Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
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Lorenzo Semple Jr. (27 March 1923, New Rochelle, NY — 28 March 2014, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter. He worked on the original 1966–68 Batman TV series on ABC produced by 20th Century Fox Television, and was invited in 1973 by APJAC Productions to write the script for Frank Herbert's Dune film adaptation (before Jodorowsky's failed attempt). At the time, Semple Jr. was on the movie set of a historical prison drama Papillon directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, which he co-wrote with Dalton Trumbo. The APJAC founder and Planet of the Apes sci-fi franchise creator, Arthur P. Jacobs, recently secured Dune movie rights and announced the studio's new project in September 1972. However, Jacobs struggled to find a director and screenwriter; he sent a copy of the novel to Schaffner, who directed the first "Apes" blockbuster in 1968. The director loved the story and shared the book with his writers, Semple and Trumbo, who both enthusiastically agreed. In June 1973, just as the project was to begin, A.P. Jacobs died from a heart attack. Lorenzo Semple, Jr. also wrote scripts for political thrillers The Parallax View (1974) and Three Days of the Condor (75).