- Tom DeSanto
Tom DeSanto (born in
Edison, New Jersey , 1968) is an Americanfilm producer and screenwriter. DeSanto is best known for his work with long time friendBryan Singer , especially with his contributions to the first two "X-Men" movies.Education
Started attending Kent State University in 1988.
Work
Bad Hat Harry
"Apt Pupil"
During his first years in the film industry, Tom met and befriended
Bryan Singer , who got Tom a production position with his company, "Bad Hat Harry", working on his movie "Apt Pupil", followed by a partnered attempt to revive "Battlestar Galactica "."X-Men" & "X2"
Later, Singer would co-write the movie "X-Men" with DeSanto and a few others before signing on as director, using most of DeSanto's original story. DeSanto is credited for the screen story, as an executive producer, and for a short cameo role as the police officer on
Ellis Island who is squashed by Toad.Tom also worked as an executive producer on "".
Other Work
Since leaving the "X-Men" film franchise, DeSanto has written several introductions to collected comics in both hardcover and trade paperback, including ' by
Mark Millar , and ' by Paul Jenkins. Tom also worked as a producer on the fan-movie "Ringers: Lord of the Fan".DeSanto's "Battlestar Galactica" revival fell through after the 9/11 attacks, when scheduling delays forced Singer to concentrate on "X2". In 2002,
Studios USA replaced DeSanto withDavid Eick andRonald D. Moore , who created the "re-imagined" "Battlestar Galactica". [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/newfilms.htm]Future plans
Tom, who currently lives in Los Angeles, California, wrote the treatment for and produced the new "Transformers" movie for Dreamworks and Paramount and was released in Summer 2007. This live-action version includes
Steven Spielberg as an Executive Producer.DeSanto has also begun pre-production work as a writer and producer on DC's which is scheduled for a 2008 release.
"Variety" reports that DeSanto, turning his attention to superheroes, secured the rights to NCsoft and Cryptic Studios' videogame "City of Heroes". [http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5815] The plan is to adapt the massively multiplayer online role-playing game into a live-action feature and then transition it to television in some form."City of Heroes" first bowed at retailers in 2004 and turned into a franchise, spawning sequel "City of Villains" and a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions. Scheduled release is still unknown.
Further reading
*cite news | first=Josh | last=Margolin | title=They bring 'X-Men' to life on film—and on paper | work=
The Star-Ledger | publisher=Advance Publications | date=2000-07-15
*cite news | first=David M | last=Halfinger | title=How a Fan of Comic Books Transformed Himself Into a Hollywood Player | work=The New York Times | publisher=The New York Times Company | date=2007-06-30
*cite news | first=Ronald | last=Grover | title=The Transformer: From Fan Boy to Producer | work=Business Week Online | publisher=BusinessWeek | date=2007-07-02 External links
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