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58-540: Goyer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David S. Goyer (born 1965), American film producer, director, and screenwriter Jean-Pierre Goyer (1932–2011), Canadian lawyer and politician See also [ edit ] Goyer Island , an island in the Richelieu River in Carignan, Quebec, Canada [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

116-553: A 2005 episode of the Superman prequel series Smallville , on which Johns's studio mate Jeph Loeb was a writer–producer, featured a villain by the name of Geoff Johns. In 2008, Johns wrote "Legion", the eleventh episode of the eighth season , in which he introduced the three core members of the Legion of Super-Heroes . At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con , he announced that he was writing another Smallville episode, titled "Society", based on

174-657: A car town. I make a lot of my characters from Detroit. I think self-made, blue-collar heroes represent Detroit. Wally West's Flash was like that. I took the inspiration of the city and the people there and used it in the books." Johns' Flash run concluded with #225. He co-wrote a Beast Boy limited series with Ben Raab in 2000 and crafted the "Return to Krypton" story arc in the Superman titles with Pasqual Ferry in 2002. After writing The Avengers vol. 3 #57–76 (Oct. 2002–Feb. 2004) and Avengers Icons: The Vision #1–4 (Oct. 2002–Jan. 2003) for Marvel Comics , Johns oversaw

232-609: A co-producer and creative consultant for the 2011 Green Lantern film directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds . Johns was an executive producer on the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice . Following negative critical reception to the film, Johns and Jon Berg were named to jointly run the DC Extended Universe and a newly established Warner Bros. division, DC Films , in May 2016. They served as producers on

290-635: A group of colleagues announced at the New York Comic Con that they were forming a cooperative media company called Ghost Machine , which would publish creator-owned comics , and allow the participating creators to benefit from the development of their intellectual properties . The company publishes its books through Image Comics , and its other founders includes Brad Meltzer , Jason Fabok , Gary Frank , Bryan Hitch , Francis Manapul , and Peter J. Tomasi , all of whom would produce comics work exclusively through that company. Johns' inaugural work for

348-442: A lead voice as well as serving as voice director on the film. This association led to Johns contributing material to the fourth season of Robot Chicken . In 2012, Johns joined The CW 's Green Arrow origin series Arrow , as a writer. He first contributed to the first-season episode "Muse of Fire", which served as the introduction of The Huntress , the teleplay for which he co-wrote with executive producer Marc Guggenheim from

406-472: A production company, Mad Ghost Productions, while continuing to work with Warner Bros on writing and producing film, television and comic book titles based on DC Extended Universe and other DC properties such as films Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods . In 2023, he co-founded the media company Ghost Machine alongside several other comic book writers and artists to publish independent work. Geoff Johns

464-505: A sequel to Man of Steel . In September 2013, Goyer delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series. Goyer produced the horror film The Forest , directed by Jason Zada . Focus Features has the North American distribution rights to the film, which was Zada's feature film directorial debut. By 2014, having already earned a reputation as

522-417: A short story titled "The Incident" in which Superman renounces his United States citizenship. Goyer worked with Legendary Pictures on three of their projects. He co-wrote the scripts for The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Man of Steel (2013). In addition, he did a one-step 4-week rewrite for Legendary Pictures' Godzilla reboot . During the same year, Goyer published his first novel, Heaven's Shadow ,

580-450: A show about secret histories, genius, madness and all things profane," according to Goyer. The show ran for three seasons and received generally favorable reviews, including an 81% rating from Rotten Tomatoes. In March 2013, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Goyer would be directing a film adaptation of the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas . In June 2013, he was announced to work on both Justice League and

638-430: A spin-off for the character with the 20th episode acting as a backdoor pilot. CW executives were so pleased with the handling of the character that they forwent the backdoor pilot, in favor of a full-fledged version. In May 2014, The Flash was picked up to series, to premiere later that year. Johns serves as co-developer and executive producer. He co-wrote, with Kai Yu Wu , the episodes "Going Rogue", which introduces

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696-405: A story by co-creator Andrew Kreisberg . Later in the season, Johns wrote the sixteenth episode, "Dead to Rights". The episode was directed by frequent Johns collaborator Glen Winter . On July 30, 2013, it was announced at the summer TCA tour that Johns and Arrow co-creators Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti would be introducing Barry Allen in the second season of the show, with the potential of

