Tag: Jurassic Park
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Robin Williams And Dustin Hoffman Played A Key Role In Casting Jurassic Park
When you write about the movie industry for a living, you quickly come to realize there’s just as much drama going on behind the scenes as there is on screen. It’s why I welcome the reminders that there are, in fact, those in Hollywood who are not only courteous in the way they treat their…
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Kathryn Bigelow Will Direct David Koepp-Penned Adaptation Of Aurora For Netflix
Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow is set to direct “Aurora” for Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on the upcoming book from David Koepp worked as a screenwriter for films some pretty impressive films like “Jurassic Park,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Ghost Town,” and “Spider-Man.” Recently, he wrote the HBO Max film “Kimi” which starred…
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Kathryn Bigelow to Direct ‘Aurora’ for Netflix, Based on David Koepp’s Upcoming Thriller Novel
Fresh off the heels of Jane Campion’s best director win at the Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow is also heading to Netflix for her next project. Bigelow, who became the first woman to win a directing Oscar in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker,” will direct “Aurora,” based on David Koepp’s upcoming thriller novel of the same name,…
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Steven Spielberg Says He’s Done Directing Musicals After ‘West Side Story’
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story” has earned rave reviews and plenty of Oscar buzz, with fans and critics praising Spielberg’s technical mastery and ability to make the 60-year-old musical feel relevant today. It’s one of Spielberg’s biggest directorial successes in recent memory, but don’t expect the director to helm more Broadway classics anytime…
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Kenneth Wannberg, Composer and Music Editor Who Worked With John Williams on ‘Star Wars’ Series and 50 Other Films, Dies at 91
Kenneth Wannberg, composer and Emmy-winning music editor who worked on nearly half of all John Williams’ films dating back to the late 1960s, died Jan. 27 at his home in Florence, Oregon. He was 91.Wannberg was best known as Williams’ music editor, working closely with the composer on more than 50 of his films. He…
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Scream Spoiler Review: A Bloody Good Legacy Sequel Takes Aim At Toxic Fandom
With Jamie Lee Curtis returning to “Halloween,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” dusting off the Ecto-1, and the “Jurassic Park” universe ever-expanding, it was only a matter of time before “Scream” got in on the legacy sequel game. The fifth film in the franchise is the first since original director Wes Craven’s death, and as such, has a…
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Why Steven Spielberg Almost Cut Jeff Goldblum From Jurassic Park
“Jurassic Park” without Jeff Goldblum: can you imagine it? What would that even be? The answer, of course, is that it would be any one of the “Jurassic Park” sequels that don’t feature Jeff Goldblum.If we forget about all the lesser sequels, however, and just focus in on the first and best movie, then Goldblum’s…
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Tim Burton Wanted To Adapt Violent ‘Dinosaurs Attack!’ For The Big Screen
Tim Burton (“Batman”), alongside Steven Spielberg, were filmmakers that embraced early digital effects in the 1990s to create creatures, Spielberg with man-eating dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” and Burton with creepy little aliens in his 1996 satire “Mars Attacks!.” Well, it looks like Burton also had a dino itch he wanted to scratch, too but in…
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Scientists Learn Wrong Lesson From Jurassic Park, Try To Bring Back Woolly Mammoth
If scientists have their way, we’ll all be riding Woolly Mammoths on a planet that has not succumbed to the devastation of climate change. A company named Colossal (what else) has raised $15 million already in its quest to resurrect the extinct Woolly Mammoth. For reasons.The project is spearheaded by a Harvard genetics professor, and…
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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Reunites Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill in CinemaCon Footage
Universal Pictures unlocked the cage on the first new footage from “Jurassic World: Dominion” on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.Presenting at CinemaCon, the annual convention of movie theater owners, the studio offered up a behind-the-scenes look at the returning cast of the original “Jurassic Park” — Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler, Sam Neill as…