maureen has moved in with their parents. Rex and David drunkenly arm wrestle and David wins, but Rex punches him in the nose anyway. Returning home, David tells Jeannette that he wants nothing more to do with her parents. Maureen calls Jeannette to explain that she is moving to California. At her engagement party, Jeannette discovers that her parents have owned valuable land – now worth almost $ 1 million – since she

646-437: The best films of 2013, it was listed on many film critics' annual top ten lists. The film earned several accolades, including three Independent Spirit Award nominations. In 2014, Cretton was attached to rewrite the script and direct The Glass Castle , an adaptation of Jeannette Walls ' 2005 best-selling memoir of the same name about a successful young woman raised by severely dysfunctional parents. Starring Brie Larson,

680-619: The cast. Principal photography began on May 20, 2016, in Welch, West Virginia . The Glass Castle was released on August 11, 2017, by Lionsgate . The Glass Castle grossed $ 22 million in the United States and Canada. In North America, The Glass Castle was released alongside The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature and Annabelle: Creation , and was projected to gross around $ 5 million from 1,461 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $ 1.7 million on its first day and $ 4.7 million over

714-572: The director of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to focus on other Marvel projects, such as the Shang-Chi sequel and Wonder Man . In December 2022, Cretton was revealed to be an executive producer on the short film Same Old , which was written and directed by Lloyd Lee Choi . Cretton is set to produce a feature-length film adaptation of the short, titled Lucky Lu , through his Family Owned banner alongside Ron Najor and Asher Goldstein, with Choi returning as writer and director. The following year, Cretton

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748-499: The emotional tones and adaptation of the source material. In 2016, it was announced that Ryan Coogler had teamed up with Cretton and poet/playwright Chinaka Hodge to develop Minors , a television drama series produced by Charles D. King. Drawing from Cretton's experiences working in residential foster care, Hodge's background teaching under-served youth in San Francisco Bay area continuation schools and Coogler's upbringing in

782-424: The film also features Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts as her alcoholic father and eccentric mother, respectively. Larson's role was originally considered by Jennifer Lawrence , but she dropped out while the studio was seeking the male lead. The film was released on August 10, 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics; they praised the performances of its cast (particularly Larson and Harrelson) but criticized

816-408: The incident. The family returns home and he resumes drinking, leading to a violent altercation with Rose. Jeannette is unable to convince her mother to leave Rex, and the siblings promise to care for each other and escape their poverty. As a teenager, Jeannette is drawn to journalism. The siblings have now saved enough money for Lori to leave for New York City, infuriating Rex; Jeannette prepares to do

850-606: The same. Erma dies, and after the funeral, Jeannette is pulled into her father’s scheme to hustle his acquaintance Robbie at pool. He loses to Rex and unwittingly reveals Jeannette’s plan to move to New York City. She accompanies Robbie upstairs and he attempts to rape her, but she shows her scars from her childhood burns and leaves. At home, she discovers her father has stolen her savings, but escapes from home anyway. Attending college in New York City, Jeannette faces financial difficulties and prepares to drop out, but Rex arrives with

884-406: The screenplay for the religious film The Shack . A second collaborative effort with Cretton was developed in the same year with the drama film The Glass Castle . In 2017, he drafted the screenplay for the western film The Kid . In 2019, he wrote the script for Cretton's third film Just Mercy . In 2021, he gained notability when he wrote Cretton's superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of

918-401: The series was revealed to be in early development and titled Wonder Man , centered on the character Simon Williams / Wonder Man , with Cretton directing two episodes of the series and developing it with series creator and showrunner Andrew Guest . In July, Cretton was confirmed as the director of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty for Marvel Studios. In November 2023, Cretton stepped down as

952-527: The title character, with Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Awkwafina co-starring. On January 5, 2020, Cretton said that he signed up to the project because he wanted "to give [his] son a superhero to look up to". The film was set to be released on February 12, 2021, but was delayed to May 7 and later July 9 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . During the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, S hang-Chi's production in Australia

986-441: The weekend, finishing 9th at the box office. The film made $ 2.6 million in its second weekend (a drop of 45.5%), finishing 12th. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 52% based on 164 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " The Glass Castle has an affecting real-life story and a hard-working cast in its corner, but they aren't enough to outweigh

1020-488: Was a child, but chose never to sell. Furious at Rex’s refusal to admit to the pain he caused his family, Jeannette bans him from her life. Some time later, Jeannette is unhappily married to David. Rose reaches out to tell her Rex is dying, but Jeannette refuses to see him. At dinner with another of David’s clients, Jeannette finds the courage to reveal the truth about her parents. She races to her father, and they reconcile before he dies. The following Thanksgiving, Jeannette – now

1054-406: Was critically acclaimed. In March 2019, Cretton was hired by Marvel Studios to direct a film based on Shang-Chi . Both the film and Cretton's involvement were confirmed during San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, with the film being titled Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings . The film, which is Marvel's first superhero movie tentpole franchise with an Asian protagonist, stars Simu Liu as

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1088-523: Was released on August 11, 2017, by Lionsgate and received mixed reviews from critics. They praised the performances of its cast, particularly Larson, but criticized the emotional tones and adaptation. The film grossed $ 22 million in North America. As a child, Jeannette Walls lives a nomadic life with her painter mother Rose Mary, her intelligent but irresponsible father Rex, older sister Lori, and younger brother Brian. While cooking unsupervised, Jeannette

1122-605: Was reported to be an executive producer on Choi's short film Closing Dynasty . In February 2024, Cretton was revealed to be directing, co-writing, and co-producing Naruto , based on the manga series of the same name for Lionsgate . In September that same year, it was announced Cretton would be directing the untitled Spider-Man: No Way Home sequel for Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios. In 2016, Cretton married fashion designer Nicola "Nikki" Chapman. They have two children. Executive producer Documentary film The Glass Castle (2017 film) The Glass Castle

1156-554: Was temporarily suspended while Cretton self-isolated. Production was halted on March 12, 2020, and resumed in August 2020 and concluded in October 2020. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was released in theaters on September 3, 2021. In December 2021, Cretton signed a deal with Marvel Studios and Hulu 's Onyx Collective to develop a Shang-Chi sequel and new Disney+ MCU series through his production banner Family Owned. In June 2022,

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