754-415: A ton of films out there I've really admired over the last few years that studios aren't making, and I wanted to see if I could help get more of them made." In 2015, soon after embracing independent producing, Goyer won a competitive situation to produce the feature version of Miles . Furthermore, he executive-produced Nate Parker 's feature The Birth of a Nation , which sold for a record $ 17.5 million at

812-468: A veteran of the superhero genre, Goyer shifted his focus to the independent production genre, hiring producer Kevin Turen to run his company. Explaining his thinking, Goyer said: "Everybody talks about how it seems like studios increasingly are relying on these big tentpoles and some micro-budget horror films, and that's the majority of the slate," Goyer said. "I've been a benefactor of that movement, but there are

870-407: A writer and producer deal with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. He opened Mad Ghost Productions, a production company that works on film, television and comic books based on DC Comics properties. At San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, DC announced a new "pop-up" imprint, The Killing Zone , to be curated by Johns. It was initially set to begin publishing in May 2019. In May 2020, Johns confirmed that

928-623: Is Jewish on his mother's side, and attended Hebrew school . Goyer is an alumnus of Huron High School and the University of Southern California , graduating from the School of Cinema-Television in 1988. Goyer was a student of screenwriter Nelson Gidding at USC and frequently returned to Gidding's class as a guest speaker. He graduated in 1988 and sold his first screenplay for Death Warrant in 1989, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme . With his first paycheck, he bought an Isuzu Trooper , which

986-458: Is [...] there is stuff that makes you tear up and cry, and it's really phenomenal." In January 2017, Goyer signed on to co-produce and co-write Green Lantern Corps , an installment in the DC Extended Universe , with Justin Rhodes, based on a story treatment by Goyer and Geoff Johns . By April of the same year, it was announced that he had signed on to write the script for the reboot of Masters of

1044-574: Is an American comic book writer , screenwriter , and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern , Aquaman , Flash , and Superman has drawn critical acclaim. His critically acclaimed work includes Sinestro Corps War , Blackest Night , Throne of Atlantis , Flashpoint , Doomsday Clock , and Superman: Brainiac . He co-created the DC character Courtney Whitmore based on his deceased sister. He also expanded

1102-477: Is based on Isaac Asimov 's novels of the same name . He wrote the first and last episodes as well as directing the season finale. Goyer co-wrote the pilot and serves as executive producer for The Sandman , which was released on Netflix on August 5, 2022. Goyer had been involved with an adaptation of Neil Gaiman 's comic book The Sandman since he had pitched a story idea in December 2013. By February 2014, he

1160-547: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles David S. Goyer Goyer was co-writer of the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops , Call of Duty: Black Ops II , and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War . He won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Batman Begins (2005) and received another nomination for Dark City , and has been nominated for four Hugo Awards . Goyer and his brother Jeff were born in Ann Arbor, Michigan , and were raised by their mother. He

1218-429: Is the co-founder and former co-chairman of DC Films and former co-runner of DC Extended Universe until 2018. In film, he was a producer or executive producer of Green Lantern (2011), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), Shazam! (2019), Birds of Prey (2020), co-wrote and produced the story for Aquaman (2018) and wrote

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1276-510: The Indigo Tribe , DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz noted in 2010 that "One of Johns' sharpest additions to DC mythology is the notion that the Green Lanterns are but one color within a rainbow spectrum, and that the other hues have their own champions. Folding in old concepts and inventing new ones, Johns has established limitless story possibilities." On February 18, 2010, Johns

1334-509: The Justice Society of America for DC Comics titled JSA , which debuted in August 1999. For the first five issues, he collaborated with James Robinson and, until his departure following issue 51, with Geoff Johns , who would take over as solo writer. Alongside Brannon Braga , Goyer co-created FlashForward , a science-fiction TV series that premiered on ABC in 2009. The series was based on

1392-544: The Justice Society of America . The success of his first episode and the ambitious nature of his follow-up episode enabled the producers to transform it into a two-part story, which subsequently aired as a feature-length episode titled " Absolute Justice ". In 2006, Johns co-wrote the story for the Justice League Unlimited episode "Ancient History", which starred Green Lantern , Hawkgirl , Hawkman , Shadow Thief , and Vixen . Johns and David S. Goyer co-wrote

