Jim Thomas

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James E. Thomas is an American screenwriter based in California. With his brother John Thomas, he wrote and/or was substantially involved with the screenplays of several films - including Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990),  Executive Decision(1996), Wild Wild West (1999), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and the TV series Hard Time on Planet Earth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Thomas (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Predator: Badlands

Predator: Badlands

2025

Characters

Cast out from its clan, an alien hunter and an unlikely ally embark on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

Predator: Killer of Killers

Predator: Killer of Killers

2025

Characters, Executive Producer

8.0
Producing

While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they ...

Prey

Prey

2022

Executive Producer, Characters

7.7
Producing

When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out ...

The Predator

The Predator

2018

Characters

5.6

When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scient...

Predators

Predators

2010

Characters

6.3

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

2007

Characters

5.2

After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Pr...

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of Predator 2 is a 2005 documentary that details the production of the 1990 film Predator 2. Created for the Pr...

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

Characters

5.9

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they k...

Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines

2001

Story

6.4
Writing

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets sh...

Mission to Mars

Mission to Mars

2000

Screenplay, Story

6.0
Writing

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is...

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

1999

Writer

8.7
Writing

In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer dressed as Santa escapes Chri...

Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

1999

Story

5.3
Writing

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: ...

Executive Decision

Executive Decision

1996

Producer, Writer

6.3
Producing Writing

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) s...

Asuran

Asuran

1995

Original Story

10.0
Writing

Veerapathran, a dacoit keeps evading the cops. Prasath, an agricultural officer falls in love with Parvathy, a relative of Veera. She is horrified whe...

Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

Writer

5.0
Writing

The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," a...

Predator 2

Predator 2

1990

Characters, Writer

6.3
Writing

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next ...

The Rescue

The Rescue

1988

Writer

5.3
Writing

A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are capture...

Predator

Predator

1987

Writer, Executive Producer

7.5
Writing Producing

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.