Chuck Wendig

Charles David Wendig (nicknamed Chuck Wendig; born April 22, 1976)

Career

Wendig's short film, Pandemic 41.410806, −75.654259, co-written and directed by Lance Weiler, was selected for the 2011 Sundance Short Film Program.

In 2015, Archie Comics announced a new comic series co-written by Wendig and Adam Christopher, featuring a new version of their superhero The Shield.

Wendig was chosen in October 2015 as the writer of new Marvel ongoing comic book series Hyperion, based on the version of the character that appeared in Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers, alongside artist Nik Virella.

During the ComicsPRO 2016 annual meeting, Marvel Comics announced a five-issue comic book adaptation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to be co-written by Wendig and illustrated by Luke Ross, launching in June 2016.

In 2018 Marvel fired Wendig. According to Wendig, he was fired for "uncivil" tweets attacking Republicans and the GOP over the confirmation of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.