Derek Connolly

Jay Roach to Rewrite, Potentially Direct ‘Intelligent Life’
Jay Roach to Rewrite, Potentially Direct ‘Intelligent Life’
Jay Roach to Rewrite, Potentially Direct ‘Intelligent Life’
For a brief moment, Ava DuVernay was attached to direct Intelligent Life for Amblin with Lupita Nyong’o on board to star, but when the former departed the project to focus on Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, the latter also jumped ship — leaving the film in flux. But the sci-fi project has found new life with Jay Roach, who has signed on rewrite and potentially direct Intelligent Life based on Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s screenplay.
‘Pacific Rim 2’ Hires ‘Jurassic World’ Writer
‘Pacific Rim 2’ Hires ‘Jurassic World’ Writer
‘Pacific Rim 2’ Hires ‘Jurassic World’ Writer
Depending on how you felt about Jurassic World, this news may or may not be very good: Derek Connolly, the screenwriter behind Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic sequel, has been tapped to write the screenplay for Pacific Rim 2. If you weren’t particularly fond of Connolly’s work on the dinosaur blockbuster, then this news has probably inspired an audible groan accompanied by a healthy eye roll, but perhaps you should consider giving it a chance.