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4 days ago · Joseph James Dante Jr. ( / ˈdɑːnteɪ /; born November 28, 1946) is an American filmmaker, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy.
4 days ago · Explorers is a 1985 American science fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante. The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as young teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space.
2 days ago · Warner Bros. and Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures and Richard Donner, and 20th Century Fox and Joe Dante bid for the rights, but Universal Pictures acquired them in May 1990 for Spielberg. James Cameron revealed in 2012 he tried to get the rights only to discover that Spielberg acquired them a few hours prior. [12]
Jul 8, 2024 · Sergio Leone was approached to produce the film, while Gremlins filmmaker Joe Dante had been tapped to direct the proposed sequel, tentatively titled The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2. With no interest in working on another Western, Leone shot down the project.
Jul 3, 2024 · We've collected some of the most interesting easter eggs and fun facts from Gremlins and Gremlins 2, as well as clever references to these films in other works made by director Joe Dante and screenwriter Chris Columbus.
Jul 14, 2024 · What happens when Governor Farley of Idaho (Beau Bridges decides to close his state’s borders rather than allow a planeload of immigrant orphans to make it their home? The answer is hilarious, frightening, scandalous – and may well be the start of The Second Civil War.
Jul 9, 2024 · And Joe Dante, director of The Howling and Gremlins, pitched a contemporary spin on the Mummy, from a script by John Sayles. Tantalisingly, there’s an oft-repeated story that Daniel Day-Lewis ...
