Akiva Goldsman

Akiva Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American filmmaker. Goldsman's filmography as a screenwriter includes The Client; Batman Forever and its sequel Batman & Robin; I, Robot; I Am Legend; Cinderella Man; and numerous rewrites (some credited, some uncredited). He wrote over a dozen episodes for the science fiction television series Fringe. In 2002, Goldsman received the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2006, Goldsman re-teamed with director Ron Howard of A Beautiful Mind to adapt Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code for Howard's film. He also wrote the screenplay for its 2009 sequel Angels & Demons. Goldsman is also known for co-developing the DC Comics TV series Titans and the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, a sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Nemesis. He is also the co-creator of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akiva Goldsman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Felicity

Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.

Release Date1998-09-29

Charactersd Guest Speaker

Episode Count1

Vote Count83

The Crowded Room

In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.

Release Date2023-06-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Doctor

Episode Count10

Vote Count308

Hancock

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

Release Date2008-07-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Executive

Vote Count9929

Star Trek

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Release Date2009-05-06

Charactersd Vulcan Council Member

Vote Count10176

Star Trek Into Darkness

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Release Date2013-05-05

Charactersd Starfleet Admiral

Vote Count9367

The Ready Room

Welcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star Trek: Picard cast and crew to discuss the weekly episodes.

Release Date2019-01-25

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.

Release Date2006-09-18

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count124

Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity

A deep dive into the making of the Paranormal Activity films with first time ever interviews with cast and crew, never-before-seen footage from the movies, and a preview of the seventh installment in the franchise.

Release Date2021-10-29

Charactersd Self

Vote Count40

Unscripted

Three young, struggling actors (played by three young, less-struggling actors) try to navigate the maze of agents, auditions and avarice that is Hollywood, frequently turning to their acting teacher for advice. As the title implies, the dialogue is mostly improvised, with situations based on the lives of the cast and creators.

Release Date2005-01-09

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Finding Joe

Finding Joe is an exploration of the studies of mythologist Joseph Campbell, and of their continuing influence on our culture. Through interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields—interwoven with enactments of classic tales by a sweet and motley group of kids—the film navigates the stages of what Campbell dubbed "the hero’s journey": the challenges, the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person.

Release Date2011-09-30

Charactersd Self

Vote Count5

Inside a Beautiful Mind

"Behind-the-scenes" documentary on the making of and public reaction to the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer film "A Beautiful Mind." Featuring rare interviews with Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connally and mathematician John Nash.

Release Date2002-03-03

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Fringe

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

Release Date2008-09-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count2633

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

Release Date2022-05-05

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count30

Vote Count669

Star Trek: Discovery

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

Release Date2017-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1908

Titans

A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

Release Date2018-10-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count49

Vote Count2757

Star Trek: Picard

Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.

Release Date2020-01-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count30

Vote Count1805

Transformers: The Last Knight

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Release Date2017-06-16

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count6497

The Da Vinci Code

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

Release Date2006-05-17

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count9731

Angels & Demons

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

Release Date2009-04-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count7090

I Am Legend

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

Release Date2007-12-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count16322

Constantine

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

Release Date2005-02-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count7647

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.

Release Date2021-04-29

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2567

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

Release Date2005-06-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count10838

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

Release Date2017-05-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count5870

I, Robot

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

Release Date2004-07-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count12255

Insurgent

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

Release Date2015-03-18

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10219

A Beautiful Mind

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

Release Date2001-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10667

Practical Magic

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

Release Date1998-10-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1623

Batman & Robin

Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.

Release Date1997-06-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5215

Batman Forever

Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.

Release Date1995-06-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5386

The Dark Tower

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

Release Date2017-08-03

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5344

Lone Survivor

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

Release Date2013-12-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count4544

A Time to Kill

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Release Date1996-07-24

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2714

Back to the Outback

Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged.

Release Date2021-12-03

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count761

Poseidon

A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.

Release Date2006-05-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2218

Winter's Tale

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

Release Date2014-02-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1369

The Client

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

Release Date1994-07-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1256

Doctor Sleep

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

Release Date2019-10-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4668

Starsky & Hutch

Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

Release Date2004-03-05

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2420

The 5th Wave

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

Release Date2016-01-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5877

Lost in Space

The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.

Release Date1998-04-03

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1264

The Losers

On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down their enemy and even the score.

