Screenwriter & author. Action, crime, espionage & thrillers. Film & TV projects in development. Occasionally novels. Rep: Madeleine Cotter @WGMAtlantic
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Ben Trebilcook retweeted
RIP Peter Medak - for me, The Krays is one of the greatest British crime films. Absolutely superb. The Ruling Class and Romeo Is Bleeding too. Bravo and RIP Sir.
#PeterMedak
My hunch? The next Bond is flying under the radar. Four outsiders: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Edward Holcroft and Leo Suter.
Will Amazon cast the best Bond or build a 15-year franchise around a lesser-known actor?
Who else is being overlooked? #Bond26 #JamesBond
My latest substack episode is an anniversary, of sorts
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Tomorrow marks 30 years since Tomb Raider.
An anniversary with an unusual place in my screenwriting history.
My next Substack opens the archives: 1994 screenplays, a 1995 letter, John Woo and two imaginary pistols.
THE LONG WAY IN #2.
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Cannes, circa 2003. Me and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Someone recently sent me this forgotten little time capsule.
Happy 66th birthday, JCVD. Still kicking. And I’ve still got a cool script with your name on it.
#JCVD #JeanClaudeVanDamme @JCVD
Ben Trebilcook retweeted
Ben Affleck on Digger
like high school bullying … you see it now with Digger a pretty ambitious interesting movie made by interesting people who have talent … if you punish movies that take risks … you’re gonna get a bunch of homogenized movies
You had me at Miami Vice 85 .
FIRST LOOK: "Miami Vice '85" is now filming with Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler reviving the characters of Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett.
The reboot is being directed by "Top Gun: Maverick" and "F1" helmer Joseph Kosinski from a script by Dan Gilroy ("Nightcrawler").
The supporting cast includes Alden Ehrenreich, Whitney Peak, Camila Morrone, Danny Ramirez John Leguizamo and more.
variety.com/2026/more/news/m…
Ben Trebilcook retweeted
FIRST LOOK: "Miami Vice '85" is now filming with Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler reviving the characters of Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett.
The reboot is being directed by "Top Gun: Maverick" and "F1" helmer Joseph Kosinski from a script by Dan Gilroy ("Nightcrawler").
The supporting cast includes Alden Ehrenreich, Whitney Peak, Camila Morrone, Danny Ramirez John Leguizamo and more.
variety.com/2026/more/news/m…
Ben Trebilcook retweeted
A BMX accident started it all. Thirty-plus years later, I’m still trying to get movies made.
My Substack.
THE LONG WAY IN. Episode One. Free to read.
bentrebilcook.substack.com/p…
A BMX accident started it all. Thirty-plus years later, I’m still trying to get movies made.
My Substack.
THE LONG WAY IN. Episode One. Free to read.
bentrebilcook.substack.com/p…
Ben Trebilcook retweeted
What? The drummer from Bros?
Luke Goss learned he’d landed the role of Jared Nomak in Blade II while at a Madonna concert in Brixton. What came next was scepticism and outright mockery. He trained with Donnie Yen, cut down to 5% body fat, did the work, and silenced the critics.
Ben Trebilcook retweeted
Sylvester Stallone says he Told His abusive 68yr old Father He Wanted to Give Him a taste of His Own Medicine and His Father Took Off His Jacket and Said, bring it on.
“When I was, say, 43, 44… and he was 25 years older than me.”
“He goes, ‘Yeah, you know, you’re doing this, you’re doing that. Is there anything left in your life that you’d like to do?’”
“I said, ‘I wish you and I could be the same age for three minutes.’”
“And he goes, ‘Why?’”
“I said, ‘Because I’d like to give you some of your own medicine, and you would know what it’d be like to have your ass kicked.’”
“He takes off his jacket. He goes, ‘Don’t wait. Let me bring it on right now.’”
“This is on Sunset Boulevard. ‘Pull the car over. So let’s… you don’t have to wait. What, come on.’”
“He was ready to go at, you know, 68 years old.”