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Simon Kinberg is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks British born on 2 august 1973 at London (United-kingdom)

Simon Kinberg

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Birth name Simon David Kinberg
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 august 1973 (50 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Simon Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is an English-born American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his work in the X-Men film franchise, and wrote several other box office success such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Sherlock Holmes, This Means War, and Elysium.

Biography

Simon Kinberg nait à Londres. Sa famille part pour les États-Unis alors qu'il est enfant et il vit à Los Angeles. Kinberg obtient son diplôme de fin d'études de la Brentwood School à Los Angeles en 1991. Il rejoint ensuite l'université Brown, dans la fraternité Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, et obtient sa maîtrise en arts de la Columbia University School of the Arts, où il a remporté les meilleurs prix d'écriture scénaristique.


Scénariste de blockbusters (années 2000)
Il est révélé comme scénariste à Hollywood en signant la comédie d'action à succès Mr. et Mrs. Smith, réalisée par Doug Liman, portée par les stars Angelina Jolie et Brad Pitt. Il enchaîne avec le scénario d'une suite de film d'action, xXx² : The Next Level, filmé par Lee Tamahori, et également sorti en 2005.

L'année suivante, il est crédité comme co-scénariste, avec Zak Penn, d'une autre suite, le blockbuster X-Men : L'Affrontement final, réalisé par Brett Ratner, à la suite de la défection de Bryan Singer. Les critiques sont, pour la première fois pour la franchise, mauvaises, mais le film cartonne au box-office. Kinberg signe alors un contrat d'exclusivité avec le studio, 20th Century Fox. Parallèlement, il travaille sur une adaptation de Mr. et Mrs. Smith pour la télévision, mais le projet n'aboutit pas.

Finalement, il retrouve le réalisateur Doug Liman pour écrire mais aussi produire le blockbuster fantastique Jumper, adaptation d'un comic-books pour la 20th Century Fox. Le film est un flop critique et commercial et annule les projets de suite. Parallèlement, il aide à l'écriture du script d'une autre future franchise, Sherlock Holmes, portée par Robert Downey Jr.


Producteur et X-Men (années 2010)


Il débute l'année 2010 en produisant le premier opus d'une trilogie préquelle des X-Men : X-Men : Le Commencement marque l'arrivée d'une nouvelle équipe créative sur la saga : le réalisateur anglais Matthew Vaughn et ses scénaristes habituels, Jane Goldman et Ashley Miller.

Comme scénariste, Kinberg revient à la comédie romantique d'action en signant le script de Target, réalisé par McG, qu'il produit également. Les critiques sont catastrophiques. Toujours en 2012, il produit le blockbuster fantastique Abraham Lincoln, chasseur de vampires, de Timur Bekmambetov. Un échec.

Parallèlement, Matthew Vaughn quitte le projet d'une suite à X-Men : Le Commencement, conduisant le studio à rappeler Bryan Singer mais aussi Kinberg, pour développer X-Men: Days of Future Past. Le blockbuster est un triomphe critique et commercial.

Par la suite, si Kinberg continue à produire des grosses productions pour le studio, il se concentre sur la franchise X-Men en tant que scénariste. Il retravaille le script du reboot Les Quatre Fantastiques, écrit par Jeremy Slater. Mais le film connait une production difficile et est éreinté par la critique lors de sa sortie durant l'été 2015. Kinberg compense cet échec par deux films dérivés de l'univers X-Men, qu'il produit : Deadpool (2016), de Tim Miller et Logan (2017), de James Mangold.

L'été 2016, le réalisateur Singer et le scénariste Kinberg dévoilent X-Men: Apocalypse, destiné à clore la trilogie préquelle amorcée par Matthew Vaughn en 2011. Le film déçoit la critique et échoue au box-office américain.

Après de multiples discussions pour désigner un successeur à Singer pour réaliser une troisième trilogie, c'est Kinberg lui-meme qui est choisi par le studio. Le scénariste, qui considère X-Men : Apocalypse "daté" et "raté" promet de se concentrer sur les personnages et de s'éloigner de la destruction spectaculaire. Avec X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Kinberg propose de raconter de nouveau l'intrigue du Phoenix Noir, librement adaptée par X-Men : L'Affrontement final en 2006. Davantage fidèle aux comic-books, ce long-métrage amènera ainsi les héros dans l'espace. C'est la première fois dans l'histoire de la franchise qu'une seule personne écrit et réalise seul un long-métrage.

À l'approche de la sortie du blockbuster, en avril 2019, Kinberg déclare que le film a toujours été prévu comme la fin d'un cycle, alors qu'il annonçait initialement le début d'une nouvelle trilogie. Ce revirement possède une explication : l'officialisation du rachat de la 20th Century Fox par Disney conduit à la fin de la franchise X-Men dans sa version actuelle, et ce après une douzaine de longs-métrages et deux séries télévisées dérivées : Legion et The Gifted, toute deux diffusées depuis 2017.

