{{Short description|Screenwriter and producer}} {{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Tasha Huo | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = [[Screenwriter]], [[showrunner]] | years_active = | known_for = {{Plainlist| * ''[[Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft]]'' * ''[[The Mighty Nein]]'' * ''[[Red Sonja (2025 film)|Red Sonja]]'' }} | notable_works = }}
'''Tasha Huo''' is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter and producer whose work includes the feature film ''[[Red Sonja (2025 film)|Red Sonja]]'' (2025), the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft]]'' (2024–2025), and the [[Amazon Prime]] series ''[[The Mighty Nein]]'' (2025–present). She was named by ''Variety'' as one of the ten screenwriters to watch in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Motamayor |first1=Rafael |title=Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2023 Include Scribes for ‘The Marvels,’ ‘Rustin’ and ‘The Color Purple’ |url=https://variety.com/lists/variety-10-screenwriters-to-watch-2023/rebecca-angelo-and-lauren-schuker-blum-dumb-money/ |website=Variety |access-date=27 July 2025}}</ref>
==Early life== Huo grew up in California and attended [[Mills College]], and later received an MFA from [[Boston University]]. Prior to writing full time, she ran a shelter on [[Skid Row, Los Angeles|Skid Row]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hagen |first1=Kate |title=The Black List Interview: Tasha Huo |url=https://blog.blcklst.com/the-black-list-interview-tasha-huo-e6a100c82290 |website=The Black List Blog |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>
==Career== In 2009, Huo was hired as an assistant at [[Universal Pictures]]. In 2013, [[Warner Brothers]] partnered with [[The Black List (survey)|The Black List]] in a project to develop new talent, and selected her script ''The Darkness'', a revenge thriller, for a two-step [[Writers Guild of America|WGA]] deal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike |title=Warner Bros Alliance With Black List Leads To Script Deal For Universal Assistant |url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/warner-bros-alliance-with-black-list-leads-to-script-deal-for-universal-assistant-654510/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>
[[Ubisoft]] awarded Huo a fellowship in 2018 to write and develop a pilot script for a television adaptation of the popular game [[Child of Light]]. In an interview with ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Huo stated that she was "a longtime fan of the game" and wanted to capture the theme of a strong female heroine in a fairy tale world in a live-action show.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |title=Ubisoft Working on 'Child of Light,' 'Werewolves Within' TV, Movie Adaptations |url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/child-of-light-werewolves-within-adaptations-1203015197/ |website=Variety |access-date=October 31, 2018 |date=October 30, 2018 |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030231128/https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/child-of-light-werewolves-within-adaptations-1203015197/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=Shanley |first1=Patrick |title=Ubisoft Film and Television Women’s Fellowship Recipients Score Script Deals |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ubisoft-gives-script-deals-film-television-womens-fellowship-recipients-1157072/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref> In 2020, Huo wrote for ''The Adept'', a comic book in the [[Wuxia]] genre published by [[Peter Shiao|Peter Shiao's]] Immortal Studios.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arvedon |first1=Jon |title=EXCLUSIVE: Immortal Studios Debuts The Adept #1 Cover Art |url=https://www.cbr.com/immortal-the-adept-cover-art-reveal/ |website=CBR |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>
[[Netflix]] announced Huo as the writer and executive producer of ''[[Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft]]'' in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |title=Netflix Orders ‘Skull Island,’ ‘Tomb Raider’ Anime Series |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-orders-skull-island-tomb-raider-anime-series-4122459/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref> Its first season functioned as an origin story and centered thematically on Lara's isolation. It debuted in October 2024 to positive reviews. The series was quickly renewed for a second season, which Huo described as developing the character's growing team of allies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=‘Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft’ Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/tomb-raider-the-legend-of-lara-croft-renewed-season-2-netflix-1236158426/ |website=Deadline |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hermanns|first=Grant|url=https://screenrant.com/tomb-raider-legend-lara-croft-show-rotten-tomatoes-franchise-comparison/|title=Netflix's New Tomb Raider Series Debuts With Lara Croft Franchise's Best Rotten Tomatoes Score|website=[[Screenrant]]|date=October 12, 2024|access-date=October 20, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241020151205/https://screenrant.com/tomb-raider-legend-lara-croft-show-rotten-tomatoes-franchise-comparison/|archive-date=October 20, 2024|url-status=live|quote=With 18 reviews, the animated show has a 67% approval rating from critics, making it the best-reviewed installment in the adaptation franchise}}</ref>
In 2023, [[Amazon Studios]] launched a multi-year deal with [[Critical Role]], including exclusive television and first-look film rights. The first project slated was ''[[The Mighty Nein]]'', executive produced by Huo and scheduled to premiere in November 2025.<ref name="Variety-2023">{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Amazon Inks Critical Role to Overall TV and First-Look Film Deal, Greenlights 'Mighty Nein' Animated Series |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/critical-role-might-nein-series-amazon-prime-video-deal-1235502070/ |access-date=January 27, 2023 |work=Variety |date=January 25, 2023 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125194904/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/critical-role-might-nein-series-amazon-prime-video-deal-1235502070/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rolling Stone-2025">{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Christopher |date=July 24, 2025 |title=Critical Role's New Animated D&D Series Gets Fall Release Date, Teases Sexy Tieflings |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/critical-roles-new-show-mighty-nein-november-1235393254/ |access-date=July 24, 2025 |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |archive-date=July 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726131917/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/critical-roles-new-show-mighty-nein-november-1235393254/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
After a long development process, [[Millennium Media]] brought Huo in to write a new script for ''[[Red Sonja (2025 film)|Red Sonja]]''. The film was released by [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Allessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Samuel Goldwyn Seizes U.S. On 'Red Sonja' Starring Matilda Lutz |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/red-sonja-samuel-goldwyn-films-1236351691/ |website=Deadline |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |title='Tomb Raider' Showrunner Tasha Huo to Write 'Red Sonja' With Joey Soloway for Millennium (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tasha-huo-writing-red-sonja-joey-soloway-millennium-4139533/ |access-date=28 July 2025 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 26, 2021}}</ref>
==Credits== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! Title ! Writer ! Producer ! Notes |- | rowspan=1|2022 | ''[[The Witcher: Blood Origin]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Staff writer; miniseries |- | rowspan=1|2024–2025 | ''[[Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Showrunner; Netflix series |- | rowspan=2|2025 | ''[[Red Sonja (2025 film)|Red Sonja]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | Feature film |- | ''[[The Mighty Nein]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Showrunner; animated series |- | rowspan=1|Forthcoming | ''Naruto'' | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | Live action film |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|4409961}}
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