Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne

1978-12-06 Bristol, England, UK 37 Credits

Biography

Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and producer. A massive fan of hard science fiction, he is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three mini-series – This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90 – with...

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TRON: Ares

TRON: Ares

2025

Screenplay

Writing

A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encoun...

Joy

Joy

2024

Writer, Story

6.9
Writing

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursu...

An Almost Christmas Story

An Almost Christmas Story

2024

Story, Screenplay

7.2
Writing

A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.

Equal Play

Equal Play

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

This beautiful and compelling documentary uncovers the transformative power of sport for disabled people, through the experiences of two British child...

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

2024

Writer

7.5
Writing

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir J...

Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2

2022

Writer, Executive Producer

7.4
Writing Producing

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous...

The Swimmers

The Swimmers

2022

Writer

7.4
Writing

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use...

Then Barbara Met Alan

Then Barbara Met Alan

2022

Executive Producer, Writer

6.8
Producing Writing

The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving forc...

National Theatre Live: After Life

National Theatre Live: After Life

2021

Writer

Writing

A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged b...

Help

Help

2021

Writer, Executive Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in Marc...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2020

Writer

10.0
Writing

Two visionary talents, playwright Jack Thorne and director Matthew Warchus, offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens’ classic story. This...

Dirt Music

Dirt Music

2020

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement ...

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

2020

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

2020

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with ...

Radioactive

Radioactive

2020

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the s...

The Aeronauts

The Aeronauts

2019

Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.8
Writing Producing

In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly h...

Wonder

Wonder

2017

Screenplay

8.1
Writing

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

War Book

War Book

2015

Writer

5.1
Writing

Government officials practice their response and decisions in a simulated escalation of nuclear threat.

Don't Take My Baby

2015

Writer

5.5
Writing

Factual drama which tells the story of a disabled couple's agonising struggle to keep their newborn baby. Based on real-life testimony, this emotional...

A Long Way Down

A Long Way Down

2014

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same...

How I Live Now

How I Live Now

2013

Writer

6.7
Writing

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the w...

Jonah

Jonah

2013

Writer

5.7
Writing

Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the...

The Swarm

2011

Producer

Producing

An unknown swarm of creatures visit a quiet street in North London. The residents managed to capture the footage on their mobile phones. This film is ...

The Scouting Book for Boys

The Scouting Book for Boys

2010

Writer

6.3
Writing

Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday...

A Supermarket Love Song

2006

Screenplay

Writing

A teenage girl on community service takes an old man to the supermarket.

The Mascot

2005

Screenplay

Writing
The Alchemist

The Alchemist

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

Santiago, a young man who yearns to travel, goes in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found.

Sovereign

Sovereign

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

In the wake of a fractured marriage, a man goes to find his wife and the entire crew of a space station who have gone missing. As he explores the ship...

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

A man attending a funeral in his hometown comes face-to-face with his past when he is confronted with memories of mistrust, adultery, abuse, and a fan...

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

The story will follow a medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abili...

Enola Holmes 3

Enola Holmes 3

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide in a case more tangled and treacherous than any she h...

The Beatles: Paul

The Beatles: Paul

N/A

Writer

Writing

One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

The Beatles: John

The Beatles: John

N/A

Writer

Writing

One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

The Beatles: George

The Beatles: George

N/A

Writer

Writing

One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

The Beatles: Ringo

The Beatles: Ringo

N/A

Writer

Writing

One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

Chork

N/A

Writer

Writing

15-year-old Kit and 11-year-old Ani leave their foster home and trek across the coastline in hopes of a brighter future. With the police in pursuit an...

Jane

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

A story about a woman named Jane and her relationship with her twin, who also happens to be the celebrated novelist Philip K. Dick.