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Out of Adventure poster: an orc warlord in a Hawaiian shirt and an apron reading It Died Screaming grills steaks beside a Los Angeles pool.

After traffic kills their leaders, the heroes and villains of a fantasy video game are stranded and struggling to survive in Los Angeles. Without a game defining good and evil, who will they choose to be.

Cannes Scripts award winnerAustin Film Festival 2026, script competition second rounder

Michael Kennedy

Michael Kennedy is an Emmy Award-winning writer-director and VFX Supervisor with more than 30 years in the business, including Industrial Light & Magic, MPC and Hammerhead. He was the on-set VFX Supervisor for The Jungle Book (2016), which won both the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects. He continues to supervise visual effects while writing and directing original comedy, including the award-winning pilot Out of Adventure.

VISUAL EFFECTS

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    The Jungle Book 2016 · On-set VFX Supervisor
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 2017 · 2nd Unit VFX Supervisor
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    No Escape 2015 · VFX Supervisor
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    Joe Pickett 2021 · VFX Supervisor
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    It's Complicated 2009 · VFX Supervisor
OVER 30 YEARS OF CREDITS

Film & television

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    Waco: The Aftermath2023
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    Made for Love2022
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    Fresh2022
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    Schmigadoon!2021
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    Joe Pickett2021
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    Books of Blood2020
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    Waco2018
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales2017
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    The Jungle Book2016
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    No Escape2015
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    Godzilla2014
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    As Above, So Below2014
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    This Is the End2013
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    Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters2013
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    The Hangover Part III2013
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    422013
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    Gangster Squad2013
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    Prometheus2012
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    The Hangover Part II2011
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    I Am Number Four2011
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    Robin Hood2010
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    Paranormal Activity 22010
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    The Book of Eli2010
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    Public Enemies2009
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    It's Complicated2009
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    Duplicity2009
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    Couples Retreat2009
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    Imagine That2009
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    Up in the Air2009
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    Year One2009
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    Wanted2008
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    Tropic Thunder2008
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007
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    Mission: Impossible III2006
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    Eragon2006
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    The Island2005
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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe2005
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    Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith2005
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    Van Helsing2004
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    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2004
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    Hidalgo2004
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    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines2003
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    Peter Pan2003
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    Hulk2003
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    The Time Machine2002
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    Signs2002
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    Men in Black II2002
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
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    Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones2002
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    Planet of the Apes2001
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    Impostor2001
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    The Mists of Avalon2001
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    Reindeer Games2000
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    The Book of Stars1999
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    I'll Be Home for Christmas1998