By Ben Pearson/March 21, 2019 2:15 pm EST
“We have wanted to be in business with Drew since the day his work on our series Angel was over. That was in 2004. Having a new deal with him after all this time makes me unspeakably happy. As a writer and director, he’s a 10; as a collaborator and magnet for other incredible writers, directors and actors, he is off the charts. Our goal is to support Drew as he builds his own spectacular production company inside of the Disney Television Studios.”
Goddard has had his hands in tons of other geek-friendly properties over the years. He got his start writing for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel before moving on to Bad Robot and writing for both Alias and Lost. He wrote the screenplay for the first Cloverfield, Ridley Scott’s The Martian, and helped to save World War Z. He co-wrote the script for the brilliant horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods with Joss Whedon and made his feature directorial debut with that movie, and then wrote and directed last year’s stylish period crime thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. And on top of that, he directed the pilot for and executive produces NBC’s hilarious comedy The Good Place.
