Daniel H. Wilson (born March 6, 1978) is an American author,[1] television host and robotics engineer.

How to Survive A Robot Uprising, published during Wilson's final year of graduate school in late 2005, was optioned by Paramount Pictures.

A screenplay was written by Tom Lennon and Ben Garant, and produced by Michael De Luca.

In October 2010, the book was re-optioned by writer-director Steve Pink with Jack Black in mind to star.

[6] In May 2007 (before publication), Bro-Jitsu was optioned by Nickelodeon Movies (a subset of Paramount Pictures) and Wilson hired to write the screenplay.

[10] Film rights to the novel were sold to Summit Entertainment, with Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow, I, Robot) attached to direct.

[13] In 2014, it was announced that Lionsgate Studios has acquired the distributing rights to Wilson's screenplay for the upcoming sci-fi film Alpha.