Kripke's 16-minute
short film Truly Committed received an audience choice award at the
Slamdance Film Festival. He later developed and wrote for
The WB's
2003 television series
Tarzan, which was cancelled after eight episodes, Furthermore, he was an associate producer for the 2011 romantic action thriller
The Adjustment Bureau. He was developing his first feature film
Haunted, for a 2012 release. In August 2011, it was announced that Kripke was developing a series for
The CW Television Network based on the
DC Comics character
Deadman, but no series materialized.
Boogeyman Prior to his success with
Supernatural, Kripke co-wrote the screenplay for the film
Boogeyman, which was released in early 2005. The film focuses on Tim, played by
Barry Watson, who is suffering the loss of his mother; he goes home to confront the
supernatural creature who he believes killed his father and is also the reason for his mother's demise.
Supernatural In
2005, Kripke created the series
Supernatural, which is about two brothers' (
Sam and
Dean Winchester) personal battle against
demons, poltergeists and other supernatural phenomena. Kripke served as a part-time executive consultant on season seven on the series after serving as the show's primary showrunner for the first five seasons.
Supernatural first aired on
The WB and then on
The CW, which was created by The WB's 2006 merger with
UPN. During the series, it was in 2008 that he signed an overall deal with Warner Bros.
Revolution After Kripke stepped down as primary showrunner for
Supernatural following the show's fifth season, he began developing other projects. One of these projects, entitled
Revolution, was picked by
NBC for the 2012–13 season. The series centers on a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a post-apocalyptic world where everything electronic has mysteriously stopped working, and centers around their battle to resolve the blackout. It stars
Billy Burke,
Tracy Spiridakos, David Lyons,
Giancarlo Esposito,
Elizabeth Mitchell, Graham Rogers and
Anna Lise Phillips co-starring.
Revolution has a Metacritic rating of 64/100 from 32 reviews.
Glenn Garvin of
The New York Times wrote, "
Revolution is big, bold and brassy adventure, a cowboys-and-Indians story for end times."
Revolution was cancelled by NBC after two seasons.
Jacked In April 2015, Kripke announced he is writing the comic book series called
Amped (later re-titled
Jacked) for
Vertigo and
DC Comics to be released in fall 2015. The story follows Josh Jaffe, a neurotic family man who buys an online 'smart pill' to increase his focus and jolt him out of his slump, but to his surprise finds the pill gives him super strength, prompting him to try to become a superhero. Concurrently, a TV adaptation was being developed for
USA Network, with Kripke serving as both the writer and executive producer. The series was set to be co-produced by Kripke Enterprises and
Warner Horizon Television.
Timeless In August 2015, it was announced that Kripke, along with fellow writer Shawn Ryan, were developing an action-adventure show,
Timeless, for NBC. Described as "
Back to the Future meets
Mission: Impossible",
Timeless is about an unlikely trio traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history. Ryan and Kripke co-wrote the script and executive-produced with Davis Entertainment's
John Davis, John Fox and MiddKid Productions. After being cancelled after one season, a fan campaign was made to revive the series for a short second season which was again subsequently cancelled when ratings did not improve.
The Boys On April 6, 2016, it was announced that
Cinemax was developing a television series adaptation of the comic book. The production was being developed by Kripke,
Evan Goldberg and
Seth Rogen. Kripke was set to write the series while Goldberg and Rogen were set to direct, with Kripke, Goldberg, Rogen,
Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, James Weaver, Ken Levin and Jason Netter serving as executive producers.
Garth Ennis and
Darick Robertson were set as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series included
Point Grey Television,
Original Film and
Sony Pictures Television. For his producting work on the show, Kripke received an
Emmy nomination for
Outstanding Drama Series in
2021. ==Filmography==