Occupation Playwright Spouse Kristin Dattilo (m. 2005) Years active 2002–present Education Ball State University | Name Jason Keller Parents Susan Keller, Ron Keller Role Playwright | |
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Born December 12, 1968 (age 55) ( 1968-12-12 ) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Children Quinn Loving Keller, Eve Valentine Keller Movies Escape Plan, Mirror Mirror, Machine Gun Preacher Similar People Mikael Hafstrom, Melisa Wallack, Miles Chapman, Sam Childers, Tarsem Singh |
Jason Keller (born December 12, 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has also been credited under the anagram pen name of Arnell Jesko.
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Keller began his screenwriting career by writing Marc Forster's film Machine Gun Preacher, which was released by Relativity Media in 2011. Keller has gone on to write Tarsem Singh's film Mirror Mirror, starring Julia Roberts, as well as Mikael Håfström's 2013 action film Escape Plan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. He is also the executive producer of the fifth sequel in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis.
In 2011, it was announced that Keller would collaborate with director Matt Reeves on the adaptation of the Justin Cronin novel The Passage with Ridley Scott producing. According to Variety, Keller is also developing Go Like Hell with Michael Mann attached to direct, which is based on the book by A.J. Baime about Le Mans auto racing in the 1960s.