Masters of the Universe was one of three big-budget 1987 movies that sunk Cannon Pictures (the other two were Over the Top and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace). It was supposed to be their version of Star Wars, boasting a significant budget (for Cannon) and high production values. It was based on the toys and cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Mattel, but the film had a very rocky road to the big screen. While it’s now considered a camp classic, thanks mainly to the involvement of Dolph Lundgren, at the time, many thought that his performance helped tank the movie. He almost ended up being dubbed in the final cut.
Indeed, in the documentary Toy Masters (excerpted by THR), Mattel executives found Lundgren’s accent unintelligible, and director Gary Goddard wanted him dubbed. “We actually did bring in a few actors to loop test,...
Indeed, in the documentary Toy Masters (excerpted by THR), Mattel executives found Lundgren’s accent unintelligible, and director Gary Goddard wanted him dubbed. “We actually did bring in a few actors to loop test,...
- 11/19/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Fans have been celebrating the 45th anniversary of the release of Jaws 2 (watch it Here), with Universal Pictures marking the anniversary by giving the film a 4K Uhd release last month. But now the anniversary has a sadness to it, as it has been announced that actor Marc Gilpin, who played little Sean Brody in the movie, has passed away at the too-young age of 56, following a long battle with glioblastoma. His passing has been confirmed by his sister Peri Gilpin, an actress best known for playing the character Roz on the sitcom Frasier.
Marc Gilpin was born in Austin, Texas on September 26, 1966. His acting career started soon after, as he landed a role in a nationwide commercial for Exxon when he was just four years old. From there he appeared in an episode of the TV series Thunder and was cast in the title role of the family-friendly sci-fi comedy Where’s Willie?...
Marc Gilpin was born in Austin, Texas on September 26, 1966. His acting career started soon after, as he landed a role in a nationwide commercial for Exxon when he was just four years old. From there he appeared in an episode of the TV series Thunder and was cast in the title role of the family-friendly sci-fi comedy Where’s Willie?...
- 8/2/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Best known to horror fans for his role in the horror sequel Jaws 2, actor Marc Gilpin has passed away this week at the age of 56 after a long battle with glioblastoma, THR reports.
THR notes in their report today, “Gilpin died Saturday in Dallas after a long battle with glioblastoma, his older sister, Frasier actress Peri Gilpin, announced.”
As a child actor, Marc Gilpin played Martin Brody’s (Roy Scheider) young son Sean Brody in Jaws 2 (1978), the very first sequel to Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster horror classic.
Gilpin’s role in Jaws 2 came in the wake of the young actor’s debut in the TV series “Thunder” and the feature film Where’s Willie?, and in subsequent years he would go on to appear in the TV shows “CHiPS,” “Fantasy Island,” “Flying High,” “Silver Spoons” and “China Beach.”
Marc Gilpin’s feature film roles include Earthbound, The Legend of the Lone Ranger,...
THR notes in their report today, “Gilpin died Saturday in Dallas after a long battle with glioblastoma, his older sister, Frasier actress Peri Gilpin, announced.”
As a child actor, Marc Gilpin played Martin Brody’s (Roy Scheider) young son Sean Brody in Jaws 2 (1978), the very first sequel to Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster horror classic.
Gilpin’s role in Jaws 2 came in the wake of the young actor’s debut in the TV series “Thunder” and the feature film Where’s Willie?, and in subsequent years he would go on to appear in the TV shows “CHiPS,” “Fantasy Island,” “Flying High,” “Silver Spoons” and “China Beach.”
Marc Gilpin’s feature film roles include Earthbound, The Legend of the Lone Ranger,...
- 8/2/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Marc Gilpin, the child actor who played a son of Roy Scheider’s Police Chief Martin Brody in 1978’s Jaws 2, died Saturday in Dallas of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma. He was 56.
His death was announced by his sister, the Frasier actor Peri Gilpin.
Marc Gilpin, born in Austin, Texas, had already appeared in commercials, the Saturday morning NBC series Thunder (1977) and, in 1978, the film Where’s Willy? when, at 11, he was cast in director Jeannot Szwarc’s sequel to Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws. While Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprised their roles as Brody and wife Ellen, the young actors playing the characters’ two sons in the original film, Chris Rebello and Jay Mello, had outgrown the roles and were replaced by Mark Gruner (as elder son Mike) and Gilpin (as Sean).
Gruner and Gilpin were at the center of one of Jaws 2‘s most memorable sequences,...
His death was announced by his sister, the Frasier actor Peri Gilpin.
