14 Worst Writers In Hollywood

14 Worst Writers In Hollywood


When a movie sucks, we blame the director, or the actors. But sometimes it's more accurate to blame the writer. Usually when somebody writes a stinker, that’s the end of it for them. But there are some repeat offenders who keep popping up, robbing our wallets and insulting our intelligence over and over again. To help safeguard your time and money, we’ve created this handy dandy guide to the worst writers in Hollywood.
1. Kim Barker Great, just what the world needs – more bad romantic comedies. The thing is, Mrs. Barker's romcoms are worse than the norm – they rely on completely implausible notions like Robin Williams is a priest and that Sandra Bullock looks good with blonde hair.
The Hit List:
License to Wed, 2007 Box Office: $43,745,954, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 8%
All About Steve, 2009. Not yet released, this movie is due out in September and is expected to suck big time.


2. Uwe Boll Not only does he direct and produce the worst movies ever (House of the Dead, Bloodrayne) - he writes them too! The worst part about this guy is that he gets a weird enjoyment from his terrible reputation. He's like a dweeb in high school who is proud of the fact that naked pictures of himself were leaked online.
The Hit List:
Postal, 2007 - Box Office: $146,741, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 8%
Blackwoods, 2002 - Box Office: $1,500, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 11%


3. Alan B. McElroy Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is agreed upon by many as the worst movie ever made. In a world where Battlefield Earth exists, that’s really saying something. This guy didn't stop there. He also wrote a movie called Thr3e, which sounds like something Charlie Kaufman's brother would write.
The Hit List:
Thr3e, 2007 - Box Office: $978,908, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 6%
The Marine, 2006 - Box Office: $18,719,747, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 21%
Wrong Turn, 2003 - Box Office: $15,176,515, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 40%
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, 2002 - Box Office: $14,235,059, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 0%
Left Behind, 2001 - Box Office: $4,224,065, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 12%
Spawn, 1997 - Box Office: $87,840,042, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 21%


4. Tommy Wiseau The one movie this guy has made has been called the Citizen Kane of bad movies. It is pure crap. Crappy enough that nobody wanted to distribute it, it is limited mostly to midnight screenings around the country where irony-addicted hipsters get their fix of "so bad it's good" entertainment.
The Hit List:
The Room, 2004 - Box Office and Rotten Tomatoes Ranking unavailable for this piece of crap.


5. Kate Lanier How can the person who wrote The Mod Squad also be responsible for Mariah Carey’s movie Glitter? Mrs. Lanier has what you call an arbitrary taste in quality. Writing, for her, is like playing pin the tail on the donkey. And more often than not, she misses by a wide margin.
The Hit List:
Beauty Shop, 2005 - Box Office: $37,245,453, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 39%
Glitter, 2001 - Box Office: $3,865,759, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 6%
The Mod Squad, 1999- Box Office: $13,263,993, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 3%
Set It Off, 1996 - Box Office: $41,590,886, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 59%
What's Love Got to Do with It, 1993 - Box Office: $39,100,956, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 96%


6. William Osborne This guy might seriously be crazy. His filmography is the most completely random assortment of garbage on Earth. Although he did make Twins, and for that brilliant DeVito/ Schwarzenegger double team, I almost forgive him. 
The Hit List:
Thunderbirds, 2004 - Box Office: $28,283,637, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 19%
The Scorpion King, 2002 - Box Office: $90,341,670, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 40%
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, 1995 - Box Office: $2,763,020, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 14%
Ghost in the Machine, 1993 - Box Office: $5,086,909, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 13%
The Real McCoy, 1993 - Box Office: $6,484,246, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 21%
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, 1992 - Box Office: $70,611,210, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 5%
Twins, 1988 - Box Office: $216,614,388, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 33%


7. Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci Regardless of what you may have tricked yourself into believing, Transformers was a piece of crap. And the sequel was even worse. So why don’t you open up that creepy composition book with all the cut out pictures of Megan Fox pasted inside and cry about it. Sure, Star Trek was great, but clearly that’s just the exception that proves the rule. Please take note that The Legend of Zorro is also in their dossier.
The Hit List:
Star Trek, 2009 - Box Office: $255,327,784, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 95%
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2009 - Box Office: $393,709,339, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 20%
Transformers, 2007 - Box Office: $319,014,499, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 57%
Mission Impossible III, 2006 - Box Office: $397,850,012, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 70%
The Island, 2005 - Box Office: $162,949,164, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 40%
The Legend of Zorro, 2005 - Box Office: $142,400,065, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 25%