Release Date2010-04-23

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1880

Kings

A riveting drama about a modern day monarchy, a contemporary re-telling of the timeless tale of David and Goliath. This series is an epic story of greed and power, war and romance, forbidden loves and secret alliances -- and a young hero who rises to power in a modern-day kingdom.

Release Date2009-03-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count69

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.

Release Date2021-02-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count833

Paranormal Activity 2

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.

Release Date2010-10-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count2547

Underground

A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.

Release Date2016-03-09

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count20

Vote Count76

Silent Fall

Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with controversial therapist Dr. Jake Rainer. Jake tries to probe the silent child about what he saw, but he gets more details about the Wardens' household dynamics from Tim's teenage sister, Sylvie. As he spends more time with the siblings, Jake learns that the Wardens' marriage was not as perfect as it seemed, and he uncovers other new details that might help solve the crime.

Release Date1994-10-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count78

Fair Game

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.

Release Date2010-05-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count818

Firestarter

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

Release Date2022-05-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count759

Deep Blue Sea

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

Release Date1999-07-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2546

Mindhunters

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Release Date2004-05-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1251

Jonah Hex

Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slew his wife and child.

Release Date2010-06-18

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1487

I Am Legend 2

A sequel to the 2007 film. Plot TBA.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Cinderella Man

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Release Date2005-06-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2299

Stephanie

After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.

Release Date2017-04-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count252

Rings

Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

Release Date2017-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2551

Monster High

A live-action film based on the toy line revolving around a high school attended by the teenage children of famous monsters, including Draculaura (daughter of Dracula), Frankie Stein (daughter of Frankenstein's monster), Clawdeen Wolf (daughter of the Werewolf) and Cleo de Nile (daughter of the Mummy). Story details TBA.

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JobProducer

Billion Dollar Spy

Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the late Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, an ordinary man who risks everything to pass thousands of pages of top-secret Soviet intelligence to the U.S. Despite repeated rejections by a wary CIA, Tolkachev persisted, embodying the courage to stand against a regime that betrayed its own people. Finally, finding an ally in CIA agent Tom Lenihan, Tolkachev was able to fundamentally shift the balance of power, proving that true patriotism lies not in blind allegiance but in the willingness to challenge a government when it strays from its ideals.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Constantine 2

A sequel to Constantine (2005).

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Practical Magic 2

A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other.

Release Date2026-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Get ready to send off Jean-Luc Picard and his crew in style! On Wednesday, April 19, experience the last two episodes of Star Trek: Picard in IMAX, followed by a live-streamed Q&A with the cast of the show. In the epic, thrilling conclusion of "Star Trek: Picard," a desperate message from a long-lost friend draws Starfleet legend Admiral Jean-Luc Picard into the most daring mission of his life, forcing him to recruit allies spanning generations old and new. This final adventure sets him on a collision course with the legacy of his past and explosive, new revelations that will alter the fate of the Federation forever.

Release Date2023-04-19

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count9

Space Invaders

Plot TBA. Based on the Taito arcade game.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Meet Cute

A wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the perfect partner?

Release Date2022-09-21

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count294

Breakthrough

Providing a thought-provoking and imaginative perspective on scientific discovery as it unfolds, each episode follows scientific explorers working on cutting-­edge projects with breakthrough potential, revealing the world of tomorrow... today.

Release Date2015-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Snapshot 1988

A teenager looks after an elderly lady who is losing her memories not to dementia, but to a memory thief called The Phoenician.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

I'm Reed Fish

When an old high school crush returns to his small hometown, Reed Fish's once simple, calculated life begins to unravel. A drunken incident prompts Reed's fiancée and the entire town to turn against him.

Release Date2007-06-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count75

Rainbow Six

An adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel. Plot TBA.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Caster

Aza Wu, who knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal, as casting killed her sister, Shire. As with all magic, everything comes at a price. For Aza, it feels like everything in her life has some kind of cost attached to it. And now with Shire dead, Aza must step in to save the legacy of Wu Teas, the teahouse that has been in her family for centuries

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Basketful of Heads

June discovers that every bad guy she decapitates leaves a talking head behind. With every kill, June adds a new voice to her twisted Greek chorus — and another eight pounds of literal baggage.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Major Matt Mason

Plot unknown. Based on a Mattel action figure.

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JobScreenplay

Stray

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Thumb

A lonely young woman mistakenly receives a severed thumb in the mail. She makes it her life’s obsession to return it to the hand it once belonged to, putting her on a collision course that will upend her world forever.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Seesaw Monster

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

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