Christina Hodson

Christina Hodson
Born London, England[1]
Nationality British
Occupation Screenwriter
Years active 2012–present

Christina Hodson is an English screenwriter, best known for writing Shut In and Unforgettable.

Career

Christina transitioned from development executive to screenwriter in 2012 after her first screenplay, Shut In, made the 2012  Black List of best un-produced scripts.[2]

In December 2013, Hodson's script Seed appeared on the 2013 Black List.[3]

In September 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired the Hodson's female-centered sci-fi action script The Eden Project, which Tobey Maguire and Material Pictures would produce.[4] That script later appeared on the 2014 Black List.

Hodson's psychological thriller script Shut In was bought by David Linde's Lava Bear Films.[5] The film, starring Naomi Watts, was directed by Farren Blackburn and released November 11, 2016.

In May 2015, Warner Bros. hired Hodson to write the new script for The Fugitive, based on the 1993 film of same name. Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson would be returning as producers.[6]

In June 2015, Hodson joined the team at Paramount Pictures tasked by Michael Bay with expanding the Transformers universe, under supervision of Akiva Goldsman.[7] As of November 2016, she was working on the script for the Transformers movie that will focus on Bumblebee, set to be released June 2018.[8] Travis Knight, director of Kubo and the Two Strings, will direct.[9]

Hodson also co-wrote the script of the film Unforgettable (2017), with David Leslie Johnson, which was acquired by Warner Bros. Producer Denise Di Novi directed.[10]

She is currently working on a female-centric action epic for Nina Jacobson at Color Force and Fox 2000.[11]

According to The Wrap, she is also penning the Harley Quinn/Birds of Prey spinoff for Warner Bros. and DC.[12]

 

Filmography

Year Film Director(s) Co-writer(s) Notes
2016 Shut In Farren Blackburn N/A
2017 Unforgettable Denise Di Novi David Leslie Johnson
2018 Bumblebee Travis Knight N/A Filming

References

  1. ↑ "Christina Hodson - 2016 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule". Austin Film Festival. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Finke, Nikki (2012-12-17). "The Black List 2012: Screenplay Roster". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  3. ↑ Kroll, Justin (16 December 2013). "The Black List Announces 2013 Screenplays (Complete List)". Variety. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Kit, Borys (26 September 2014). "Sony Picks Up Female-Centric Sci-Fi Action Script 'Eden Project' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (5 November 2014). "AFM: Naomi Watts Joins Psychological Thriller 'Shut In'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (12 May 2015). "Warner Bros Putting ‘The Fugitive’ Back On The Run". Deadline.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (2 June 2015). "No Boys Club In ‘Transformers’ Writers Room: Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beer Join Brain Trust". Deadline.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Fleming, Jr, Mike (November 11, 2016). "Paramount Buzzing Over Christina Hodson ‘Bumblebee’ Transformers Spinoff Script". Deadline.
  9. ↑ Busch, Anita (2017-03-03). "Travis Knight To Direct ‘Transformers’ Spinoff ‘Bumblebee’ At Paramount". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  10. ↑ Kit, Borys (22 June 2015). "Producer Denise Di Novi to Make Directorial Debut With Warner Bros. Thriller (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  11. ↑ Holson, Laura M. (2016-12-09). "Nina Jacobson Has Her Revenge on Hollywood’s Old-Boy Network". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  12. ↑ "Christina Hodson Writing DC Films Harley Quinn Birds of Prey Spin-off". TheWrap. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
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