Tom Gormican
Birthdate: January 1, 1970 (56 Years Old)
Birthplace: N/A
Tom Gormican (birthname: Thomas Gormican) is the co-writer and director of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), which casts Nicolas Cage as a version of himself, a character known as “Nick Cage.” Gormican worked in indie film production in the New York City area, with GreeneStreet Films and Original Media.
Gormican is the co-producer of Movie 43 (2013), an omnibus film featuring Common, Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Chris Pratt, Emma Stone, Josh Duhamel, Terrence Howard, Elizabeth Banks, Gerard Butler, Greg Kinnear, Johnny Knoxville, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Faris, Kieran Culkin, Halle Berry, Richard Gere, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman, Kate Bosworth, Aasif Mandvi, Jason Sudeikis, Chloë Grace Moretz, Justin Long, Charlie Saxton, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seann William Scott, and Tony Shalhoub. Gormican’s debut feature as writer-director was That Awkward Moment (2014), starring Zak Efron, Miles Teller, and Michael B. Jordan.
Tom Gormican’s second feature as director, with co-writer Kevin Etten, is The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), starring Nicolas Cage, with Pedro Pascal, Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, and Neil Patrick Harris. Gormican was director/co-writer/producer of the reboot of the 1997 movie, Anaconda (2025), co-written by Kevin Etten, co-starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black, with the supporting cast of Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, Selton Mello and Ione Skye, and which was produced by Columba Pictures/Fully Formed Entertainment and released by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Personal life
Tom Gormican was born and raised by his parents in Boston, Massachusetts. Gormican attended and graduated from Brown University.
Tom Gormican Movies
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Moviestar Nick Cage is channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan and a CIA agent.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Moviestar Nick Cage is channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan and a CIA agent.
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Facts About Tom Gormican
Creator: Extending his work beyond film, Tom Gormican is the creator (with his Unbearable Weight writing partner Kevin Etten) of the Fox TV crime comedy series, Ghosted (2017-2018), starring Craig Robinson, Adam Scott, and Ally Walker.
Black List: Gormican’s screenplay, Are We Officially Dating? made the ranks of the 2010 Black List of best unproduced scripts.
Determination: After pitching Nicholas Cage several times about playing a twisted version of himself in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and after receiving numerous rejections, Tom Gormican wrote Cage a personal letter that convinced the actor to change his mind about the project.
