Shay Hatten (born March 18, 1994) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his work on the John Wick sequels Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and Chapter 4 (2023) and its spin off Ballerina (2025), Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead (2021) and Rebel Moon (2023–2024) film series, and Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shay Hatten, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 18, 1994 (32)
- Oakland, California, USA
- Writer and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Shay Hatten's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 7
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 6
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 7
Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 4
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Shay Hatten's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Shay Hatten's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Resident Evil(2026)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Ballerina(2025)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
John Wick: Chapter 4(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Day Shift(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Army of Thieves(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Army of the Dead(2021)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all filmsBrawler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 10 of them dated from 2019 to 2026.

Biggest box office
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Highest rated
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Most popular right now
Resident Evil (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Shay Hatten's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 34/100 and the plot and story 30/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Shay Hatten's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Shay Hatten work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shay Hatten's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zack Snyder shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Zack SnyderShared titles: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Army of the Dead (2021), Army of Thieves (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Zack Snyder

- Chad StahelskiShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Day Shift (2022), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Chad Stahelski

Writers
- Derek KolstadShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Derek Kolstad

- Kurt JohnstadShared titles: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kurt Johnstad

Actors
- Ian McShaneShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Ian McShane

- Keanu ReevesShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Keanu Reeves

- Lance ReddickShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Lance Reddick

- Anjelica HustonShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Anjelica Huston

Composers and editors
- Tyler BatesShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Day Shift (2022), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Tyler Bates

- Joel J. RichardShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Joel J. Richard

- Dody DornShared titles: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Army of the Dead (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Dody Dorn

- Tom HolkenborgShared titles: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Army of the Dead (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Holkenborg

Producers
- Deborah SnyderShared titles: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Army of the Dead (2021), Army of Thieves (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Deborah Snyder

- Wesley CollerShared titles: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Army of the Dead (2021), Army of Thieves (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Wesley Coller

- Basil IwanykShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Basil Iwanyk

- Erica LeeShared titles: Ballerina (2025), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Erica Lee


