So he brings in the original screenwriter again, and he hires on two other screenwriters.

Blade Runner 2049 is co-scripted by the original screenwriter, Hampton Fancher, and riffs on the first film.

As ever with Boyd, the allusions delight, although calling the film's original screenwriter Andrew Marvell is perhaps a little self-satisfied.

The film's original screenwriter and director, Reginald Hudlin plans to center the plot on an old school vs. new school party.

And without the skill of del Toro and original screenwriter Travis Beacham, Uprising is nothing more than the wedding-band cover version of Pacific Rim.