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In 2008, Foster was named a Scribe Award Grandmaster for his body of media tie-in work. Other film scripts he has novelized include Star Wars: Episodes IV – A New Hope and VII – The Force Awakens, the first three Alien films, John Carpenter's The Thing, The Last Starfighter, Alien Nation, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Terminator: Salvation. Among these is the novelization for the 2007 film Transformers and the sequel Revenge of the Fallen, which, like Star Trek, were based on screenplays by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. In addition, Foster is known for writing novelizations of many feature film screenplays. The latter was originally to be written by David Cian, but Cian's version didn't meet Paramount's and Hasbro's expectations.

Alan dean foster wiki movie#

A prolific author (and in some cases, ghostwriter) of movie novelizations, Foster wrote both the novelization of the 2007 Transformers movie and the prequel novel Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday. Foster kirjoitti George Lucasin käsikirjoituksen pohjalta ensimmäisen Tähtien sota-aiheisen kirjan, Tähtien sota-elokuvan (1977) romaaniversion, joka ilmestyi 1976, puoli vuotta ennen elokuvaa.Kirjailijaksi merkittiin George Lucas. Alan Dean Foster is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Foster's most popular fantasy books are those of the Spellsinger series. Alan Dean Foster (s.1946) on yhdysvaltalainen tieteiskirjailija. He is also known for his novels featuring his two most popular characters, a young empath named Flinx and his companion, Pip.

Alan dean foster wiki series#

įoster's best known works are his series of science fiction novels set in the Humanx Commonwealth, an interstellar union of species similar to the United Federation of Planets. Foster had the chance to watch the films before writing their novelizations, which according to Greg Cox is unheard of in the industry. He also wrote the novelization of the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. Foster also wrote an original novel based on the movie, Refugees (now The Unsettling Stars, due in 2020), which was placed 'on hold' following executive decisions at Pocket. In 2009, Foster wrote the novelization of Star Trek. He also wrote a number of the Star Trek stories released by Peter Pan Records. He currently lives in Prescott, Arizona with his wife.Īs a novelist, Foster wrote Ballantine Books' line of Star Trek: The Animated Series novelizations, titled the Star Trek Logs, and a new, serialized essay on the writing of those Logs, which was included with the five 2006 trade paperback reprint omnibuses. Born in New York City, Foster went to the University of California, Los Angeles. He is credited with writing the story for what became Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek audio, comic, and novel author Alan Dean Foster ( born 18 November 1946 age 75) is a prolific science fiction and fantasy author.