Chuck Mondry
| Name | Chuck Mondry |
| Birth Name | Charles Mondry |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Charles Mondry (born 1968) is an American screenwriter. He is best known for co-writing the reboot of MGM's Road House (2024), starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Doug Liman.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/ And Play Dirty (2025), an adaptation of Donald Westlake's Parker series about a professional thief, starring Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Standfield, directed by Shane Black for Amazon.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lakeith-stanfield-joins-mark-wahlberg-play-dirty-1235789694/ The screenplay was co-written with Black and Anthony Bagarozzi.
Career
Mondry became a professional writer when he broke into the entertainment industry with a million dollar spec sale. The screenplay, entitled "Tick Tock" (co-written with Anthony Bagarozzi) starred Jennifer Lopez and Samuel Jackson but was cancelled following the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He is currently co-owner of Modern Pictures, with Anthony Bagarozzi and Randi Nguyen, which produces independently financed features.
Mondry has several projects in development. Sony Pictures, Doc Savage, a live-action movie adaptation to be directed by Shane Black and starring Dwayne Johnson, based on the pulp serial novels of the 1930s; Jekyll, a modern-day reimagining of the classic Jekyll and Hyde story, based on Steven Moffat's BBC mini-series and produced by Jeff Kleeman and Ellen DeGeneres for Summit Entertainment. The Cold Warrior, a project Netflix acquired from Universal Pictures in late 2017, which tells the story of a retired Cold War spy who teams up with a younger agent to stop a terrorist threat orchestrated by Russia.
References
- Chuck Mondry , , Writer, Producer, Executive, 2024-04-17, IMDb, en-US
- Grobar, Matt, 2024-01-17, Rosa Salazar Lands Female Lead Opposite Mark Wahlberg In Amazon MGM’s ‘Play Dirty’, 2024-02-28, Deadline, en-US
- A Million-Dollar Ending for Screenwriting Partners, McLELLAN, DENNIS, 2000-10-23, Los Angeles Times, en-US, 0458-3035, 2016-04-28
- Col clocks 'Tick-Tock', Brodesser, Claude, 2001-09-21, Variety, 2018-05-30, en-US
- Modipictures.com
- Kroll, Justin, 2021-11-11, The Double Deuce Back In Business? MGM Ramps Up 'Road House' Reboot With Jake Gyllenhaal And Doug Liman Circling, 2021-11-16, Deadline, en-US
- 2013-05-07, Shane Black's 'Doc Savage' Is on Again at Sony - /Film, 2016-04-28, Slashfilm, en-US
- Kroll, Justin, 2016-05-30, Dwayne Johnson Confirmed for 'Doc Savage', 2016-06-06, Variety, en-US
- McNary, Dave, 2016-05-06, Ellen DeGeneres, Lionsgate Developing 'Jekyll' Movie, 2016-06-06, Variety, en-US
- Graser, Marc, 2008-09-23, Shane Black to direct 'Cold Warrior', 2018-05-30, Variety, en-US
- 2018-09-05, Exclusive: Shane Black's 'Cold Warrior' Heads to Netflix from Universal, 2018-09-12, Collider, en-US
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Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male screenwriters