1450-545: The Scott Cooper film Antlers . The Night House premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival ; Searchlight purchased the rights to the film, and released it to critical acclaim in August 2021. Goyer produced the 2021 film The Tomorrow War , starring Chris Pratt for Skydance and Amazon . He has been signed on as a producer for the sequel . Goyer executive produces and serves as showrunner for Foundation , which premiered on Apple TV+ on September 24, 2021, and

1508-475: The Sundance Film Festival , before sweeping the festival's awards. In addition to producing, Goyer continues to write. In 2014, he was tapped to write and produce the feature Fantastic Voyage , based on the 1966 original, for James Cameron . Breaking the news, The Hollywood Reporter announced: "The project has been quiet since 2011, but Goyer's involvement kick-starts and will re-engineer what

1566-535: The pilot for the Spike TV drama Blade , which premiered in June 2006. Johns served as one of the writing staff on the television show. Later that year, Johns teamed up with Matthew Senreich of Robot Chicken fame to write the screenplay for a holiday family-friendly movie titled Naughty or Nice for Dimension Films . Johns and Senreich are billed as directors of the movie, with actor/producer Seth Green set to provide

1624-407: The surname Goyer . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goyer&oldid=1187974215 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

1682-837: The 1960s and 1970s. He has named the Flash as his favorite character, stating that he owns every issue of it. Johns eventually began to patronize a comics shop in Traverse City , recalling that the first new comics he bought were Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 or 4 and The Flash #348 or 349, as the latter was his favorite character. As Johns continued collecting comics, he gravitated toward DC Comics and later Vertigo , and drew comics. After graduating from Clarkston High School in 1991, he studied media arts, screenwriting, film production and film theory at Michigan State University . He graduated from Michigan State in 1995, and then moved to Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles, Johns cold-called

1740-493: The 2017 film Justice League . Johns also co-wrote the story for Aquaman with James Wan and Will Beall , co-wrote the story for Green Lantern Corps with David S. Goyer and co-wrote Wonder Woman 1984 with Patty Jenkins and David Callaham . In January 2018, after Justice League underperformed at the box office, Jon Berg was replaced by Walter Hamada as the head of DC Films, with Johns still working "closely" with Hamada on future productions. " Recruit ",

1798-584: The DC Comics offices, and offered Johns the opportunity to suggest ideas, which led to Johns pitching Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. , a series based on the second Star-Spangled Kid and her stepfather, to editor Chuck Kim a year later. Johns expected to write comics "on the side", until he met David Goyer and James Robinson , who were working on JSA . After looking at Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. , Robinson offered Johns co-writing duties on JSA in 2000, and Johns credits both him and Mike Carlin with shepherding him into

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1856-791: The Green Lantern mythology, adding in new concepts and co-creating numerous characters. Among the DC characters and concepts he co-created are Larfleeze , the Sinestro Corps , the Indigo Tribe , the Red Lantern Corps , Atrocitus , the Black Lantern Corps , Jessica Cruz , Hunter Zolomon , Tar Pit , Simon Baz , Bleez , Miss Martian , and Kate Kane . He served as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Entertainment from 2010 to 2018 and as President and CCO from 2016 to 2018. He

1914-448: The TV series Supergirl , credits Johns with the idea that Hank Henshaw was really Martian Manhunter during production of that series' pilot in 2015. In July 2018, Johns announced that he would be writing and executive-producing a DC Universe television series about Courtney Whitmore , a character that he created, titled Stargirl . The series premiered in May 2020. In April 2020, it

1972-431: The TV series The Flash (2014–2023), Titans (2018–2023), and Doom Patrol (2019–2023) and created and produced the TV series Batwoman (2019–2022), Stargirl (2020–2022) and Superman & Lois (2020–present). His other work in television includes writing and producing various episodes of Blade , Smallville and Arrow . In 2018, he stepped down from his executive role at DC Entertainment to open

2030-634: The Universe , intended to be released in 2019. Goyer was later announced as director along with Lindsey Beer writing a new draft of the screenplay in January 2018. Filming was set to begin April 2018. By February of that year, Goyer dropped out as the film's director and writer. According to Carlos Huante, a creature designer hired for the film and who worked on the original cartoon, Sony felt that Goyer's script would be too expensive to bring to life as Goyer intended for

2088-531: The comics industry. He also credits reading James Robinson's The Golden Age as the book responsible for his love of the characters featured in the book, and for his decision to accept writing duties on JSA . That same year, Johns became the regular writer on The Flash ongoing series with issue 164. Johns' work on The Flash represents one example of his modeling of various elements in his stories after aspects of his birth town, explaining, "When I wrote The Flash , I turned Keystone City into Detroit, made it

