“He loves outlining. I hate outlining.”
The (500) Days of Summer writers, interviewed the same night 3,000 miles apart, on how they met, the outlining split and twenty years of writing apart.
Scott Neustadter
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Co-Writer, 500 Days of Summer, The Fault in Our Stars
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber are Oscar and Emmy nominated screenwriter/producers. Since breaking out in 2009 with their original screenplay (500) Days of Summer — nominated for Best Picture – Comedy at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards and winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay — Neustadter and Weber have written multiple projects across many genres.
Their adaptation of The Disaster Artist was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018. In addition, their limited series Daisy Jones & the Six, starring Riley Keough and Sam Claflin, was nominated for 9 Emmy awards in 2023.
Neustadter & Weber’s other writing credits include The Fault in Our Stars starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, which grossed over 300 million worldwide, as well as the Independent Spirit Award nominee The Spectacular Now. Other works include Rosaline, Paper Towns and Our Souls at Night.
Most recently they’ve completed an adaptation of the Edgar Award winning novel Five Decembers. They are currently writing Dynamic Duo for Warner Bros/DC as well as a biopic of the actor/comedian Chris Farley for New Line Cinema.
Writing team: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber