S.S. Wilson, the screenwriter of such movies as Tremors and Brief Circuit, has simply completed his second novel Fraidy Cats. Wilson additionally wrote a e-book on particular results, stop-motion animation, PUPPETS, AND PEOPLE. In 1983 Wilson and Maddock bought their spec script SHORT CIRCUIT. Directed by John Badham, it was their first produced function. In fast succession, they wrote SHORT CIRCUIT 2, BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, GHOST DAD; and served as consultants on Steven Spielberg’s animated THE LAND BEFORE TIME.
In 1990 they bought one other spec, TREMORS, on which additionally they served as producers. Directed by fellow USC alum Ron Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire, the movie turned a revered cult basic, spawning three sequels and a TV sequence. Wilson and Maddock joined with Nancy Roberts (producer of all of the Tremors sequels) and Ron Underwood to kind Stampede Leisure in 1992. The primary Stampede challenge was HEART AND SOULS at Common, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
The TREMORS franchise grew with Wilson debuting as a director on TREMORS 2: AFTERSHOCKS for Common Household Residence Leisure. Throughout the identical time interval, he and Maddock wrote the green-light draft of Warner Bros. 1999 tent pole launch WILD WILD WEST, starring Will Smith.
In 2001 it was TREMORS 3: BACK TO PERFECTION, with Stampede companion Brent Maddock directing and Wilson dealing with the second unit. 2004 noticed each the debut of TREMORS: THE SERIES for the Sci-Fi Community (Wilson co-created and co-executive produced with Maddock and Roberts) and TREMORS 4: THE LEGEND BEGINS, with Wilson once more on the helm.
Along with screenwriting, Wilson is branching out into fiction. His first e-book is an action-adventure story Tucker’s Monster.