Michael Waldron

Michael Waldron (born April 23, 1987) is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on television series Rick and Morty and Heels, creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki, and writing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). In February 2014, Waldron was enrolled in the MFA screenwriting program at Pepperdine University and was an intern for the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty during its first season when he was hired by the show's co-creator Dan Harmon to be part of the production staff of Harmon's NBC series Community for its fifth season. In February 2017, he was writing the series Heels for Starz. By August 2017, he was executive producing the YouTube Red series Good Game. In February 2019, he was hired as head writer and executive producer on the Disney+ series Loki (2021). In November 2019, after producing several Rick and Morty episodes, Waldron wrote the season four episode "The Old Man and the Seat." In February 2020, he began writing the script for the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). On October 3, 2022, Deadline Hollywood reported that Waldron would once again be collaborating with Marvel Studios, having been set to script Avengers: Secret Wars. In March 2023, Waldron launched a new feature film and television production company, Anomaly Pictures, with his producing partner Adam Fasullo. In November 2023, Waldron was announced to be the writer of Avengers: Doomsday before he left the project in July 2024. In August 2024, he wrote the comedy series Chad Powers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Waldron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Join visionary director Sam Raimi and the cast of the film as they recount their experiences bringing Marvel’s darkest story to life. From world-building to universe-building, hear first hand accounts from the cast and crew on what it took to design, create and make each universe unique and believable.

Release Date: 2022-07-07

Character: Self - Screenwriter

Vote Count: 43

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

Release Date: 2022-05-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Charlie's Best Man

Vote Count: 9365

Heels

In a close-knit Georgia community, a family-owned wrestling promotion finds two brothers and rivals war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to (and just as hard to leave behind).

Release Date: 2021-08-15

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 161

The Black Hole

Follows an android serving depressed drunks in the shittiest dive bar in the cosmos, who desires more for herself.

Release Date: 2021-07-21

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 1

Loki

After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant” or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.

Release Date: 2021-06-09

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 11740

Marvel Studios Assembled

Go behind the scenes of the shows and movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following the filmmakers, cast and crew, and Marvel heroes every step of the way.

Release Date: 2021-03-12

Character: Self - Head Writer / Executive Producer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 205

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

An exciting look into the future of Marvel Studios' films and upcoming Disney+ series.

Release Date: 2019-11-12

Character: Self - Head Writer / Executive Producer, Loki (archive footage)

Vote Count: 26

Good Game

A new team of eSports players try to make it to the top in the cutthroat world of competitive gaming.

Release Date: 2017-08-30

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 2

Rick and Morty

Rick is a mentally-unbalanced but scientifically gifted old man who has recently reconnected with his family. He spends most of his time involving his young grandson Morty in dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout space and alternate universes. Compounded with Morty's already unstable family life, these events cause Morty much distress at home and school.

Release Date: 2013-12-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 9976

Chad Powers

When bad behavior nukes hotshot QB Russ Holliday's college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented and affable Chad Powers.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 1