David Scarpa

Writing

David Scarpa

Place of birth

Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

David Scarpa is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplays to The Last Castle, the 2008 remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still and All the Money in the World, about the John Paul Getty III kidnapping, which was released in December 2017.

Known for

Gladiator II poster
6.6

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

Gladiator II

2024

Napoleon poster
6.3

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Napoleon

2023

The Day the Earth Stood Still poster
5.7

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

2008

All the Money in the World poster
6.5

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

All the Money in the World

2017

The Last Castle poster
7.2

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

The Last Castle

2001

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth poster
5.5

Gives insight into the creators mindset and how they culled from real life events to create some of the biggest sci-fi films of all time.

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

2011

Film credits

Behind the camera