Tag: Steven Spielberg
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Harrison Ford Had an Unexpected Deleted Cameo in ‘E.T.’
Eclipsed perhaps only by his role as Han Solo in the Star Wars films, Harrison Ford will always be best known for taking up the whip as Indiana Jones, with the original trilogy and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull all being directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg was the king of Hollywood in the 80s…
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Martin Scorsese Nominated for Record 10th Director Oscar, Passing Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese has now earned more Oscar nominations for best director than anyone alive.The Academy nominated the 81-year-old icon for his film Killers of the Flower Moon with Tuesday’s Oscar nominations.Scorsese now has 10 best director nominations, surpassing Steven Spielberg, who has nine. Scorsese has won the category just once — for 2006’s The Departed.…
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New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie in the Works From Franchise’s Original Screenwriter David Koepp
Universal’s dinosaurs are far from extinct.A new movie in the “Jurassic World” franchise is currently in development at the studio, with David Koepp — who adapted the 1993 original “Jurassic World” and its 1997 sequel “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” from Michael Crichton’s bestselling novels — set to write the screenplay. The project will have…
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‘Masters of the Air’ Cast Guide – Who Stars in the World War II Series?
Masters of the Air serves as the third World War II miniseries by the team behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman, this series is based on Donald L. Miller’s non-fiction book, Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against…
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The John Hughes-Written ‘Jaws’ Parody That We Never Got
In 1975, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws changed film history forever. It was, at the time, the box office king, and the movie that created the trend of summer blockbusters. Like all good things, though, Hollywood couldn’t leave it alone. Desperate to try to recapture that magic, in 1978 came Jaws 2, where star Roy Scheider returned…
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Chris Rock to Direct Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic, Steven Spielberg to Executive Produce
Chris Rock and Steven Spielberg are collaborating on a movie about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.Rock is in final talks to direct and produce the project, with Spielberg on board as executive producer. The biographical drama will be adapted from Jonathan Eig’s biography “King: A Life,” which was optioned for the screen by…
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‘Catch Me If You Can’s “True” Story of Frank Abagnale Jr.
Steven Spielberg and Jeff Nathanson’s Catch Me If You Can has been so positively received since its 2002 release. Although it may not be the first work of Sir Steven’s you think of, it has become a cult hit that captivates the audience through its lighthearted notes of comedy, drama, and romance. Since its release…
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Emerging Cinematographer Awards Celebrate Eight Honorees, Recognize Janusz Kamiński and Stephen Lighthill
The International Cinematographers Guild hosted its 25th annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards in Los Angeles this past weekend with a luncheon at the ASC Clubhouse on Sept. 29 and an awards ceremony at the Television Academy on Oct. 1.The awards celebrated the work of eight up-and-coming cinematographers, whose short films were all screened at the Television…
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‘The Pacific’ Ending Explained: Which Heroes Make It Home From WW2?
The Pacific has been soaring the charts on Netflix’s top television shows over the last week. The epic five-year account of the United States Marine Corps assault on Japan is delivered by the same creative team that brought us Band of Brothers with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks anchoring another captivating story of…
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This Horror Script Inspired Two Steven Spielberg Classics
In the late 1970s, Steven Spielberg was on top of the cinematic world. After back-to-back smash hits Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, moviegoers eagerly awaited what the wunderkind filmmaker from Arizona would do next. Though he’d ultimately stumble with critics and audiences in releasing the underappreciated manic comedy, 1941, the filmmaker had…