8. Alfred Gough & Miles Millar When you look at it, they just seem like two dudes who know how to make a quick gigantic number of bucks. I mean, they did produce Hannah Montana: The Movie. 
The Hit List:
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 2008 - Box Office: $102,176,165, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage:14%
Herbie Fully Loaded, 2005 - Box Office: $65,942,664, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 41%
Showtime, 2002 - Box Office: $37,904,545, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 24%
Shanghai Noon, 2000 - Box Office: $99,274,467, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 78%
Lethal Weapon 4, 1998 - Box Office: $285,444,603, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 54%


9. Corey Mandell & J.D. Shapiro We’ll just consider the two of you putting your names on the Battlefield Earth manuscript the ultimate sacrifice to L. Ron Hubbard.
The Hit List:
Battlefield Earth, 2000 - Box Office: $29,725,663, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 3%


10. Geoff Rodkey There is not one redeeming word to be said about this man’s “talents.” If you are on a date with someone and you head back to their place and they have any of his movies on their DVD rack, run away and don't look back. 
The Hit List:
Daddy Day Camp, 2007 - Box Office: $13,155,823, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 1%
RV, 2006 - Box Office: $71,402,035, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 23%
The Shaggy Dog, 2006 - Box Office: $61,039,681, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 27%
Daddy Day Care, 2003 - Box Office: $104,080,851, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 28%


11. Adam Brooks God, this guy just hops on whatever romantic comedy bandwagon that happens to be cruising by - then promptly ruins it for everybody. He did the Meg Ryan thing. Then the Sandra Bullock thing, Then, with Invisible Circus, he was probably thinking "I'll do this one and people will take me seriously...but...we better get Cameron Diaz involved just in case.' And then, of course, he did the Bridget Jones sequel. Does he brag to his mother about this stuff? Or does he just tell her he's a filing clerk so he can keep a sliver of dignity?
The Hit List
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, 2004 - Box Office: $40,203,020, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 26%
The Invisible Circus, 2001 - Box Office: $77,578, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 22%
Practical Magic, 1998 - Box Office: $46,683,377, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 21%


12. Stephen Sommers When the highlight of a dude's career is coming up with The Mummy, he might very well be a pretty awesome dude. When the same dude follows that up with Van Helsing, and the G.I. Joe movie, maybe it's time for him to realize he's already peaked pretty hard and should probably just open up a comic shop or something, because it's just going to keep getting worse from here.
The Hit List:
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009 - Box Office: $98,753,000, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 38%
Van Helsing, 2004 - Box Office: $120,025,245, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 22%
The Scorpion King, 2002 - Box Office: $90,341,670, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 40%
The Mummy Returns, 2001 - Box Office: $200,691,120, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 47%
The Mummy, 1999 - Box Office: $415,933,406, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 54%
Deep Rising, 1998 - Box Office: $11,203,026, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 30%


13. Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer These two men are single-handedly (double-handedly?) responsible for more groans in a movie theater during the previews than any other two dudes in the history of time. Is there a scientific study that proves this? No. But we asked some scientists and they told us to screw the scientific method and just consider it a fact.
The Hit List:
Disaster Movie, 2008 - Box Office: $14,174,654, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 2%
Meet the Spartans, 2008 - Box Office: $38,011,770, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 2%
Epic Movie, 2007 - Box Office: $39,666,075, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 2%
Date Movie, 2006 - Box Office: $48,478,234, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 6%
Scary Movie 3, 2003 - Box Office: $109,838,872, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 37%
Scary Movie, 2000 - Box Office: $278,019,771, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 52


14. Neil Cuthbert Hocus Pocus was bad. Mystery Men…also pretty bad. As in "why am I watching this when I could be learning how to macrame?" Fortunately this guy followed that up with Pluto Nash, which seems to have had the effect of making Hollywood producers put mittens wrapped in duct tape on his hands like you do when you’ve got crabs (we’ve heard) so he can’t type anymore, because he’s been inactive for a while now.
The Hit List:
The Adventures of Pluto Nash, 2002 - Box Office: $4,366,829, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 6%
Mystery Men, 1999 - Box Office: $33,461,011, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 64%
Hocus Pocus, 1993 - Box Office: $39,514,713, Rotten Tomatoes Percentage: 30%