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Michael Green (writer)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american television and film writer”. Today it says “american writer and producer”.
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American television and film writer, as well as a comic book scripter Michael Green is an American writer and producer. In addition to writing for television and comic books, Green has written or co-written several feature film screenplays, including Logan , Alien: Covenant , Blade Runner 2049 (all 2017) and the Hercule Poirot film series (2017–present).

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american television and film writer”. Today it says “american writer and producer”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

american television and film writer

Now

american writer and producer

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