Editing Michael Chabon (section)

== Film and television work ==
Although Chabon once described his attitude toward Hollywood as "pre-emptive cynicism",<ref name="sent"/> for years the author has worked to bring both adapted and original projects to the screen. In 1994, Chabon pitched a screenplay entitled ''The Gentleman Host'' to producer [[Scott Rudin]], a romantic comedy "about old Jewish folks on a third-rate cruise ship out of Miami."<ref name="newsie"/> Rudin bought the project and developed it with Chabon, but it was never filmed, partly due to the release of the similarly themed film ''[[Out to Sea]]'' in 1997. In the nineties, Chabon also pitched story ideas for both the [[X-Men]]<ref>{{cite web|last = Chabon|first = Michael |url = http://www.michaelchabon.com/archives/2005/03/an_account_of_a.html|archive-url = https://archive.today/20050404091728/http://www.michaelchabon.com/archives/2005/03/an_account_of_a.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2005-04-04|date=March 2005|title = An Account of a Brief Bout of Mutant Madness|access-date = July 4, 2009|work = www.michaelchabon.com}}</ref> and [[Fantastic Four]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Maybe Not So Much with the Fantastic|url = http://www.michaelchabon.com/archives/2005/07/maybe_not_so_mu.html|archive-url = https://archive.today/20060206233459/http://www.michaelchabon.com/archives/2005/07/maybe_not_so_mu.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2006-02-06|access-date = July 4, 2009|last = Chabon|first = Michael|date=July 2005|work = www.michaelchabon.com}}</ref> films, but was rejected.

When Rudin was adapting ''Wonder Boys'' for the screen, the author declined an offer to write the screenplay, saying he was too busy writing ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay''.<ref name="sent"/> Directed by [[Curtis Hanson]] and starring [[Michael Douglas]], ''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]'' was released in 2000 to critical acclaim and financial failure.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2000/11/10/wonder_boys|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120919113742/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2000/11/10/wonder_boys|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 19, 2012|title= Wonderful Movie|author= Sragow, Michael|date= November 10, 2000|work= Salon|access-date= August 3, 2010}}</ref> Having bought the film rights to ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'', Rudin then asked Chabon to work on that film's screenplay. Although Chabon spent 16 months in 2001 and 2002 working on the novel's film adaptation, the project has been mired in pre-production for years.

Chabon's work, however, remains popular in Hollywood, with Rudin purchasing the film rights to ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'', then titled ''Hatzeplatz'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Flamm|first=Matthew|title=Wonder Boy:Michael Chabon|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/04/12/wonder-boy-michael-chabon/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 17, 2012|date=April 12, 2002}}</ref> in 2002, five years before the book would be published. The same year, [[Miramax]] bought the rights to ''Summerland'' and ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' (a planned collection of eight genre short stories that Chabon has not yet written), each of which was optioned for a sum in the mid-six figures.<ref>{{cite news |last= Fleming|first= Michael |title= Pollack Shapes Chabon's 'Clay': Author Also Ready to Wag 'Tales' Tomes|url= https://variety.com/2002/film/news/pollack-shapes-chabon-s-clay-1117864558/|date= March 26, 2002|work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=July 2, 2009}}</ref> Chabon also wrote a draft for 2004's ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'', about a third of which was used in the final film. <!-- Commented out sentence with broken reference link: Around the time of the film's release, Chabon wrote that "People seem to want to know which parts of the final film, if any, represent my contribution. I always say, 'The ones you liked the best.' That is, of course, a non-answer. As is this."<ref>{{cite web |date = July 17, 2004| url = http://www.sugarbombs.com/kavalier/news2004.html | title = ''Kavalier'' Movie Pretty Much Moribund Right Now | publisher = The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay | access-date = January 18, 2007}}</ref> --> Soon after ''Spider-Man 2'' was released, director [[Sam Raimi]] mentioned that he hoped to hire Chabon to work on the film's sequel, "if I can get him,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/226/1/INTERVIEW-SAM-RAIMI--ROB-TAPERT-THE-GRUDGE/Page1.html |date=October 19, 2004 |last=Davis |first=Dave |title=Interview: Sam Raim & Rob Tappert (''The Grudge'') |publisher=CHUD.com |access-date=July 2, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> but Chabon never worked on ''[[Spider-Man 3]]''.

In October 2004, it was announced that Chabon was at work writing Disney's ''Snow and the Seven'', a live-action martial arts retelling of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' to be directed by master Hong Kong fight choreographer and director [[Yuen Wo Ping]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000694195 |date=October 29, 2004 |title=Disney, Chabon Retelling 'Snow' |last=Kit |first=Borys |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620064113/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000694195 |archive-date=June 20, 2006 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> In August 2006, Chabon said that he had been replaced on ''Snow'', sarcastically explaining that the producers wanted to go in "more of a fun direction."<ref name="sword">{{cite web|last=Raymond |first=Nate |url=http://www.sugarbombs.com/kavalier/?p=96 |title="Jews with Swords" Are Coming |date=August 26, 2006 |publisher=The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay |access-date=July 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107095823/http://www.sugarbombs.com/kavalier/?p=96 |archive-date=November 7, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref>

