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Justin Marks is an American screenwriter, producer and television showrunner. He is best known for writing Disney's live-action remake of The Jungle Book and for creating and showrunning the Starz espionage thriller Counterpart.

Justin Marks
Born	United States
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, television showrunner
Years active	2002–present

Education

Marks graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2002 and he studied architecture in college. During his senior year, he befriended a literary manager, who helped him launch his career in screenwriting.[1][2]

Career

One of the first scripts he penned was Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li for 20th Century Fox.

A year prior, he had written a script for a potential He-Man film. Initially entitled Grayskull: The Masters of The Universe, the script was praised by fans yet was never used since the script was rewritten. With the film still being in development hell.

In July 2013, Marks was hired by Disney to write a live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book.[3] Jon Favreau came on board as director,[4] and the film was released in April 2016, grossing $966 million worldwide.

In June 2015, it was revealed that Marks was working on the screenplay for a sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun.[5] The film, titled Top Gun: Maverick, was released in theatres between May 24 and May 27, 2022, with Marks credited with co-writing the film's story with Peter Craig.[6][7]

In 2016, Marks was working on a Jungle Book sequel with Favreau returning as director.[8]

Marks created the Starz science-fiction thriller Counterpart, starring J. K. Simmons. The show was ordered straight-to-series for two 10-episode seasons.[9] The first episode premiered December 10, 2017.

In 2020, Marks and his wife Rachel Kondo started working on the upcoming TV adaptation of Shogun, the famous novel by James Clavell.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes	Distributor
2009	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Writer	20th Century Fox
2016	The Jungle Book	Writer	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Story only	Paramount Pictures

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Executive Producer	Showrunner	Creator	Notes
2013	Rewind	Yes	Yes	No	No	TV movie
2017-2019	Counterpart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

External links

• Justin Marks at IMDb 
• Justin Marks on Twitter

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