- His draft of the screenplay for Judge Dredd (1995) was darker, less goofy, and more serious, after the director hired two of his friends to rewrite Wisher's script, making it more comic book like, Wisher left the project. As a form of an apology, producer Andrew G. Vajna offered Wisher the chance to rewrite the script for Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), which was in production.
- Often works with James Cameron whom he has known since he was seventeen years old.
- He has often performed uncredited script rewrites on films such as: Pumpkinhead (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Eraser (1996), Mercury Rising (1998), and Live Free or Die Hard (2007), among other films.
- As a kid he was a fan of the television shows Combat! (1962), F Troop (1965), and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964).
- He had seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) seven times the weekend that it opened.
- He had gotten interested in movies at the age of 10 after seeing Lord Jim (1965).
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