Although Chabon was uninvolved with the project, director [[Rawson Marshall Thurber]] shot a [[The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (film)|film adaptation]] of ''The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' in fall 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06223/712694-254.stm | title = Film Notes: 'Mysteries of Pittsburgh' Will Film Here Next Month |last = Vancheri|first = Barbara | date = August 11, 2006| newspaper = The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | access-date = October 6, 2006}}</ref> The film, which stars [[Sienna Miller]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]], was released in April 2008.  In February 2008, Rudin reported that a film adaptation of ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' was in pre-production, to be written and directed by the [[Coen brothers]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Purcell|first= Andrew |title= Scott Rudin Is On a roll|url= http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2253970,00.html|date= February 8, 2008|work= [[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 2, 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="vary">{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Michael |title= Coens speak 'Yiddish' for Columbia: Rudin Producing Adaptation of Chabon's 'Union'|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/features/coens-speak-yiddish-for-columbia-1117980719/|date=February 11, 2008|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 4, 2009}}</ref> However, as of 2018, Chabon expressed skepticism that the Coens would make the film, saying that they had effectively chosen to make ''[[A Serious Man]]'' instead, and did not wish to do another film with such similar themes.

In April 2009, Chabon confirmed he had been hired to do revisions to the script for Disney's ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Raymond|first=Nate|title=Chabon Revising ''John Carter of Mars'' Script|work=The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay|date=April 9, 2009|url=http://www.sugarbombs.com/kavalier/?p=166|access-date=July 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418054131/http://www.sugarbombs.com/kavalier/?p=166|archive-date=April 18, 2009|df=mdy}}</ref> In July 2015, Chabon was hired to do revisions to the script for Disney's ''Bob the Musical''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Michael Chabon to Write Disney's 'Bob the Musical' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-chabon-write-disneys-bob-811245|date=27 July 2015|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref>

Chabon joined the writing team of ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'', a new ''[[Star Trek]]'' series starring [[Patrick Stewart]], and was named showrunner in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stewart|first=Patrick|title=The journey has begun. Kirsten Beyer, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, James Duff, and yours truly. #StarTrek|url=https://www.twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1044244216677912576|website=Twitter|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> In November 2018, a ''[[Star Trek: Short Treks]]'' episode co-written by Chabon, titled "Calypso", was released.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bloom |first1=Mike |title='Star Trek: Short Treks' Flashes Way Forward to Reveal Discovery's Fate |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-short-treks-michael-chabon-aldis-hodge-interview-1158432 |magazine=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=11 November 2018 |date=8 November 2018}}</ref> Another short, written only by Chabon and titled "Q&A", was released on October 5, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=TrekMovie com Staff |title=Second Season Of 'Star Trek: Short Treks' Debuts Today with "Q&A" |url=https://trekmovie.com/2019/10/05/second-season-of-star-trek-short-treks-debuts-today-with-qa/ |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=TrekMovie.com |date=5 October 2019}}</ref> Chabon's ''Star Trek'' series premiered on January 23, 2020, with Chabon referring to himself as a lifelong ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan.<ref name="Sepinwall for Rolling Stone, 2020">{{cite magazine
 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/star-trek-picard-michael-chabon-interview-937028/
 |title='I Heard Patrick's Voice in My Head': Michael Chabon on Making 'Picard' and Being a Fanboy
 |last=Sepinwall
 |first=Alan
 |date=January 18, 2020
 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]
 |access-date=January 25, 2020
 |quote=...when I was 10, I became a big Star Trek fan. I was watching Channel 5 in Washington D.C. on Saturday at 6:00, and this thing comes on. It’s "Amok Time." And I remembered it from [that time] when I was little. That was the first episode I ever saw, but I hadn’t realized that was Star Trek until that moment. It’s interesting, because in the history of Star Trek fandom, I’d say "Amok Time" has to be maybe the single most important episode, just in going back to Vulcan. }}</ref> After the release of Season 1 of ''Star Trek: Picard'', Chabon said in an interview with ''Variety'' in March 2020 that he would be involved with Season 2 of ''Picard'', but as an executive producer rather than as showrunner.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/michael-chabon-star-trek-picard-1203544717/| title = 'Star Trek: Picard' Is Divisive — and Showrunner Michael Chabon Doesn't Mind at All| author = Vary, Adam| date = March 25, 2020| access-date = April 3, 2020|newspaper = Variety}}</ref>

Chabon was also listed as co-creator of the [[Netflix]] miniseries ''[[Unbelievable (miniseries)|Unbelievable]]'', and has been working on a television adaptation of ''Kavalier and Clay'' with his wife Ayelet Waldman since at least December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://collider.com/michael-chabon-adventures-of-kavalier-and-clay-series-showtime/|title= Michael Chabon's 'Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' Coming to Showtime|author= Gemmill, Allie|website= [[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date= December 10, 2019|access-date= September 14, 2021}}</ref>

In April 2021, following an article in ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' which alleged numerous instances of physical and emotional abuse from Rudin towards his employees, Chabon wrote a public apology, stating that he had "regularly, even routinely" heard Rudin shout at and insult staff during their twenty years of collaboration, and had once witnessed Rudin throw a pencil at an employee's head. Chabon said, "I'm ashamed. I regret, and I want to apologize for, my part in enabling Scott Rudin's abuse, simply by standing by, saying nothing, looking the other way."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://michaelchabon.medium.com/apology-of-a-rudin-apologist-85bec4879119/|title= Apology of a Rudin Apologist|author= Chabon, Michael|website= [[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date= April 23, 2021|access-date= January 6, 2021}}</ref>