Early Professional Career
Briggs hit the screenwriting scene in 1991 with his well-received Alien vs. Predator screenplay, which sold almost overnight to 20th Century Fox through Lawrence Gordon. The project languished in development hell for many years, until a version of the property was brought to the screen by Paul W. S. Anderson (who ditched Briggs' script) in Anderson's poorly received production.
Briggs' draft is often cited as an example of strong action writing in a number of screenwriting books, including Chris Gore's book "The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made" .
Since 1991, Briggs has worked steadily as a "writer for hire" on largely studio-based productions, including Freddy vs. Jason, Judge Dredd, the original period version of The War of the Worlds (which had two abortive attempts at production; the first with Kenneth Branagh in 1995; and then later with Tom Cruise's production company in 1998, both of which were thwarted by legal reasons), and numerous other projects.
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