Terry Rossio

Along with his writing partner Ted Elliott, Rossio has written some of the most successful American films of the past 30 years, including Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Shrek.

[1] He is the eleventh-most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of domestic box office receipts with totals at around $5.5 billion.

"[4] In March 2017, Legendary Entertainment announced that Rossio would lead their writers room to help develop the story for Godzilla vs.

[8] In February 2023 Ashly Bell and Dr. Bernice A King (daughter of Martin Luther King) announced their intent to executive produce Cash Money, written by Terry Rossio and Kevin Arbouet, concurrent with the launch of ReadLife Entertainment, which plans to create television and film projects centered around strong social messaging.

[9] On November 23, 2018, Rossio expressed his condolences to parents of "vaccine damaged children", however, he likened the term "anti-vax" to a slur equivalent to "nigger."