Writer & Executive Producer
Wes
Tooke
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Selected Work
The story of the Battle of Midway, as told by the leaders and soldiers who fought in it. Based on the real events of June 1942, the film follows the extraordinary courage of the US Navy and the intelligence officers who decoded Japan's plan of attack — a decisive turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
A downtrodden reporter stumbles into the story of a lifetime when he's befriended by a rising star – only to discover that happiness for both of them might lie beyond the cynical world of professional sports.
A young fan gets a front-row seat to the legendary 1961 home run race between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris – and discovers that some summers change you forever.
A young boy struggling to recover from polio rediscovers his love of baseball and learns how to take chances with the help of the legendary Satchel Paige.
Wes Tooke is the writer and executive producer of Midway (2019), starring Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, and Dennis Quaid. He previously served as showrunner/executive producer on USA Network's drama Colony and co-executive producer of Amazon's comedy Jean-Claude Van Johnson.
Wes currently has multiple film and television projects in development, and he is the writer of the upcoming The Thomas Crown Affair for Michael B. Jordan.
In addition to his work in Hollywood, Tooke is also the author of Ballpark Blues (Doubleday, 2003) and two young adult novels, Lucky (Simon & Schuster, 2010) and King of the Mound (Simon & Schuster, 2012).
Wes began his career as an editor, feature writer and editorial consultant, and his projects have taken him around the globe from Tibet to Cambodia to Afghanistan. He holds a degree in Political Economics from Princeton University and lives in Venice, California with his wife and two daughters.
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