Title: Rent (musical)
Content:  In 2005, Rent was adapted into a movie directed by Chris Columbus with a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky. With the exception of Daphne Rubin-Vega (who was pregnant at the time of filming) and Fredi Walker (who felt she was too old for her role), who played Mimi and Joanne respectively, the original Broadway cast members reprised the principal roles. Released on November 23, 2005, the film remained in the box office top ten for three weeks, receiving mixed reviews. Several plot elements were changed slightly, and some songs were changed to spoken dialogue or cut entirely for the film. The soundtrack was produced by Rob Cavallo, engineered by Doug McKean and features renowned session musicians Jamie Muhoberac, Tim Pierce and Dorian Crozier.
Title: Rent (film)
Content: Aaron Lohr as Steve ; Daniel London as Paul ; Wayne Wilcox as Gordon ; Chris Chalk as Street Vendor ; Mackenzie Firgens as April ; Corey Rosen as Cafe Manager ; Shaun Earl as Waiter ; Rod Arrants as Mr. Hansen ; Mike Garibaldi as Mr. Grey ; Jennifer Siebel Newsom as Receptionist ; Sarah Silverman as Alexi Darling ; Daryl Edwards as Mr. Jefferson ; Anna Deavere Smith as Mrs. Jefferson ; Kevin Blackton as Mr. Johnson ; Bettina Devin as Mrs. Johnson ; Joel Swetow as Mr. Cohen ; Randy Graff as Mrs. Cohen 
Title: Rent (film)
Content: Anthony Rapp as Mark Cohen, a struggling Jewish filmmaker and Roger's roommate. He was dumped by Maureen for Joanne. ; Adam Pascal as Roger Davis, an HIV-positive ex-addict rock musician; Mimi's love interest. ; Rosario Dawson as Mimi Marquez, an HIV-positive heroin addict and stripper; Roger's love interest. ; Jesse L. Martin as Thomas B. "Tom" Collins, an anarchist and gay philosophy professor with AIDS; former roommate of Maureen, Roger, Mark, and Benny; Angel's love interest. ; Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Angel Dumott Schunard, a drag queen and street musician who is suffering from AIDS; Collins' love interest. ; Idina Menzel as Maureen Johnson, a bisexual performance artist and Joanne's girlfriend; Mark's ex-girlfriend. ; Tracie Thoms as Joanne Jefferson, a lesbian Harvard-graduate lawyer and Maureen's love interest. ; Taye Diggs as Benjamin "Benny" Coffin, III, landlord of the building in which Mark, Roger, and Mimi live and ex-roommate of Collins, Roger, Maureen, and Mark. 
Title: Rent (musical)
Content:  show. The production grossed over $280 million. Original cast ensemble members Rodney Hicks and Gwen Stewart returned to the cast at the time of the Broadway closing. Hicks played Benny and Stewart played the role she created, the soloist in the song "Seasons of Love". In addition, actress Tracie Thoms joined the cast at the end of the run playing Joanne, the role she portrayed in the 2005 film version. The last Broadway performance was filmed and screened in movie theaters as Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway in September 2008. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray formats on February 3, 2009.
Title: Rent (musical)
Content:  In May 2017, Fox announced plans to air a live television production of Rent. It aired Sunday, January 27, 2019, and starred Jordan Fisher as Mark, Brennin Hunt as Roger, Tinashe as Mimi, Brandon Victor Dixon as Tom, Valentina as Angel, Vanessa Hudgens as Maureen, Kiersey Clemons as Joanne, and Mario as Benny.
Title: Rent (musical)
Content:  left him for a woman. The Mark Cohen character is based on Larson's friends, cinematographer and producer Jonathan Burkhart and documentary filmmaker Eddie Rosenstein. Playwright Sarah Schulman alleged that Rent bore striking similarities to her novel People in Trouble. The line, "I'm more of a man than you'll ever be... and more of a woman than you'll ever get!", attributed to Angel Dumott Schunard at her funeral, was previously used by the character Hollywood Montrose, who appeared in the films Mannequin (1987) and Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991). Like Angel, Hollywood performs a song and dance number and sometimes wears 
Title: Rent Control (1984 film)
Content: Brent Spiner as Leonard Junger ; Elizabeth Stack as Anne ; Roy Brocksmith as Stan ; Jeanne Ruskin as Margaret ; Leonard Melfi as Milton Goeller ; Annie Korzen as Nancy Junger ; Charles Laiken as Jim ; Kimberly Stern as Jeannie ; Leslie Cifarelli as Barbara 
Title: Rent (musical)
Content:  Jeffrey Schwarz directed this 2006 documentary about the musical Rent, from Jonathan Larson's original idea to his tragic passing and, finally, to the adaptation of Rent into a major motion picture. The nearly two-hour documentary was included in a two-disc special edition of the DVD release of the 2005 film.
Title: Rent (musical)
Content: Broadway (1996–2008) ; Mark: Matt Caplan, Joey Fatone, Christopher Hanke, Adam Kantor, Drew Lachey, Tony Vincent, Sebastian Arcelus (u/s), Richard H. Blake (u/s), Norbert Leo Butz (u/s), Will Chase (u/s), Luther Creek (u/s), Colin Hanlon (u/s), Chad Richardson (u/s) ; Roger: Sebastian Arcelus, Declan Bennett, Richard H. Blake, Norbert Leo Butz, Will Chase, Luther Creek, Tim Howar, Jeremy Kushnier, Colin Hanlon (u/s), Chad Richardson (u/s), Tony Vincent (u/s) ; Mimi: Mel B, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tamyra Gray, Marcy Harriell, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Antonique Smith, Lorraine Vélez, Karen Olivo (u/s), Shayna Steele (u/s) ; Tom Collins: Troy Horne, Michael McElroy ; Angel: Wilson Cruz, Jose Llana, Jai Rodriguez, Telly Leung (u/s), Andy Señor Jr. (u/s) ; Maureen: Carla Bianco, Jessica Boevers, Eden Espinosa, Kelly Karbacz, Tamara Podemski, Sherie Rene Scott, Karen Olivo (u/s), Antonique Smith (u/s) ; Joanne: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Merle Dandridge, Tracie Thoms, Frenchie Davis (u/s), Shayna Steele (u/s) ; Benny: Rodney Hicks 
Title: Rent-A-Pal
Content:  Rent-A-Pal is a 2020 American thriller film written and directed by Jon Stevenson, produced by J.D. Lifshitz, Brian Landis Folkins, Jon Stevenson, Annie Elizabeth Baker, Jimmy Weber, Robert B. Martin Jr., Brandon Fryman and Raphael Margules. It stars Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins, Kathleen Brady, Amy Rutledge, Adrian Egolf. Rent-A-Pal was released on September 11, 2020 by IFC Midnight, and received positive reviews from critics.

Question: Who was the screenwriter for Rent?
Answer: Chris Columbus.
Chris Joseph Columbus.