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Art Marcum and Matt Holloway

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Art Marcum and Matt Holloway
NationalityAmerican
Other namesArthur Marcum
Matthew Holloway
OccupationScreenwriters
Years active2004–present
Notable work Iron Man
Punisher: War Zone
Uncharted

Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are an American screenwriting duo, best known for writing the scripts of Iron Man and Punisher: War Zone .

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Career

In 2008, Marcum and Holloway wrote the script of Marvel Studios' superhero film Iron Man , which was directed by Jon Favreau and released on May 2, 2008, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] The duo also wrote the script for the action film Punisher: War Zone , directed by Lexi Alexander and released on December 5, 2008, by Lionsgate. They were hired by Paramount to co-write a script with John Fusco for the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, but their script was ultimately never used. [3] [4] In 2019, they were hired by Sony to write the script for the adventure film Uncharted , directed by Ruben Fleischer. [5] In 2020, Deadline revealed they were working on a script for Kraven the Hunte r movie. [6]

Filmography

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