Editing David Hayter (section)

=== Filmmaking ===
[[File:David Hayter 2006-09-21.jpg|thumb|Hayter in 2006]]
In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', for which he was awarded the 2000 [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |website=The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' with writing team [[Michael Dougherty]] and [[Dan Harris (screenwriter)|Dan Harris]]. Shortly after his work on ''X-Men'', Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine [[Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)|Black Widow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a585310/x-mens-david-hayter-wants-to-revive-black-widow-film/|title=Could Marvel revive Black Widow film?|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> However, due to the limited success of similar themed films featuring female vigilante protagonists at the time, Marvel withdrew their offer to Hayter stating, "We don't think it's time to do this movie". Hayter's daughter Natasha, born whilst he was writing the ''Black Widow'' script, is named after the titular character.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5481408/how-aeon-flux-killed-black-widow-and-made-iron-man-2-the-movie-it-is-today|title=How Aeon Flux Killed Black Widow and Made Iron Man 2 the Movie it is Today|work=i09|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|date=February 28, 2010}}</ref>

Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'' by [[Alan Moore]] and David Gibbons. Noted for being a harsh critic of translations of his works to film, Moore said of the script "David Hayter's screenplay was as close as I could imagine anyone getting to [a film version of] ''Watchmen''. That said, I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/10/21/watchmen-oral-history | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | first=Jeff | last=Jensen | title=Watchmen: An Oral History | date=October 21, 2005}}</ref> Hayter and writer Alex Tse shared credit on the finished screenplay. Tse drew "the best elements" from two of the project's previous drafts written by Hayter.<ref>{{cite news | author=Gregory Ellwood | url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/world-awaits-watchmen-1200339571/ | title=World awaits ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=July 18, 2006 | access-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref> The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original [[Cold War]] setting of the ''Watchmen'' comic.<ref name="exclusive">{{cite news | url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=19672 | title=Exclusive: Zack Snyder talks ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] | date=October 5, 2006 | access-date = October 5, 2006 }}</ref> Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events of [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] United States in that time period.<ref>{{cite news | author=Patrick Lee | url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 | title=Snyder: ''Watchmen'' Remains True | publisher=[[Sci Fi Wire]] | date=November 9, 2006 | access-date=November 9, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070901191605/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 1, 2007}}</ref>

On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation [[Charlie Huston|''Caught Stealing'']], and would star [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-2012-patrick-wilson-alec-368741|access-date=September 9, 2012 | first=Pamela|last=McClintock|date=September 7, 2012}}</ref>

On September 13, 2012, Hayter began filming on his directorial debut, ''[[Wolves (2014 film)|Wolves]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Horizons|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell|access-date=September 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915050625/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 8, 2013, Hayter was hired by [[Lakeshore Entertainment]] to write the film ''[[The Sword (2014 film)|The Sword]]'', based on the [[Image Comics]] series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title='Watchmen' Writer David Hayter to Adapt 'The Sword' for Lakeshore|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/watchmen-writer-david-hayter-adapt-sword-lakeshore-101661|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=August 12, 2013|date=July 8, 2013}}</ref>