Wesley Strick (Writer)

The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'

Featuring brand new interviews with producer Douglas Wick, screenwriter Wesley Strick, and special effects artist Rick Baker, THE BEAST INSIDE: CREATING »WOLF« examines the making of Mike Nichols’ WOLF (1994) in all its stages from original idea to final appearance.

Release Date2017-11-20

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Vote Count1

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?

The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to be directed by Tim Burton and star Nicolas Cage as the man of steel himself, Superman. The project went through years of development before the plug was pulled, and this documentary interviews the major filmmakers: Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Dan Gilroy, Colleen Atwood, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and many many more.

Release Date2015-05-01

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Vote Count134

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

A retrospective documentary on the making of Cape Fear (1991) and Cape Fear (1962).

Release Date2001-09-18

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Vote Count17

The Man in the High Castle

Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.

Release Date2015-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count7

Vote Count1400

Carnival Row

In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.

Release Date2019-08-29

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count1344

The Loft

For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble while fear and suspicion run rampant.

Release Date2014-10-14

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count1531

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

Release Date2010-04-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2841

The Saint

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

Release Date1997-04-03

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1191

Arachnophobia

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

Release Date1990-07-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1468

Cape Fear

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Release Date1991-11-13

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3719

Wolf

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.

Release Date1994-06-17

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count977

Doom

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

Release Date2005-10-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2358

Monsterland

In this fantasy anthology series, encounters with mermaids, fallen angels and other strange beasts drive broken people to desperate acts in an attempt to repair their lives, ultimately showing there is a thin line between man and beast.

Release Date2020-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count90

The Glass House

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.

Release Date2001-09-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1061

Hitched

When Eve receives a late-night call that her husband, Ted, has been in a terrible accident, she rushes to the hospital. To Eve's surprise, she comes face to face with The Other Woman. Crushed by her beloved's rampant infidelities, Eve gives "until death do us part" a chilling new meaning. Chaining Ted to the floor of their hidden basement speakeasy is the only way to keep her true love truly faithful. But when charming Detective Grant enters the scene, the question is, who will ultimately get hitched?

Release Date2001-09-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

Return to Paradise

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Release Date1998-08-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count307

Love Is the Drug

Jonah Brand isn't necessarily the type of guy who would interest ultra-hot Sara Weller. But when she and her friends find out he works at a pharmacy, they charm him into their circle and gain his trust with manipulative fawning. Jonah knows he's playing with danger, but it's tough to resist the game.

Release Date2006-10-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count13

Final Analysis

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Release Date1992-02-07

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count304

The Tie That Binds

A young couple adopts a traumatized child, unaware that her parents are fugitives and murderers who will do anything to get her back.

Release Date1995-09-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count26

Glass House: The Good Mother

One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan Snow (and his teenager sister Abby Snow and bring them to their mansion nearby a lake. Abby faces difficulties of adaptation in her new home, and she confronts Eve, who proves to be deranged and unstable. When Ethan gets sick, Abby tries to contact their friend, detective Ben Koch, and she realizes that her brother and she are trapped in the house.

Release Date2006-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count89

True Believer

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

Release Date1989-02-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count115

Eddie Dodd

Release Date1991-03-12

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Carter Beats the Devil

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.

Release Date1993-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count1

Wolf Awakened

A fan tribute to the underrated classic ‘Wolf’ (1994) Set 30 years later, After the murder of a retired police officer, aging detective Mike Harrison is assigned to the case. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he discovers that the murders may be tied to a string of similar killings that occurred exactly 30 years ago. Mike must navigate through the twists and turns of the case to bring the killer to justice and confront the animal within.

Release Date2024-10-25

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Film Writer