 Daniel Waters (I) (qv) wrote a draft of the screenplay in 1995.  The writers that revised the script include:  Laeta Kalogridis (qv), Theresa Rebeck (qv) (credited),  Kate Kondell (qv), John Rogers (X) (qv) (credited),  John D. Brancato (qv) (credited), Michael Ferris (III) (qv)  (credited), Jon Cowan (qv), John OBrien (XV) (qv),  David Reynolds (I) (qv), Harley Peyton (qv),  Valerie Breiman (qv), Rita Hsiao (qv), and  Andrew W. Marlowe (qv).