2146-537: The company was writing Geiger: Ground Zero , a two-issue series drawing by Frank that serves as a prequel to their 2021 miniseries of the same name. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the book centers upon a man named Tariq Geiger who lost his family and his humanity in a nuclear war, when he was transformed into the Glowing Man, a being who can absorb radiation but struggles to contain it. Ground Zero would be followed by an ongoing Geiger series. Johns served as

2204-503: The conclusion of Johns's mini series, Flashpoint , and the crossover storyline of the same name, DC Comics instituted an initiative called The New 52 , in which the publisher cancelled all of its superhero titles and relaunched 52 new series with #1 issues, wiping out most of the then-current continuity. Johns and artist Jim Lee , DC Comics' Co-Publisher, launched the line with a new Justice League series, written and illustrated by Johns and Lee, respectively. The series' first story arc

2262-549: The first in a series of graphic novels intended to redefine Batman. In 2013, after writing Green Lantern for nine years, Johns ended his run with issue 20 of the New 52 series, which was released May 22, 2013. DC Comics' All Access webcast announced on February 4, 2014, that Johns would be writing the Superman series which would be drawn by John Romita Jr. The Johns/Romita Jr. team was joined by inker Klaus Janson . In May 2016, Johns

2320-421: The first in a trilogy co-written by Michael Cassutt for Ace/Penguin . The novel received generally positive reviews. Goyer subsequently sold the film rights to Warner Bros. and is adapting the first novel for the big screen. In late October 2011, cable channel Starz and BBC Worldwide greenlit his TV project, Da Vinci's Demons , which followed the life of a 25-year-old Leonardo da Vinci . "This will be

2378-538: The imprint was in development. In November 2020, it was announced that Johns would launch a new creator-owned series from Image Comics titled Geiger with long-time collaborator Gary Frank , to debut in April 2021. The series would be his first independent comics series in more than ten years. In September 2021 it was reported that Johns and Frank would expand "The Unnamed Universe" of Geiger , starting with Junkyard Joe in October 2022. On October 12, 2023, Johns and

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2436-534: The movie to be on the epic scale of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In September 2017, Deadline reported that Goyer and his Green Lantern Corps partner Justin Rhodes, as well as Chris Eglee and Josh Friedman were hired to take part in a writers room in order to write the next Terminator trilogy, under the direction of collaborating team Tim Miller and James Cameron . In the early 2020s, Goyer produced The Night House , starring Rebecca Hall , as well as

2494-519: The new Booster Gold series. That same year, Johns helmed the critically acclaimed " Sinestro Corps War " storyline in the Green Lantern titles. He wrote the " Final Crisis " one-shot Rage of the Red Lanterns with artist Shane Davis and collaborated with Gary Frank on Action Comics . Johns and Frank produced the " Brainiac " storyline in which Superman's adopted father Jonathan Kent

2552-400: The novel by Robert J. Sawyer . He stepped in as show runner in October 2009 after the series struggled out of the gate. On February 5, 2010, Goyer announced he would be stepping down as FlashForward showrunner to focus on feature films and directing. Goyer's comicbook films explore the consequences of becoming a symbolic figure, a topic he has long been interested in. In 2011, Goyer wrote

2610-602: The office of director Richard Donner looking for an internship, and while Johns was being transferred to various people, Donner picked up the phone by accident, leading to a conversation and the internship. Johns started off copying scripts, and after about two months, was hired as a production assistant for Donner, whom Johns regards as his mentor. While working on the production of Donner's 1997 film Conspiracy Theory , Johns visited New York City, where he met DC Comics personnel such as Eddie Berganza , reigniting his childhood interest in comics. Berganza invited Johns to tour

2668-519: The re-launch of Hawkman and Teen Titans . Johns was responsible for the return of Hal Jordan in 2005 as the writer of the Green Lantern: Rebirth mini-series and subsequent Green Lantern ongoing title. Johns was the writer of the Infinite Crisis crossover limited series (December 2005 – June 2006), a sequel to 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths . Following this, Johns

