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He graduated with a film degree from UCLA in 1983. At age 23 he sold the screenplay to ''Lethal Weapon.'' The film would become a successful franchise and help Mel Gibson become a superstar celebrity. At the height of his career he was the highest paid screenwriter in the Hollywood movie industry. He received US$1.75 million for his Screenplay ''The Last Boy Scout'' and US$4 million for penning '' The Long Kiss Goodnight ''. Shane Black made his Directorial debut with 2005 's '' Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang '', for which he also wrote the screenplay. CAREER Black has admitted on numerous occasions that many of the scripts he had written for other directors, although commanding a hefty sum, were rewritten to a point where they hardly resembled his product. From an interview in '' Empire '' magazine: ''The Last Boy Scout'' and ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'' :But the two scripts—''The Last Boy Scout'', which at that time sold for more money than any other script, and ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'' which sold for much more money at that time than any other script—were both extensively rewritten. ''Lethal Weapon 2'' :The problem was that with ''Lethal Weapon 2'' they did a lot of comedy. My draft had one scene with Joe Pesci 's guy. He had a few lines. In their version, they had essentially the same character but threw out the entire script. It’s all about edge to me. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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