Tag: The Rocketeer
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Filming Jurassic Park III Left Its Cast With Their Fair Share Of Battle Scars
Movie fans will undoubtedly remember director Joe Johnston’s most cherished efforts, like “The Rocketeer,” “October Sky” (starring a baby-faced Jake Gyllenhaal), or the delightfully retro “Captain America: The First Avenger” But one particular movie from his filmography remains somewhat buried, releasing soon after “October Sky” but before the Viggo Mortensen-starring “Hidalgo.” Not only that, but this…
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David Oyelowo to Produce ‘The Rocketeer’ Reboot for Disney
David and Jessica Oyelowo are set to produce Walt Disney’s reboot of the 1991 action-adventure movie The Rocketeer.The sequel The Return of The Rocketeer will be produced by the Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon Productions banner, with David Oyelowo possibly taking a starring role. Ed Ricourt is penning the screenplay, with Brigham Taylor also producing along with…
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New Rocketeer Movie Coming To Disney, David Oyelowo To Wear The Jetpack
It’s been thirty years since “The Rocketeer” first soared into theaters. Now, at long last, Disney is bringing back the high-flying hero, whose retro 1991 film remains one of the best comic book movies of the late 20th century. A new report indicates that the Rocketeer will return in a movie for Disney+, with David Oyelowo…
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‘The Rocketeer’ Takes Flight Across Your Table With a New Board Game
Funko is expanding its game line with the addition of a new board game based on the underrated 1991 Disney gem The Rocketeer. Joining the ranks of other games based on nostalgic films like Groundhog Day and Back to the Future, this addition looks like it will be both a blast from the past and…
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An Interview With the Guy Who Yells “It’s the Rocketeer!” in ‘The Rocketeer’
(Welcome to Close Up, a series that drills down on the absurdly niche movie moments we just can’t shake. From single lines of dialogue to individual shots, this is a space where we go deep on the cinematic small stuff that lives rent-free in our brains.) There’s a moment in Joe Johnston‘s 1991 comic book…
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Daily Podcast: Westworld, Men In Black, Rocketeer, Solo, Atlanta, Snowpiercer, Moviepass, Clue
On the February 28, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined /Film senior writer Ben Pearson, and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including the Men in Black reboot, The Rocketeer animated series, Solo timeline, Atlanta season 2 early buzz, the Snowpiercer tv series and Moviepass lawsuit. And in…
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‘The Rocketeer’ Animated Series is Coming to Disney Junior in 2019
Remember The Rocketeer, Disney’s 1991 pulp adventure about a stunt pilot who finds a prototype jet pack and uses it to fight Nazis? It’s an exuberant, stylish piece of work that manages to improve on the tone of Dave Stevens‘ already-wonderful comic book series, but it sputtered at the box office and failed to garner…