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'''Tom DeSanto''' (b. 1968) is an American film producer and screenwriter, and was one of the producers of the 2007 ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' movie. He is perhaps best known for his work with director Bryan Singer and [[Marvel]]'s ''X-Men'' movie franchise. An avid comic book fan, DeSanto owns over 30,000 comics and has a keen interest in making productions involving such properties. | '''Tom DeSanto''' (b. 1968) is an American film producer and screenwriter, and was one of the producers of the 2007 ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' movie. He is perhaps best known for his work with director Bryan Singer and [[Marvel|Marvel]]'s ''X-Men'' movie franchise. An avid comic book fan, DeSanto owns over 30,000 comics and has a keen interest in making productions involving such properties. | ||
DeSanto wrote the treatment for ''Transformers'' that he and fellow producer [[Don Murphy|Don Murphy]] had shopped around Hollywood from 2003 to 2004, until it was picked up by [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]]'s [[Dreamworks|Dreamworks]] studio. DeSanto reportedly spent many hours watching every single episode of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|''Generation 1 cartoon'']] and read every single issue of the Marvel comic prior to writing his treatment. However, this treatment went unused. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220892/ Tom DeSanto at the Internet Movie Database] | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220892/ Tom DeSanto at the Internet Movie Database] | ||
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[[Category:Executives | [[Category:DreamWorks]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:58, 19 March 2009
Tom DeSanto (b. 1968) is an American film producer and screenwriter, and was one of the producers of the 2007 Transformers movie. He is perhaps best known for his work with director Bryan Singer and Marvel's X-Men movie franchise. An avid comic book fan, DeSanto owns over 30,000 comics and has a keen interest in making productions involving such properties.
DeSanto wrote the treatment for Transformers that he and fellow producer Don Murphy had shopped around Hollywood from 2003 to 2004, until it was picked up by Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks studio. DeSanto reportedly spent many hours watching every single episode of the Generation 1 cartoon and read every single issue of the Marvel comic prior to writing his treatment. However, this treatment went unused.
