
Person
John Whittington
Writing
Biography
John Whittington is an American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Jared Stern, including The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), and DC League of Super-Pets (2022). Whittington began his career by writing the screenplays for The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie. In July 2017, Whittington was hired to write the script for Boy21. In 2018, he wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film When We First Met. In 2019, he wrote two episodes of the animated series Green Eggs and Ham, based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. During reshoots, he rewrote the screenplay for the 2020 film Dolittle. He wrote the DC Comics film DC League of Super-Pets. He gained notability from co-writing the screenplay for the action-adventure comedy film Sonic the Hedgeog 2 and its sequel. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Whittington (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Swapped
Story

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Screenplay

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Screenplay

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Screenplay

Green Eggs and Ham
Writer

Knuckles
Executive Producer

Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Writer

The Lego Batman Movie
Additional Writing

The Lego Ninjago Movie
Screenplay

DC League of Super-Pets
Writer
Filmography
- 2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4Writer
- 2026Remarkably Bright CreaturesScreenplay
- 2026SwappedStory
- 2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3Screenplay
- 2024KnucklesExecutive Producer
- 2022DC League of Super-PetsWriter
- 2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2Screenplay
- 2019Green Eggs and HamWriter
- 2018When We First MetWriter
- 2017The Lego Ninjago MovieScreenplay
- 2017The Lego Batman MovieAdditional Writing
- 2010PlaguersExecutive Producer
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