Cependant, Kinberg produit depuis 2016 une autre franchise du studio, celle des aventures d'Hercule Poirot, débutée par Le Crime de l'Orient-Express, écrite par Michael Green et réalisée par Kenneth Brannagh. La production d'une suite, Mort sur le Nil, est toujours en cours.

Comme réalisateur, il développe 355, thriller d'espionnage porté par un casting féminin international : l'américaine Jessica Chastain, la française Marion Cotillard, l'espagnole Penelope Cruz, la chinoise Fan Bingbing et la mexico-kenyane Lupita Nyong’o.

Best films

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
(Thanks)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
(Producer)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
(Producer)
Deadpool (2016)
(Producer)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
(Story)
The Martian (2015)
(Producer)

Usually with

Stan Lee
Stan Lee
(10 films)
Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer
(3 films)
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
(5 films)
Brian Smrz
Brian Smrz
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Simon Kinberg (27 films)

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Actor

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 2h
Directed by Doug Liman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Children's films
Actors Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn, Kerry Washington, Adam Brody, Keith David
Roles Investment Banker #1
Rating65% 3.2516453.2516453.2516453.2516453.251645
The film opens with construction executive John (Brad Pitt) and tech support representative Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) answering questions during marriage counselling. The couple has been married for "five or six" years, but their marriage is suffering to the point that they cannot remember the last time they had sex. They tell the story of their first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, where they were both secretly on the run from the Colombian authorities - since the authorities were looking for tourists travelling alone after a recent heist, the two claimed to be together to avoid being questioned. They quickly fell in love and married. John later states that Jane "looked like Christmas morning" to him on the day they met.

Director

Dark Phoenix, 1h54
Directed by Simon Kinberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Rail transport films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp
Rating57% 2.854132.854132.854132.854132.85413
En 1975, Jean Grey provoque un accident de voiture qui tue sa mère et blesse son père. Terrorisée et orpheline, la fillette est recueillie par le Professeur Xavier, qui lui présente son Institut.
Fantastic Four, 1h39
Directed by Josh Trank, Simon Kinberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Tim Blake Nelson
Rating43% 2.151942.151942.151942.151942.15194
Friends Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) have worked together on a prototype teleporter since childhood, eventually attracting the attention of Professor Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey), director of the Baxter Foundation, a government-sponsored research institute for young prodigies. Reed is recruited to join them and aid Storm's children, scientist Sue Storm (Kate Mara) and the somewhat reckless technician Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan), into completing a "Quantum Gate" designed by Storm's wayward protégé, Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell), who begrudgingly agrees to help due to his unrequited feelings for Sue.

