Film School Alum Matthew Lopez Tops the Box Office

Matt Lopez at Premiere of Race to Witch Mountain

Disney's new sci-fi adventure movie Race to Witch Mountain (an update of the classic Escape to Witch Mountain) opened at #1, handily stomping the blockbuster Watchmen, and looks to cement the success of Matt Lopez, one of its two screenwriters. Matt Lopez, who graduated from the Film School in 1993, is on a roll. He also wrote the screenplay for the recently released Bedtime Stories, which stars Adam Sandler.

Lopez, who works for Disney Studios, is helping to bring grownup audiences back to the theaters to see Disney films. The Hollywood Reporter called Race to Witch Mountain, "entertaining with a crafty mixture of action, humor and drama." Not one to rest on his laurels, Lopez is also working on two more films for Disney, an original screenplay called My Samurai, and a live-action remake of The Sorcerer's Apprentice that will star Nicholas Cage.