born july mexican american film television screenwriter producer began longtime collaboration school california employed television series hercules legendary journeys warrior princess created fringe created alongside film project island partnership went write scripts films film series film producer proposal returned working mission impossible iii star trek star trek darkness film projects took revenues billion april announced collaborate television projects worked star trek film star trek replaced following december created television series initially renewed cancelled end season continue work producers television series awarded norman writer award julia award excellence addition shared awards nominations including george pal memorial award early life born mexico_city july mexican father cuban mother mother immigrated united_states parents came power grew mexico moved family united_states age raised texas los_angeles canada older brother screenwriter producer met longtime friend collaborator year old students crossroads privately funded school california time came film class discovered love movies particular film sex lies duo found number things common previously lived mexico_city relate later called honorary hispanic went attend austin duo got began write scripts included called described loosely autobiographical kiss said version set asylum duo modeled relationship writers closer friends writing partners took approach band purposely studied teams discover break later explained big thing makes wheels start feels contribution isn sure live partnership didn wouldn lasted long career television film began writing collaboration television series hercules legendary journeys hired actor suffered stroke duo required come inventive ideas minimize appearances screen work runners age involved sister series hercules warrior princess sought writing network based television series found difficult receiving series negative responses met starting work alias time meeting went resulted working series work fox science fiction series fringe listed creators received break writing films film island developed script met bay asked pair trust replied shouldn let happens film overwhelming success brought bay following film producer steven_spielberg asked come meeting movie took million box office following work film duo brought revise script uncredited capacity worked mission impossible iii collaborated significant time pressures writers guild america strike weeks outline film strike bay moved hotel del hotel blocks away office enabling bay conduct surprise period films written grossed billion leading forbes describing hollywood secret weapons careers required collaborate writers number projects involved example revenge fallen teamed took writing duties franchise dark moon onwards producer credit solely producer came film worked alongside said interview magazine extra previously involved productions producers writing backgrounds looked help happy provide support writers director film praised duo saying unusually cool maintained producer writer power earned television carried feature film area extremely rare following work executive producers film proposal despite film careers continued create television series included developed alongside pitched series number networks picked fox took years bring series television originating conversation cousin andrew created rodriguez demand direct pilot episode later explained interview easy decision needed pretend consider worked executive producers animated television series prime involvement live action movies following end series hopeful involved future animated series based premise saw like reboot continuation different guise felt prime sophisticated concerns leaving younger viewers complexity intensity star trek reboot asked write script new star trek film initially turned despite fan series suggested timeline seen previously films television series adding return star trek original series considered films reboot series origin story crew film start crew beginning star trek original series felt relationship younger reflective partnership said didn realize writing halfway script little embarrassing star trek series biggest grossing film domestic box office united_states resulting sequel studio asked write studio set aside larger budget sequel revealed interview ruled hero staple second movie featured sequel saying crew enterprise committed type story apply sequels buildup film called star trek darkness production team didn away villain film denied play criticism sequel resulted posting controversial comments star trek fan site response fan upset called fan later apologized twitter account breakup partnership april confirmed variety longer going work film projects collaborate television wanted work spider man film franchise linked directorial role star trek confirmed later year july involved production amazing spider man alongside continues operate production company created series inspired life brien season created season film prior split duo lined write film new star trek series paramount_pictures announced direct installment star trek reboot franchise moved direct star wars force awakens marked directorial debut write script alongside writers commitment star trek dropped new film executive producer december announced longer directing star trek film remains credited producer film replaced cast member script writers initial script dropped replaced director previously directed films fast furious franchise created idea main character soccer player day spy night called latin james_bond series broadcast created renewed second season shortly pilot broadcast directed rodriguez following production season series cancelled despite earlier renewal decision blamed poor international sales awards accolades hollywood reporter listed powerful hollywood solo norman writer award awards described experience receiving award bizarre awarded julia award excellence 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