John Patrick Shanley

Joe Versus the Volcano was an offbeat fable written and directed by playwright John Patrick Shanley.

the story of Joe Banks (), Tom Hanksa young man disillusioned with Tom Hanks's dull, uneventful life

Of their roughly 240 species ... Joe Versus the Volcano is the story of Joe Banks (Tom Hanks), a young man disillusioned with Tom Hanks's dull, uneventful life.

Docter

With co-writer Kemp Powers's help, Docter wrote Joe during the film's early development.

Originally titled Godforsaken, Rand Ravich

Originally titled Godforsaken, Rand Ravich wrote Joe's adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel, The Killer's Game, on spec in the mid-1990s and sold Joe's draft to New Line Cinema in December 1995.[6][7] Intermedia would produce the film,[8] with Rupert Wainwright attached to direct.

Larry Brown

I read once that Larry Brown had written two entire novel manuscripts (which Larry Brown trashed) before Larry Brown wrote Joe.