Tom DeSanto (born January 1, 1968) is an American film producer and screenwriter. DeSanto is a founding writer/producer behind several of the biggest franchises in movie history (X-Men, Transformers). DeSanto's films have grossed more than $5 billion worldwide, with a per-film average of more than $746 million at the box office, in addition to billions more in home video, merchandising, and video games. After the success of X-Men, DeSanto began working on a reboot of Battlestar Galactica to be developed for Universal Television. The show eventually returned in 2003 but under the direction of Ronald D. Moore. DeSanto then became part of the creative team for X2: X-Men United, including the continuation of the Phoenix storyline that DeSanto set up in the first film. That same year, he moved towards Transformers, another dormant property...