Jim Thomas

James E. "Jim" Thomas is a screenwriter based in California. With his brother John Thomas, he wrote or was substantially involved in the screenplays of the following films: Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Executive Decision (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), Mission to Mars (2000), and Behind Enemy Lines (2001). He also used to be a math teacher at Metuchen High School. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Predator: Badlands

Premise TBA. Said to be set sometime in the future.

Release Date:2025-11-05

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

7.7

Prey

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 to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.

Release Date:2022-08-02

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:6868

6.3

Predators

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

Release Date:2010-07-03

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:4188

5.2

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation.

Release Date:2007-12-25

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:2982

6.0

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

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 Predator 2: Special Edition DVD set, it uses interviews with the film's cast and crew, as well as behind the scenes footage and imagery, to examine the development, filming and release of the movie.

Release Date:2005-01-25

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:1

5.9

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

Release Date:2004-08-12

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:4508

6.4

Behind Enemy Lines

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.

Release Date:2001-11-30

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:1511

6.0

Mission to Mars

When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

Release Date:2000-03-10

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:1436

8.7

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer dressed as Santa escapes Christmas Eve and terrorizes a middle-class home where murder has already made a holiday appearance: a homicidal wife plunges a fireplace poker into her husband's skull. (It was also adapted in the 1972 British anthology movie Tales from the Crypt). Kirk Douglas stars as a blood-and-thunder World War I general who discovers his son is a coward in the grim "Yellow," the most dramatically acute of the trio. Digital magic morphs Humphrey Bogart into "You, Murderer," a high-concept, rather gimmicky tale of murder, double crosses, and poetic justice as seen through a dead man's eyes. Isabella Rossellini (daughter of Bogie's Casablanca costar Ingrid Bergman) and John Lithgow costar as plotting lovers.

Release Date:1999-09-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

5.3

Wild Wild West

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

Release Date:1999-06-30

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:3338

6.3

Executive Decision

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Release Date:1996-03-15

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:943

10.0

Asuran

Veerapathran, a dacoit keeps evading the cops. Prasath, an agricultural officer falls in love with Parvathy, a relative of Veera. She is horrified when he reveals his true identity and motive.

Release Date:1995-07-21

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:1

4.6

Two-Fisted Tales

The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," and "Yellow." This star-studded telefilm was an attempt to launch a second anthology series in the mold of "Tales from the Crypt." When the film failed to generate sufficient interest, the three tales were re-edited and shown as "Crypt" episodes.

Release Date:1992-01-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:14

6.3

Predator 2

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 target.

Release Date:1990-11-21

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:3377

Tales from the Crypt
8.0

Tales from the Crypt

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Release Date:1989-06-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:900

Hard Time on Planet Earth
6.0

Hard Time on Planet Earth

Hard Time on Planet Earth is an American science fiction series that aired on CBS as a midseason replacement in 1989. Airing for 13 episodes, the series starred Martin Kove and was created by Jim and John Thomas. Scheduled opposite NBC's Unsolved Mysteries and ABC's Growing Pains on Wednesdays, Hard Time on Planet Earth ranked 65th out of 81 programs upon its premiere. Ratings for the series never improved and the series was canceled by CBS in May 1989. The last episode aired on June 21, 1989.

Release Date:1989-03-01

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:10

5.5

The Rescue

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 captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their teenage children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles.

Release Date:1988-08-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:30

7.5

Predator

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

Release Date:1987-06-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:8230

Untitled Predator Film

A secret Predator film, releasing sometime in 2025, before Predator: Badlands.

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

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