2726-517: The screenplay for Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). Johns' involvement with DC Entertainment as producer, writer and executive has helped turn the DC Extended Universe franchise into the eleventh highest-grossing film franchise of all-time, having grossed over $ 5.6 billion at the global box office. The franchise's highest-grossing film, Aquaman , earned over $ 1.15 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing DC film to-date. He co-developed

2784-674: The studio and producers hope to be an event-sized tentpole. It is also now placing the project on the fast track" In January 2016, acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro signed on to direct the feature. Goyer co-wrote Warner Bros. ' blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), with Zack Snyder and Chris Terrio . In July 2016, it was announced that Goyer will write and direct an upcoming interactive virtual reality film about Darth Vader . Goyer stated that he found creating VR content very different from other media, but said "it's surprising how much you feel and how emotional [the VR experience]

2842-528: The villain Leonard Snart/Captain Cold to the series, and "Revenge of the Rogues", which brought the rogue Heat Wave to the series fully after being introduced off screen in "Going Rogue". In a July 2015 interview, Johns said he was collaborating with Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan on a live-action digital Static series from DC and Warner Bros. Blue Ribbon division. Kreisberg, a producer on

2900-697: Was a new origin of the Justice League, which depicted the return of DC's primary superheroes to the team. Johns's contributions to The New 52 include a serialized Shazam! (Captain Marvel) backup feature in Justice League that began with issue #7, as well as the relaunched Aquaman and Green Lantern monthly titles. Johns and Gary Frank collaborated on the Batman: Earth One graphic novel, an out of continuity story, released in mid-2012, which served as

2958-459: Was born January 25, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan , the son of Barbara and Fred Johns. He is of half- Lebanese ancestry and grew up in the suburbs of Grosse Pointe and Clarkston . As a child, Johns and his brother first discovered comics through an old box of comics they found in their grandmother's attic, which included copies of The Flash , Superman , Green Lantern , and Batman from

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3016-575: Was killed and retold Superman's origin story in 2009's Superman: Secret Origin . Also in 2009, Johns teamed with artist Ethan Van Sciver on The Flash: Rebirth miniseries, which centered on the return of Barry Allen as the Flash and wrote the Blackest Night limited series. Commenting on Johns's creation of such concepts as the Blue Lantern Corps , the Red Lantern Corps , and

3074-571: Was named the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment , which was established to expand the DC Comics brand across other media platforms. Johns stated that the position would not affect his writing. He then co-wrote the Brightest Day series with Peter Tomasi . He and Marv Wolfman were the principal writers of DC Universe Online , a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in 2011. In September 2011, following

3132-642: Was one of four writers, with Mark Waid , Grant Morrison , and Greg Rucka , on the 2006–2007 weekly series 52 . In 2006, Johns and Kurt Busiek co-wrote the " Up, Up and Away! " story arc in Superman and Action Comics . He then reunited with Richard Donner on the " Last Son " storyline in Action Comics with Donner co-plotting the series with his former assistant. The Justice Society of America series by Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham began in February 2007 and six months later, he and Jeff Katz launched

3190-593: Was promoted to President and Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and reported to Diane Nelson , the President of DC Entertainment. Johns and Gary Frank collaborated on Doomsday Clock , a limited series featuring Superman and Doctor Manhattan . Johns and Richard Donner co-wrote "The Car" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018) which was drawn by Olivier Coipel . In June 2018, Johns stepped down from his executive role at DC Entertainment and entered into

3248-466: Was reported that Johns is to produce a series based on Green Lantern for HBO Max . In October 2022, it was announced that Paramount Television Studios would develop a TV adaptation of Geiger from Johns and Justin Simien , with Johns writing the pilot, serving as showrunner , and executive producing along with Jamie Iracleanos for Mad Ghost Productions, and Gary Frank. Johns' younger sister, Courtney,

3306-580: Was set to produce a feature film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt , but the film's development stalled and transitioned into a television show. For the 2022 film Hellraiser , a reimagining of the franchise of the same name , Goyer wrote the story and produced the film under the Phantom Four banner for Spyglass and Hulu . His Phantom Four company had signed a deal with Village Roadshow Pictures . Producer only Uncredited writing roles Geoff Johns Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973)

3364-405: Was stolen the first night he drove it home. A professed comic book fanatic who often wrote to letter columns , Goyer has written or co-written several screenplays based on comic book characters and series, including Batman , Superman , Ghost Rider , and Blade . and had written a script treatment for a film adaptation of Venom , which was rejected. Goyer wrote a title based around

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