Christopher L. Yost

Christopher Lee Yost (/joʊst/; born February 21, 1973) is an American film, television, animation, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe with Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and on The Mandalorian for Lucasfilm and Disney+. Yost graduated from the University of Michigan in 1995 with a film and video degree and got into advertising in the Detroit area, producing TV commercials. He went on to earn an MFA in film from The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California and later interned, in 2002, in Marvel Comics' west coast office. His spec film scripts got attention from Marvel executives, who hired Yost to write episodes of the TV series X-Men: Evolution. Yost has also written for animated shows such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Batman and was the story editor and head writer on the Fantastic Four animated series that aired on Cartoon Network in 2006, as well as Iron Man: Armoured Adventures. He was the head writer of Marvel Animation's The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, which aired on Disney XD from 2010 to 2012, and has worked on Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Rebels on Disney XD. Yost worked in the Marvel Feature Film Writers Program from 2010 to 2012 before embarking on his feature film screenwriting career. He was one of the writers of Marvel's feature film Thor: The Dark World (2013) and then wrote Mattel's film Max Steel before returning to Marvel to work on Thor: Ragnarok. On June 6, 2017, it was announced that Yost would write an American live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop for television with Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between Marty Adelstein and Sunrise Inc., which also produced the original anime. Additionally, he worked on The Mandalorian for Lucasfilm and Disney+. In August 2024, Yost and Alan Wan served as showrunners and executive producers on Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Paramount+. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Yost, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Turtles — Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey — each will go it alone for the first time. Faced with new threats and teaming up with old allies, the Turtles will discover who they really are when they don’t have their brothers at their sides.

Release Date: 2024-08-08

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 21

Deadpool & Wolverine

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

Release Date: 2024-07-24

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 6753

The Tiger's Apprentice

After the death of his grandmother, Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a mythical tiger named Hu and the other Zodiac animal warriors, Tom trains to take on an evil force that threatens humanity.

Release Date: 2024-02-16

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 124

Secret Headquarters

While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.

Release Date: 2022-08-12

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 366

Cowboy Bebop

Long on style and perpetually short on cash, bounty hunters Spike, Jet and Faye trawl the solar system looking for jobs. But can they outrun Spike's past?

Release Date: 2021-11-19

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 399

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

The 'Bad Batch' of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars.

Release Date: 2021-05-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1010

The Mandalorian

After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.

Release Date: 2019-11-12

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 10217

Thor: Ragnarok

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

Release Date: 2017-10-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 20950

Max Steel

The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.

Release Date: 2016-10-14

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 785

Star Wars Rebels

Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of its people. The motley but clever crew of the starship Ghost — cowboy Jedi Kanan, ace pilot Hera, street-smart teenager Ezra, the “muscle” Zeb, warrior firebrand Sabine, and cantankerous old astromech droid Chopper — is among a select few who are brave enough to stand against the Empire. Together, they will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures, and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion.

Release Date: 2014-10-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 870

Thor: The Dark World

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Release Date: 2013-10-30

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 17444

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.

Release Date: 2012-09-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 703

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

When the powers of a single hero are not enough to save the world, the world’s greatest heroes—Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, Ant-Man/Giant Man and Wasp—assemble to form the Avengers.

Release Date: 2010-10-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 700

Iron Man: Armored Adventures

As Iron Man, teenage child prodigy Tony Stark uses his technological inventions to fight various similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends, James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts, help him on his courageous and dangerous adventures.

Release Date: 2009-04-24

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 131

Hulk vs. Thor

For ages, Odin has protected his kingdom of Asgard. But every winter, the All-Father must rest and regain his strength for one week. During this time, all of Asgard's foes (including trolls, giants, dark elves, and demons) try to claim the realm for their own, but they are always stopped by Odin's son, the mighty Thor, albeit with the loss of many brave Asgardian warriors. Loki, god of mischief, has kidnapped Dr. Bruce Banner and brought him to Asgard with the help of Amora, once Thor's lover, now the supervillain known as the Enchantress. Loki makes Banner angry and he changes into the Hulk. The Enchantress then casts a spell over the Hulk which separates Banner from his monstrous alter-ego and grants Loki control over the Hulk's body.

Release Date: 2009-01-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 227

Hulk vs. Wolverine

Department H sends in Wolverine to track down a mysterious beast known by the US Military as the Hulk, who is rampaging across the Canadian wilderness. Surveying the extent of the damage to a destroyed town, Wolverine notices a toxic scent as well as the smell of gunpowder. He is then deployed to the wilderness to resume tracking the creature.

Release Date: 2009-01-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 268

Wolverine and the X-Men

Wolverine and the X-Men must join together again to not only battle the increasingly powerful Mutant Response Division, but also to prevent a catastrophic future that Xavier has warned Wolverine must never come to pass.

Release Date: 2009-01-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 269

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

The children of the Avengers hone their powers and go head to head with the very enemy responsible for their parents' demise.

Release Date: 2008-09-02

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 278

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing battle some of their greatest foes, including Doctor Doom, Ronan the Accuser, the Multiple Man, and Mole Man.

Release Date: 2006-09-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 89

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie

When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over sixty years. But now, with the world facing the very same evil, Captain America must rise again as our last hope for survival.

Release Date: 2006-02-21

Department: Crew

Job: Additional Writing

Vote Count: 352

The Batman

A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.

Release Date: 2004-09-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 441

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

When four pet turtles were bathed in alien ooze, they began to mutate and became the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Raised in New York City sewers by their foster father and wise sensei, Master Splinter, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael wage war against crime. Led by Master Splinter, the four turtles learn the ancient martial art of Ninjitsu, mastering skills of stealth, weapons, and fighting. They stop evildoers in all forms, whether barbaric gangs, lowlife crooks, deranged cyborgs, or even the crime syndicate The Foot, led by their archrival, The Shredder.

Release Date: 2003-02-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 186

X-Men: Evolution

Teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Spike fight for a world that fears and hates them.

Release Date: 2000-11-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 475