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Jon Lucas is a Director, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer American born on 29 october 1976 at Summit (USA)
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Jonathan "Jon" Lucas (born October 29, 1976) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is a graduate of Yale University as well as an alumnus of Pingry School. He started working as an assistant for screenwriter Daniel Petrie, Jr. in the 90's along with Scott Moore, who would become his longtime writing partner.
The first script they ever wrote together was Flypaper, although the movie didn't get made until 2011. They both worked on providing uncredited rewrites on Wedding Crashers, 27 Dresses, Chicken Little, Monster-In-Law and Mr. Woodcock.
In 2005 and 2007, they were hired to write the screenplays for the family comedies Rebound and Full of It. They also participated on the screenplay for the holiday comedy Four Christmases in 2008.
They wrote the successful romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past in 2009, but the same year, their breakthrough came with The Hangover, the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States. The movie had two sequels but they weren't written by Lucas and Moore. Thanks to the success of The Hangover, the decided to pen another R-rated comedy: the 2011 film, The Change-Up.
He and Scott Moore created the 2013 comedy film, 21 & Over, which became their directorial debut. In October 2012, they sold to ABC a pilot for a new comedy show named Mixology, which follows five guys and five girls "trying to find love at a trendy Manhattan bar," all over the course of a single night. The show was picked up to series on May 2013. It hasn't a premiere date yet, but it will be a midseason show.
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Jonathan "Jon" Lucas (born October 29, 1976) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is a graduate of Yale University as well as an alumnus of Pingry School. He started working as an assistant for screenwriter Daniel Petrie, Jr. in the 90's along with Scott Moore, who would become his longtime writing partner.
The first script they ever wrote together was Flypaper, although the movie didn't get made until 2011. They both worked on providing uncredited rewrites on Wedding Crashers, 27 Dresses, Chicken Little, Monster-In-Law and Mr. Woodcock.
In 2005 and 2007, they were hired to write the screenplays for the family comedies Rebound and Full of It. They also participated on the screenplay for the holiday comedy Four Christmases in 2008.
They wrote the successful romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past in 2009, but the same year, their breakthrough came with The Hangover, the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States. The movie had two sequels but they weren't written by Lucas and Moore. Thanks to the success of The Hangover, the decided to pen another R-rated comedy: the 2011 film, The Change-Up.
He and Scott Moore created the 2013 comedy film, 21 & Over, which became their directorial debut. In October 2012, they sold to ABC a pilot for a new comedy show named Mixology, which follows five guys and five girls "trying to find love at a trendy Manhattan bar," all over the course of a single night. The show was picked up to series on May 2013. It hasn't a premiere date yet, but it will be a midseason show.
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Jexi (2019)
, 1h24Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about computing, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Adam DeVine, Rose Byrne, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Peña, Justin Hartley, Ron Funches
Rating61%
Phil (Adam DeVine) découvre une nouvelle application qui va bientôt transformer sa vie en cauchemar.
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
, 1h44Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon
Rating56%
Comme beaucoup de mères de famille, Amy, Kiki et Carla angoissent à l’approche des fêtes de fin d'année : les cadeaux, le repas, la décoration, l’organisation et la préparation. Elles doivent tout gérer. Pire encore, leurs propres mères, aussi exigeantes que critiques, s’invitent à la fête. Fatiguées, les trois femmes décident de prendre en main les choses pour en profiter et s'éclater.
Bad Moms (2016)
, 1h40Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith, Annie Mumolo
Rating62%
Amy (Mila Kunis), une trentenaire, mène une vie à 100 à l'heure, entre son travail qui lui en demande énormément, ses deux enfants beaucoup trop exigeants et son mari paresseux et infidèle. À trop en faire, elle finit par craquer. Lors d'une réunion de parents d’élèves, elle ne supporte plus la pression et annonce publiquement qu’elle ne veut plus passer pour la mère idéale. Cela choque plusieurs personnes dans l’assemblée mais lui attire également la sympathie de Kiki (Kristen Bell) et Carla (Kathryn Hahn), deux autres mamans fatiguées. Ensemble, elles décident de profiter de la vie et de prendre du bon temps, même si elles doivent se mettre à dos les autres mères de l’école, parmi lesquelles Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate).
21 & Over (2013)
, 1h33Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Justin Chon, Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, François Chau, Sarah Wright, Jonathan Keltz
Rating58%
Friends since high school, Casey and Miller are both over 21 and want to take their friend Jeff Chang out for his 21st birthday. He insists he can't, citing the important medical school interview he has to be ready for at 7am. Miller threatens to make a lot of noise, keeping Jeff up all night, if he refuses to come out. Jeff eventually accepts, but only for one drink.
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Jexi (2019)
, 1h24Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about computing, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Adam DeVine, Rose Byrne, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Peña, Justin Hartley, Ron Funches
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Phil (Adam DeVine) découvre une nouvelle application qui va bientôt transformer sa vie en cauchemar.
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
, 1h44Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Comme beaucoup de mères de famille, Amy, Kiki et Carla angoissent à l’approche des fêtes de fin d'année : les cadeaux, le repas, la décoration, l’organisation et la préparation. Elles doivent tout gérer. Pire encore, leurs propres mères, aussi exigeantes que critiques, s’invitent à la fête. Fatiguées, les trois femmes décident de prendre en main les choses pour en profiter et s'éclater.
Office Christmas Party (2016)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jennifer Aniston, T. J. Miller, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn, Abbey Lee Kershaw
Roles Screenstory
Rating58%
Lorsque la directrice générale de Zenotek, Carol Vanstone (Jennifer Aniston) tente de fermer la branche de son frère Clay (T. J. Miller), il doit rassembler ses collègues et organiser une fête de Noël épique dans un effort pour impressionner un client potentiel et conclure une vente qui permettra de sauver leurs emplois.
