personal drama it aspires to be", while Entertainment Weeklys Chris Nashawaty felt it was ultimately a letdown. Other projects Gilroy was hired by Tim Burton to re-write Wesley Strick's Superman Lives script, making it more budget conscious and expanding the psychology for the final shooting drafts before it was cancelled by WB. Gilroy later appeared in the documentary The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015) to recount his contribution to the project. In 2011, he was due to write a film adaptation of the comic strip adventure The Annihilator. Personal life Gilroy resides in Los Angeles with actress Rene Russo, to whom he has been married since 1992. The couple have a daughter, Rose. Filmography Films Television Notes References External links 1959 births 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers American male screenwriters Dartmouth College alumni Film directors from California Film directors from New York (state) Independent Spirit Award winners Living people Fraternal twins People from Washingtonville, New York Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from New York (state) Writers from Santa Monica, California 20th-century American writers