Brandon Murphy Dies: ‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Writer Was 43
deadline.comBrandon Murphy, the screenwriter who co-wrote last year’s action-comedy sequel Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, died January 9 in Los Angeles, friends told Deadline.
He was 43. No cause of death was given.Murphy penned Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard with his younger brother, Phillip Murphy, and with Tom O’Connor, who wrote the original 2017 pic.
Both starred Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, with Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas joining for the sequel. The latter opened to $17 million domestic on Father’s Day weekend last year and finished at $70 million.Murphy also wrote and was making his directing debut on horror thriller Snow Valley, which was in postproduction at the time of his death.In 2011, the Murphy brothers made the Black List with their script The Last Drop, and the project now is set up at 21 Laps, starring Vince Vaughn and Sharon Horgan.
It follows Clay Mason (Vaughn), a culinary show host is the life of a never-ending party and has brought his career to the tipping point of ultimate success.
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