Bad Moms (2016)
, 1h40Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith, Annie Mumolo
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Amy (Mila Kunis), une trentenaire, mène une vie à 100 à l'heure, entre son travail qui lui en demande énormément, ses deux enfants beaucoup trop exigeants et son mari paresseux et infidèle. À trop en faire, elle finit par craquer. Lors d'une réunion de parents d’élèves, elle ne supporte plus la pression et annonce publiquement qu’elle ne veut plus passer pour la mère idéale. Cela choque plusieurs personnes dans l’assemblée mais lui attire également la sympathie de Kiki (Kristen Bell) et Carla (Kathryn Hahn), deux autres mamans fatiguées. Ensemble, elles décident de profiter de la vie et de prendre du bon temps, même si elles doivent se mettre à dos les autres mères de l’école, parmi lesquelles Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate).
21 & Over (2013)
, 1h33Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Justin Chon, Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, François Chau, Sarah Wright, Jonathan Keltz
Rating58%
Friends since high school, Casey and Miller are both over 21 and want to take their friend Jeff Chang out for his 21st birthday. He insists he can't, citing the important medical school interview he has to be ready for at 7am. Miller threatens to make a lot of noise, keeping Jeff up all night, if he refuses to come out. Jeff eventually accepts, but only for one drink.
The Hangover Part III (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Heather Graham
Roles Characters
Rating58%
Two years after the events in Bangkok, Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) escapes from a maximum security prison, using a riot as cover. Meanwhile in America, Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis) causes a 20-car freeway pileup after he purchases a giraffe and accidentally decapitates it on a low overpass. Alan's father Sid (Jeffrey Tambor), angry with Alan for his immature antics and never owning up to his mistakes, dies of a heart attack in the middle of a lecture. After the funeral, Alan's brother-in-law Doug Billings (Justin Bartha) informs friends Phil Wenneck (Bradley Cooper) and Stu Price (Ed Helms) that Alan has been off his ADHD medication and is out of control. They attend an intervention, in which Alan agrees to visit a rehab facility in Arizona, so long as "the Wolfpack" takes him there. On the way to Arizona, Phil's minivan is rammed off the road by a rental truck and the group is taken hostage. They are later confronted by mob boss Marshall (John Goodman) and "Black Doug" (Mike Epps), his head enforcer.
The Change-Up (2011)
, 1h52Directed by David Dobkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Mircea Monroe, Alan Arkin
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Dave Lockwood (Jason Bateman) and Mitch Planko (Ryan Reynolds) are close friends who are each jealous of the other's lifestyle. While Dave is a lawyer with a wife and kids, Mitch is a freewheeling actor who has sex with many different women. After getting drunk at a bar, Mitch and Dave urinate in a park's fountain, and simultaneously wish that they had each other's lives.
The Hangover Part II (2011)
, 1h42Directed by Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about apes, Buddy films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor, Justin Bartha
Roles Characters
Rating64%
Two years after their escapade in Las Vegas, Stu Price, Phil Wenneck, Alan Garner and Doug Billings travel to Thailand to celebrate Stu's upcoming wedding to Lauren. Much to Alan's dismay, they are joined by Lauren's younger brother, Teddy. Lauren's father's reveals his disapproval of Stu during a toast. At the end of the night, Stu hesitantly joins Phil, Doug, Alan and Teddy for a beer. Sitting at a campfire and roasting marshmallows, the group toast to Stu and Lauren's future happiness.
Flypaper (2011)
, 1h27Directed by Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Ashley Judd, Patrick Dempsey, Octavia Spencer, Adrian Martinez, Jeffrey Tambor, Mekhi Phifer
Roles Writer
Rating63%
A bank is simultaneously attacked by two groups of robbers: three high-tech professionals and two rustic buffoons. One bystander is quickly shot and killed, apparently by accident, and seven hostages taken. One of the hostages, an obsessive-compulsive customer, notices several puzzling details, from which he guesses that the coincidence was intentional: the robbers (among others) were lured here, with misleading blueprints and defective equipment, so that another criminal – at the top of the FBI's wanted list of bank robbers – could kill them to cover his own trail.
The Hangover (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor
Rating76%
To celebrate his upcoming marriage to Tracy Garner (Sasha Barrese), Doug Billings (Justin Bartha) travels to Las Vegas with his best friends Phil Wenneck (Bradley Cooper) and Stu Price (Ed Helms), as well as Tracy's brother and Doug's future brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis), in Doug's future father-in-law's vintage Mercedes-Benz. They stay at Caesars Palace, where they relax in the room before celebrating with a few drinks on the hotel rooftop. The next morning, Phil, Stu, and Alan awaken to find they have no memory of the previous night, and Doug is nowhere to be found. Stu is missing a tooth, their hotel suite is in disarray, a tiger is in their bathroom, a chicken in their living room, and a baby is in the closet, whom they name "Carlos". They find Doug's mattress impaled on a statue outside of their hotel and when they ask for their Mercedes, the valet delivers an LVPD police cruiser.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
, 1h35Directed by Mark Waters
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Logan Miller, Robert Forster
Roles Writer
Rating58%
Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is a famous photographer and confirmed womanizer. He takes a break from his playboy lifestyle to attend his brother's wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner), the only girl who ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love isn't real, he's met in the bathroom by the ghost of his uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas), a roué who taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women. Wayne informs Connor that, over the course of the evening, he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future.