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Could someone remove mention of Cameron Squires as a writer on fantastic four? The playlist article cited mentions him as a writer on Star Trek 4, not ff, and no trade article has mentioned him working on ff. 2601:40E:8103:9180:924:53D:4283:4007 (talk) 16:21, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The interview specifically states that Squires worked with Friedman on a draft of The Fantastic Four for Shakman after also working together on Stark Trek 4. A lack of trades mentioning this does not mean it is somehow inaccurate. Trailblazer101 (talk) 16:45, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Did Shakman provide any specific news or names about “Fantastic Four”? Yes, a new writer on the film: “WandaVision” scribe Cam Scquires worked on a draft of the film with “Avatar: Way Of Water” co-writer Josh Friedman. Shakman also worked with Friedman on the script for the “Star Trek 4” movie that never materialized. “I came on [to “Star Trek 4”] and worked with Josh Friedman, who I’m working with on “Fantastic Four” now, and Cam Squires, who I’d worked with on “WandaVision,” and we worked on a draft together, which was tremendous fun.
Shakman only stated that Squires worked on Star Trek 4, which had been previously reported. The article writer appears to mistake this for Squires having worked on FF with Friedman, when Shakman actually meant that the two of them wrote a Star Trek draft together as reported. Again, Squires has never been mentioned as a writer anywhere else. Deadline listed the films writers a few months ago- “Matt Shakman (WandaVision) is directing from a script by Eric Pearson, Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer. Peter Cameron (WandaVision) has also done some writing on the project” It would be strange to make such a comprehensive list and leave off a writer. 2601:40E:8103:9180:924:53D:4283:4007 (talk) 20:52, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I feel like this may be a WP:Verifiability, not truth situation. I myself had questioned Squires' involvement when this Deadline article did not mention him but did note Peter Cameron, and I had reached out to Deadline at that time for clarity but did not receive any. I'm not sure if The Playlist staff would respond to a question about a months old article or not, though it is worth a try. This wouldn't be the first time what sites have said has been misinterpreted as signaling another writer was involved when it wasn't the case. It feels to be quite the mistake when The Playlist positioned their statement of a new writer so prominently in that section, though it is entirely possible that the source itself misinterpreted Shakman's comments here, which do admittedly seem to be a bit cagey with the site's wording. Trailblazer101 (talk) 00:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Playlist cites Shakman's quote as their source that Squires is writing, and the quote does not state that Squires has worked on FF. That Deadline article is far from the only example of Squires not being included in lists of writers- see mention of Eric Pearson's hiring- and it's doubtful that someone with access to the knowledge of who is working on a script would only credit Friedman and not his collaborator. Again, this is pretty clearly The Playlist (which doesn't do much original reporting on things like this nowadays) misinterpreting Shakman's quote, and as such I believe we should list the credits as they have been described in the trades. 2601:40E:8103:9180:EDED:986E:627B:60BB (talk) 17:19, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reading the quote again, I agree that it doesn't support Squires working on the film. However, the article does clearly say that he was. I don't think we can necessarily claim that they only said that because of their own misreading of the quote. I think we need a reliable source to come out and say this was a mistake and he was never involved. Being left off a list by a different website is not proof that he was never involved. Most websites, including the trades, just copy-and-paste stuff from their previous articles when putting together history/context paragraphs in their new articles. If they never reported on Squires at the time then that could explain why he isn't included in their history of what writers worked on the film. - adamstom97 (talk) 18:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is Michael Waldron still the screenwriter for Avengers 5 and 6? Variety says "Stephen McFeely ... He takes over from Michael Waldron, who was originally tasked with writing the script to The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars", so we should remove him or not? 87.5.162.91 (talk) 23:32, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We retain prior writers after new ones are known unless we know the prior writers' work has been discarded or won't be credited. That is why we don't mention Loveness for Doomsday but retain Waldron for both that and SW. Trailblazer101 (talk) 23:41, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So why only mention Eric Pearson for "Blade"? What about the previous screenwriters? Michael Starrbury, Nic Pizzolatto and Michael Green--87.5.162.91 (talk) 10:27, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]