The Druid: A Beginning

by Thomas Wheeler

Jeremiah Marriott was not like other boys. Long before Jeremiah was born his father, Jake, met a self-proclaimed prophet who claimed to have mystical lore over 2000 years old that had been hidden by the church and uncovered in Tibet. The prophet befriended Jake and his wife, Patty, and they enjoyed many meals and visits together. Patty, who was a veterinarian who had majored in Marine Biology at the University of Florida, was amazed at the knowledge this old man had related to animals and the eco-system. They were both vegetarians by choice while Jake preferred hamburgers but could only get Patty to agree to marry him if he swore off meat forever. The man was incredibly kind and the two were surprised and alarmed to find a note and a package on their kitchen table one evening. The note simply read "In a bit of trouble and dont want to get you two involved so Im going away rather unexpectedly. You are exactly the type of folks I have been looking for. Use it wisely." The package contained specific instructions supposedly derived from the 2000 year old lore and with it they could...

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Published September 17, 2018

About the author

Thomas "Tom" Wheeler is an American screenwriter and producer. He sold his first screenplay at age twenty-two, to Twentieth Century Fox. He has continued to work on major Hollywood features for the last several years. He served as the executive producer and show runner for the NBC superhero series The Cape.

Wheeler began his television career writing and executive producing the ABC mini-series Empire in 2005. He then wrote two television pilots, The World According to Barnes and Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas, neither of which were taken to series. His series The Cape, about a police officer framed for a crime he did not commit who takes on the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero in order to clear his name, premiered on NBC on January 9, 2011.

Film work
Wheeler co-wrote the screenplay for Puss in Boots (2011), a spin-off from the Shrek franchise about the eponymous character.

He is currently writing the screenplay for the 2015 DreamWorks Animation's animated film B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. But that film was quietly canceled. He was also co-writing another DWA's animated film Trollhunters together with film's co-director Guillermo del Toro, but the movie was then converted into a television series instead. Wheeler also wrote the 2017 live-action/animated film, The Lego Ninjago Movie.

Other writing
As of 2018, Wheeler is working with Frank Miller on a project called Cursed, which is an illustrated YA book reimagining the King Arthur legend from the point of view of the Lady of the Lake. Wheeler will write the prose, while Miller will provide original full-color and black-and-white illustrations. Miller and Wheeler will also simultaneously adapt the book into a TV series, which has already received a 10-episode order from Netflix. They will also both be executive producers on the project.

Wheeler lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Christina, and his son, Luca. The Arcanum is his first novel.