Writer Vincent Ngo Behind Will Smith's "Hancock"

Sylvie Kim
May 27, 2008

Info on Ngo was hard to come by, but according to IMDB, he has written scripts for John Woo, Tony Scott, and for the 2004 TV show "Fearless," and some Google'ing found that he is good friends with actor Dustin Nguyen.

Interestingly enough, Ngo declined to be interviewed for the NY Times article and had his agent simply tell the reporter that he plans to build a school in Vietnam with the money he earns from "Hancock." Could
he be upset with the studio's alteration of his script? It looks like a significant portion of the violence and sexuality of his original script has been sanitized in order to garner an audience-friendly PG-13
rating and another writer has been added to the film's credits.

Angry or not, I hope Ngo starts speaking up especially since it looks like he's a formidable talent.

"Hancock" starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman and directed by Peter Berg opens July 2nd.

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Sylvie Kim

contributing editor & blogger

Sylvie Kim is a contributing editor at Hyphen. She previously served as Hyphen's blog coeditor with erin Khue Ninh, film editor, and blog columnist.

She writes about gender, race, class and privilege in pop culture and media (fun fun fun!) at www.sylvie-kim.com and at SF Weekly's The Exhibitionist blog. Her work has also appeared on Racialicious and Salon.

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Comments

Comments

u_toe wrote on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 12:21am
i wonder why he chose the name hancock for the hero. any significance?
Asianmommy wrote on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 1:49pm
Wow--that's pretty cool that Asain Americans are making their way into mainstream movie-making. Can't wait to see it!
kit wrote on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 5:32pm
Not to take anything away from the final product, or the actors, but Michael Mann( producer here, made the film "the Island," a rip--off not so subtly altered of the Michael Marshall Smith book, "Spares" which was a stunning new work that had really only had exposure in the U.K. Is this the same schtick.?Are these people stealing ideas and shafting writers? What can be done?