Scriptwriter

Dark Phoenix, 1h54
Directed by Simon Kinberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Rail transport films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.854132.854132.854132.854132.85413
En 1975, Jean Grey provoque un accident de voiture qui tue sa mère et blesse son père. Terrorisée et orpheline, la fillette est recueillie par le Professeur Xavier, qui lui présente son Institut.
X-Men: Apocalypse, 2h24
Directed by Bryan Singer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Hoult
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.4448453.4448453.4448453.4448453.444845
Since the dawn of civilization, Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant was worshiped as a god. Amassing the powers of many other mutants, he became immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants to cleanse humanity and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their nemesis.
Fantastic Four, 1h39
Directed by Josh Trank, Simon Kinberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Tim Blake Nelson
Rating43% 2.151942.151942.151942.151942.15194
Friends Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) have worked together on a prototype teleporter since childhood, eventually attracting the attention of Professor Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey), director of the Baxter Foundation, a government-sponsored research institute for young prodigies. Reed is recruited to join them and aid Storm's children, scientist Sue Storm (Kate Mara) and the somewhat reckless technician Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan), into completing a "Quantum Gate" designed by Storm's wayward protégé, Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell), who begrudgingly agrees to help due to his unrequited feelings for Sue.
X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2h11
Directed by Bryan Singer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Transport films, Time travel films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Robot films, Disaster films, White House in fiction
Actors Shawn Ashmore, Halle Berry, Daniel Cudmore, Adan Canto, Peter Dinklage, Fàn Bīngbīng (范冰冰)
Roles Story
Rating78% 3.946073.946073.946073.946073.94607
In the future, robots known as Sentinels are exterminating mutants and their human allies. A band of mutants, including Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Iceman, Bishop, Warpath, Blink and Sunspot, evade the Sentinels due to Pryde's ability to send a person's consciousness to the past. Pryde's group convenes with Logan, Storm, Professor Charles Xavier, and Erik Lehnsherr at a monastery in China. Pryde sends Logan's consciousness 50 years back in time to 1973 to prevent Mystique from assassinating Dr. Bolivar Trask, creator of the Sentinels. Following the assassination, Mystique was captured, and her DNA was used by Trask's company to improve the Sentinels, whose ability to adapt to any mutant power makes them almost invincible. Xavier and Lehnsherr advise Logan to find both of their younger selves for help.
Ouija
Ouija (2014)
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Ghost films, Films about toys
Actors Bianca A. Santos, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Ana Coto, Olivia Cooke, Bianca A. Santos
Rating45% 2.263162.263162.263162.263162.26316
Young Debbie Galardi (Claire Beale) and Laine Morris (Afra Sophia Tully) play with a Ouija board in a flashback, where young Debbie tells Laine the rules of the board, the most important being not to play alone.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 1h45
Directed by Timour Bekmambetov
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Political films, White House in fiction
Actors Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton Csokas
Rating58% 2.9482752.9482752.9482752.9482752.948275
In 1818, Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) lives in Indiana with his parents, Nancy (Robin McLeavy) and Thomas (Joseph Mawle), who works at a plantation owned by Jack Barts (Marton Csokas). There, Lincoln intervenes when he sees his friend, a young African American boy, William Johnson (Anthony Mackie) being beaten by a slaver. Because of his son's actions, Thomas is fired. That night, Lincoln sees Barts break into his house and attack his mother. Nancy falls ill the following day, and dies shortly afterwards. Thomas tells Lincoln that Barts poisoned her, but asks that he promise not try to avenge her death.
This Means War, 1h37
Directed by McG
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Children's films
Actors Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger, Laura Vandervoort, John Paul Ruttan
Rating62% 3.1488453.1488453.1488453.1488453.148845
CIA agents and best friends Franklin "FDR" Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck Hansen (Tom Hardy) are deployed to Hong Kong to prevent international criminal Karl Heinrich (Til Schweiger) from acquiring a weapon of mass destruction, but the mission goes awry, resulting in the death of Heinrich's brother, Jonas. Heinrich swears vengeance against them. Upon returning to America, their boss, Collins (Angela Bassett) assigns them to desk duty for their protection.
Sherlock Holmes, 2h8
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., William Hope, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly
Rating75% 3.796123.796123.796123.796123.79612
In 1891, London detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and his partner and flatmate Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) race to prevent the ritual murder of a woman by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who has killed five other young women similarly. They stop the murder before Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) and the police arrive to arrest Blackwood.
Jumper
Jumper (2008)
, 1h28
Directed by Doug Liman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels, Superhero films, Children's films
Actors Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker
Rating61% 3.053.053.053.053.05
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, 15-year-old David Rice gives his crush, Millie Harris, a snow globe. A bully, Mark Kobold, throws the globe onto the ice near a river. While trying to retrieve it, David falls through the ice and is pulled away by the current. He suddenly finds himself in the local library and discovers he can "jump" (teleport) from one place and instantly appear in another. Amazed with his new ability, he runs away and is believed dead by his alcoholic father.
The Messengers, 1h30
Directed by Doug Liman, Oxide Pang et Danny Pang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Brent Briscoe, William B. Davis
Rating53% 2.6539752.6539752.6539752.6539752.653975
The film starts with a terrified mother and her young son. As she packs a suitcase, she hears something coming towards the door and makes her son hide under the bed. The door bursts open and a supernatural force throws the mother against the wall, killing her. The son flees and runs into his terrified sister. The boy hides under a table, but his sister is caught and pushed over the banister of the stairs, then dragged down to the cellar. The boy hides but is eventually found by the attacker.
X-Men: The Last Stand, 1h44
Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2983753.2983753.2983753.2983753.298375
Twenty years ago, Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet young Jean Grey at her parents' house to invite her to join their school. Ten years later, the industrialist father of Warren Worthington III discovers his son is a mutant as Warren tries to cut off his wings.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 2h
Directed by Doug Liman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Children's films
Actors Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn, Kerry Washington, Adam Brody, Keith David
Rating65% 3.2516453.2516453.2516453.2516453.251645
The film opens with construction executive John (Brad Pitt) and tech support representative Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) answering questions during marriage counselling. The couple has been married for "five or six" years, but their marriage is suffering to the point that they cannot remember the last time they had sex. They tell the story of their first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, where they were both secretly on the run from the Colombian authorities - since the authorities were looking for tourists travelling alone after a recent heist, the two claimed to be together to avoid being questioned. They quickly fell in love and married. John later states that Jane "looked like Christmas morning" to him on the day they met.