Title: Bug Jack Barron
Content:  Spinrad adapted his novel as a screenplay in the 1970s, but it was never produced. In 1983, author Harlan Ellison was hired to write a new screenplay for a film to be directed by Costa-Gavras for Universal Pictures. Again, the project went nowhere. In 2012, Ellison published this screenplay, titled "None of the Above," including casting suggestions that had Martin Sheen as Jack Barron and Sigourney Weaver as Sara.
Title: Get Smart
Content:  Talent Associates commissioned Mel Brooks and Buck Henry to write a script about a bungling James Bond-like hero. Brooks described the premise for the show that they created in an October 1965 Time magazine article: "I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies. They were such distortions of life. If a maid ever took over my house like Hazel, I'd set her hair on fire. I wanted to do a crazy, unreal, comic-strip kind of thing about something besides a family. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first." Brooks and Henry proposed the show to ABC, where network executives called it "un-American" and demanded a "lovable dog to give the show 
Title: The Strangers (2008 film)
Content:  Writer-director Bryan Bertino wrote the screenplay which was originally titled The Faces; it was the third screenplay he had ever written. Bertino had a particular interest in the horror genre, noting how one can connect to an audience by scaring them, and would state in subsequent interviews that he grew up watching horror films. In particular, he stated he was significantly inspired by thriller films of the 1970s while writing the screenplay, and envisioned a film that "put the audience in the world of the victims." According to production notes and subsequent interviews, the film was inspired by true events from 
Title: InAlienable
Content:  The screenplay was written by Walter Koenig of the original Star Trek series. He told Starburst magazine that he was watching the 2000 World Series with friends, one of whom had appeared in The Blob. "We proceeded to have other conversations along the way about making a film that, at least initially, began the same way as The Blob, with something landing from outer space. And I really took it from there." He told interviewer Chris Wood (who identifies the friend as Anthony Franke), "I wanted to examine the intensity of familial bonding. That was one thing. I also wanted 
Title: Craig Borten
Content:  Craig Borten is an American screenwriter. Borten is best known for his Oscar-nominated script for the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club. In addition to his nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Borten also received a nomination for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Title: No-Frills Books
Content:  Cowper's poetry instead." A no-frills screenplay was developed but never produced. Terry Bisson, quoted on the website "BoingBoing", named the authors: "Mystery was written by Clark Dimond, a men's mag editor/writer who also wrote for comics.The Romance was written by Judy Coyne (former Glamour mag editor) nee Wederholt.The SF was written by John Silbersack, SF editor and now an agent.The Western was by Vic Milan (SF author).We were working on a No-Frills Besteller (by me) andA No-Frills movie (by film critic David Ansen) when the series was dropped.My partner selling the series was Lou Rosetto who went on to found WIRED magazine."
Title: Erik Bork
Content:  Bork has sold series pitches (and written pilots) at NBC and FOX, worked on the writing staff for two primetime dramas, and written feature screenplays on assignment for companies including Universal Studios, HBO, TNT, and Playtone. Bork also teaches screenwriting for UCLA Extension Writers' Program, National University and The Writers Store, and offers one-on-one consulting to writers. His blog was named one of the top 10 most influential screenwriting blogs in 2013.
Title: Scary Movie
Content:  The screenplay was developed by Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans with Buddy Johnson and Phil Beauman, writers for the sitcom The Wayans Bros. At the same time, Miramax was developing a spoof of Scream scripted by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Due to a WGA decision, all six writers were credited, despite Friedberg and Seltzer not actually working on the filmed script.
Title: The Burning (film)
Content:  was, the film takes place mostly outside and is set in summer, so there was only a small window of opportunity to make the film or, perhaps, have to wait until the following year. Knowing that the slasher craze would not last forever, and wanting to get their film released before it fizzled out, the producers rushed into production. The screenplay was written by Peter Lawrence and Harvey's brother, Bob Weinstein. Again, showing a knowledge of the then in-vogue conventions of the slasher movie, the script showcased a murder every ten minutes in the script. It was Maylam's idea to make 
Title: Boomsday (novel)
Content:  Screenwriters Ron Bass and Jen Smolka have adapted the novel into a screenplay. Tom Vaughan was announced as director for a film production announced for early 2011 shooting by GreeneStreet Films and Das Films. As of mid-2020, the movie was still officially classed as "in production".

Question: Who was the screenwriter for Boring?
Answer: Ben Elton.
Benjamin Charles Elton.
Rik Mayall.
Richard Michael Mayall.
Lise Mayer.