Appears in 12 titles

John Whittington is an American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Jared Stern, including The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), and DC League of Super-Pets (2022). Whittington began his career by writing the screenplays for The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie. In July 2017, Whittington was hired to write the script for Boy21. In 2018, he wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film When We First Met. In 2019, he wrote two episodes of the animated series Green Eggs and Ham, based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. During reshoots, he rewrote the screenplay for the 2020 film Dolittle. He wrote the DC Comics film DC League of Super-Pets. He gained notability from co-writing the screenplay for the action-adventure comedy film Sonic the Hedgeog 2 and its sequel. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Whittington (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
7.4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
Screenplay
The Lego Batman Movie
7.2
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
Screenplay
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
7.6
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
Screenplay
When We First Met
6.6
When We First Met
2018
Writer
DC League of Super-Pets
7.2
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
Writer
The Lego Ninjago Movie
6.5
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
Screenplay
Swapped
9.0
Swapped
2026
Story
Swapped
9.0
Swapped
2026
Screenplay
Remarkably Bright Creatures
8.4
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
Screenplay
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
Writer