| Will Staples | |
| Alma Mater: | Princeton University |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 2003–present |
Will Staples is an American screenwriter, producer,[1] and novelist. He is best known for his work on the video game , the films Without Remorseand Sweet Girl, the television series The Right Stuff, and his novel, Animals.
In 2011, Staples and screenwriter Paul Haggis wrote the script for the video game, ,[2] which was the largest entertainment release in history at the time.[3]
On October 25, 2013, Deadline announced that Ben Affleck and Warner Bros had hired Staples to write a geopolitical thriller about a team of mercenaries in Eastern Congo for Affleck to star in and direct.[4] The following year, Warner announced that Staples had been hired to write a movie set in the world of illicit animal trafficking for Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Tobey Maguire to produce and star in.[5]
In May 2014, Staples was hired to rewrite .[6]
In 2017, National Geographic announced that Staples would be creating The Right Stuff television series based on Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book The Right Stuff, with Leonardo DiCaprio executive producing.[7] The series moved to Disney+ in 2020.[8]
Will's first novel, Animals, a thriller about global animal trafficking, organized crime and a deadly pandemic, was released on March 30, 2021.[9]
Two of his screenplays have appeared on The Black List, an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays – once for his adaptation of the book King of Heists by J. North Conway, and again for Landslide, an adaptation of the book How to Break a Terrorist, co-written with Tony Camerino.[10] [11]
| Year | Film | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Tiger Mafia | Also executive producer | |
| 2021 | Without Remorse | with Taylor Sheridan | |
| TBA | Way of the Warrior Kid |
| Year | Title | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Shooter | Writer, Consulting Producer | |
| 2019 | Jack Ryan[12] | Consulting Producer | |
| 2020 | The Right Stuff | Writer, Executive Producer |
| Year | Title | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Lair | Writer | |
| 2011 | Writer | ||
| 2013 | Need for Speed Rivals | Writer | |
| 2014 | Special Thanks |