---
name: "John Whittington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-whittington"
fi1m_id: "john-whittington"
imdb_id: "nm4465847"
tmdb_id: 1492059
wikidata_id: "Q110208297"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T04:14:50.975273+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Whittington

## Identity

John Whittington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-whittington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-whittington
- **IMDb ID:** nm4465847
- **TMDB ID:** 1492059
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110208297
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whittington_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110208297, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4465847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1492059

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Schwartz](https://film.one/person/ben-schwartz.md), [Colleen O'Shaughnessey](https://film.one/person/colleen-oshaughnessey.md), [Hitoshi Okuno](https://film.one/person/hitoshi-okuno.md), [Idris Elba](https://film.one/person/idris-elba.md), [Jared Stern](https://film.one/person/jared-stern.md), [Jeff Fowler](https://film.one/person/jeff-fowler.md), [Josh Miller](https://film.one/person/josh-miller.md), [Neal H. Moritz](https://film.one/person/neal-h-moritz.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 3, Family 3, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,210m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whittington_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110208297, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4465847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1492059

## Coming up

- *Sonic the Hedgehog 4* (2027-03-11), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sonic the Hedgehog 3*](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-3.md) (61), [*Sonic the Hedgehog 2*](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-2.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Lego Batman Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Whittington is an American screenwriter. He is known for his work on several animated and live-action films, including co-writing the screenplays for *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017) and *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017).

Whittington has collaborated frequently with Jared Stern on projects such as *DC League of Super-Pets* (2022). He also worked with Pat Casey and Josh Miller on *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (2022) and *Sonic the Hedgehog 3* (2024). Other credits include the screenplay for *When We First Met* (2018) and episodes of the animated series *Green Eggs and Ham* (2019). He created the television series *Knuckles* (2024) with Toby Ascher. Whittington is a graduate of New York University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sonic the Hedgehog 3* (2024), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-3.md)
- *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (2022), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-2.md)
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sonic the Hedgehog 4* (2027), Writer
- *Remarkably Bright Creatures* (2026), Screenplay
- *Swapped* (2026), Story, Screenplay
- *Sonic the Hedgehog 3* (2024), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-3.md)
- *Knuckles* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *DC League of Super-Pets* (2022), Writer
- *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (2022), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-2.md)
- *Green Eggs and Ham* (2019), series, Writer
- *When We First Met* (2018), Writer
- *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), Screenplay
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *Plaguers* (2010), Executive Producer

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