Biography
James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing the films Zodiac (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He also co-wrote and produced Scream (2022) and its 2023 sequel. Vanderbilt also contributed as a producer for several films, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and Ready or Not (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Vander...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026
Producer
The sequel to the 2019 film. Plot TBA.

Scream 7
2026
Story
The seventh installment in the 'Scream' franchise. Plot TBA.

Nuremberg
2025
Director, Producer, Screenplay
American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes, finds himself in a c...

Fountain of Youth
2025
Writer, Producer
A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even ...

Abigail
2024
Producer
A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over tim...

Murder Mystery 2
2023
Producer, Characters, Writer
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.

Scream VI
2023
Writer, Producer
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.

Bed Rest
2023
Producer
After struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers becomes pregnant and moves into a new home with her husband. She's ordered to mandatory bed rest, and...

Ambulance
2022
Producer
Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic care...

Scream
2022
Writer, Producer
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targetin...

Ready or Not
2019
as Mr. LeBail (uncredited)
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

Ready or Not
2019
Producer
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

Murder Mystery
2019
Screenplay, Producer
On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

American Dream/American Knightmare
2018
Executive Producer
Documentary that delves deep into the life and storied exploits of the iconic Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight, as well as the volatile and hi...

Suspiria
2018
Executive Producer
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grievi...

The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
Producer
When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious tickin...

Slender Man
2018
Producer
In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes ...

Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
Screenplay
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protec...

Truth
2015
Director, Screenplay, Producer
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a si...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Story
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...

White House Down
2013
Producer, Writer
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his ...

Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
2012
as Self
A documentary on the making of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as behind-the-scenes footage.

The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Screenplay, Story
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenager...

The Losers
2010
Screenplay
On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men...

Zodiac
2007
Producer, Screenplay
The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

The Rundown
2003
Screenplay
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's ...

Basic
2003
Producer, Writer
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jun...

Darkness Falls
2003
Screenplay
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the ...

The Janson Directive
N/A
Screenplay
Former Navy SEAL and prisoner of war, Paul Janson, works as a corporate security consultant, but when an assignment to rescue a VIP goes wrong, he's f...