
Writing
Joe Barton
Known for
Writing
Credits
10 titles
Joe Barton (born 1985) is a British screenwriter of film and television, best known for the crime series Giri/Haji, the science-fiction thriller The Lazarus Project, and the spy thriller Black Doves. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Barton (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
6.3A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
The Ritual
2017
6.0A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
The Union
2024
7.3The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
My Days of Mercy
2018
6.0After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of super powers.
iBoy
2017
6.3A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Encounter
2021
5.9Updating "Thriller" for the "Twilight" generation, "Nowhere Left to Run" is a blood, sweat and scream-soaked vampire spectacular soundtracked by songs from McFly's latest album, Above the Noise, including huge, hit singles "Party Girl" and Taio Cruz collaboration "Shine a Light". Fun, frightening and fast-paced, glossily-produced and featuring gorgeous female fans with fangs, this is McFly as even their mothers would be scared to see them. The 30 minute film follows the boys from a daytime TV sofa to an isolated mansion where they try to ensure the future of McFly by taking their shirts off and plotting to murder one of their members.
McFly: Nowhere Left to Run
2010
Behind the camera
6.3A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
The Ritual
2017
6.0A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
The Union
2024
7.3The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
My Days of Mercy
2018
6.0After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of super powers.
iBoy
2017
6.3A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Encounter
2021
5.9Updating "Thriller" for the "Twilight" generation, "Nowhere Left to Run" is a blood, sweat and scream-soaked vampire spectacular soundtracked by songs from McFly's latest album, Above the Noise, including huge, hit singles "Party Girl" and Taio Cruz collaboration "Shine a Light". Fun, frightening and fast-paced, glossily-produced and featuring gorgeous female fans with fangs, this is McFly as even their mothers would be scared to see them. The 30 minute film follows the boys from a daytime TV sofa to an isolated mansion where they try to ensure the future of McFly by taking their shirts off and plotting to murder one of their members.
McFly: Nowhere Left to Run
2010
The sixth Jason Bourne film. Plot TBA.
Jason Bourne 6
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Police officer Sara Myall and security guard Henry Campos arrive at an abandoned show home on the Texas border to investigate a break in, only to discover a wounded mother and her ten-year-old son Gio taking shelter after crossing the Mexican border. But when the murderous cartel leader Marcus arrives and demands Gio is handed over to him, it is clear that Gio is no ordinary child. He harbors a dark, supernatural power that Marcus wants for himself. Trapped inside the house as more gang members arrive and threaten violence, Sara and Campos must choose between giving the boy up or fighting for their lives.
Hold the Devil
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3.7Musical drama based on the true story of the Glasgow Girls, a group of teenagers whose fight to save their friend from deportation inspired a community and won a nation's hearts.
Glasgow Girls
2014
6.7A terrifyingly realistic counter-factual drama-documentary exploring the effects of a devastating cyber-attack on Britain's national electricity grid. Based on meticulous research and real government contingency plans, Blackout combines real and fake user-generated footage, CCTV archive and news reports to build a terrifyingly realistic account of Britain being plunged into darkness. What might happen if Britain experienced a nationwide power cut?
Blackout
2013