Marc Gilpin, born in Austin, Texas, had already appeared in commercials, the Saturday morning NBC series Thunder (1977) and, in 1978, the film Where’s Willy? when, at 11, he was cast in director Jeannot Szwarc’s sequel to Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws. While Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprised their roles as Brody and wife Ellen, the young actors playing the characters’ two sons in the original film, Chris Rebello and Jay Mello, had outgrown the roles and were replaced by Mark Gruner (as elder son Mike) and Gilpin (as Sean).
Gruner and Gilpin were at the center of one of Jaws 2‘s most memorable sequences,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Ten years ago, Disney’s “The Lone Ranger” galloped into theaters everywhere.
An updated and deconstructed version of the character known primarily for his black mask and white horse (named Silver), the movie was a big-budget, high-concept adventure film from the same team behind Disney’s lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise – director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Johnny Depp, who would star as Tonto.
The last time the character had graced the big screen was in 1981 with “The Legend of the Lone Ranger,” a project that went through a similarly troubled production and suffered similar critical and commercial indifference.. But Disney had hoped that the combination of the “Pirates” veterans and the more modern take on the material (with the story told from Tonto’s point-of-view) would be enough to lure contemporary audiences to the Western.
But, of course, that didn’t happen. The movie didn’t...
An updated and deconstructed version of the character known primarily for his black mask and white horse (named Silver), the movie was a big-budget, high-concept adventure film from the same team behind Disney’s lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise – director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Johnny Depp, who would star as Tonto.
The last time the character had graced the big screen was in 1981 with “The Legend of the Lone Ranger,” a project that went through a similarly troubled production and suffered similar critical and commercial indifference.. But Disney had hoped that the combination of the “Pirates” veterans and the more modern take on the material (with the story told from Tonto’s point-of-view) would be enough to lure contemporary audiences to the Western.
But, of course, that didn’t happen. The movie didn’t...
- 7/7/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Walter Coblenz, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated producer behind All the President’s Men and nearly two dozen other titles, died on March 16, aged 93. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
Born in Germany in 1928, Coblenz claimed his first and only Oscar nom in 1977 for the aforementioned Alan J. Pakula film, which was up for Best Picture and seven other awards, winning four including Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Art Direction-Set Decoration and Sound. Coblenz’s nomination came three years after he landed an Emmy nom for his work on NBC’s limited series The Blue Knight.
Over the course of his career, he also produced such titles as Her Majesty, Money Talks, The Babe, 18 Again!, For Keeps?, Sister, Sister, SpaceCamp, Strange Invaders, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Onion Field and The Candidate, along with a number of TV movies.
Coblenz...
Born in Germany in 1928, Coblenz claimed his first and only Oscar nom in 1977 for the aforementioned Alan J. Pakula film, which was up for Best Picture and seven other awards, winning four including Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Art Direction-Set Decoration and Sound. Coblenz’s nomination came three years after he landed an Emmy nom for his work on NBC’s limited series The Blue Knight.
Over the course of his career, he also produced such titles as Her Majesty, Money Talks, The Babe, 18 Again!, For Keeps?, Sister, Sister, SpaceCamp, Strange Invaders, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Onion Field and The Candidate, along with a number of TV movies.
Coblenz...
- 4/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Walter Coblenz, the Oscar-nominated producer behind “All the President’s Men” and the Emmy-nominated limited series “The Blue Knight,” has died. He was 93.
Coblenz, who served as the senior vice president of Tristar Pictures and Carolco Pictures, oversaw productions on such titles as “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “The Natural,” “Places in the Heart” and more. His other notable credits include “The Candidate,” “The Onion Field,” “Money Talks,” “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” and “Her Majesty.”
He garnered an Emmy nomination for producing the drama miniseries “The Blue Knight,” about a veteran Los Angeles cop.
Coblenz died March 16, his son said in a statement.
Beginning his career in Hollywood as a stage manager for “The Jerry Lewis Show” and “The Hollywood Palace,” Coblenz later served as an assistant director on the series “Daktari” and Robert Redford and Gene Hackman-starring sports drama “Downhill Racer.” He later reunited with Redford on “All the President’s Men,...
Coblenz, who served as the senior vice president of Tristar Pictures and Carolco Pictures, oversaw productions on such titles as “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “The Natural,” “Places in the Heart” and more. His other notable credits include “The Candidate,” “The Onion Field,” “Money Talks,” “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” and “Her Majesty.”
He garnered an Emmy nomination for producing the drama miniseries “The Blue Knight,” about a veteran Los Angeles cop.
Coblenz died March 16, his son said in a statement.
Beginning his career in Hollywood as a stage manager for “The Jerry Lewis Show” and “The Hollywood Palace,” Coblenz later served as an assistant director on the series “Daktari” and Robert Redford and Gene Hackman-starring sports drama “Downhill Racer.” He later reunited with Redford on “All the President’s Men,...
- 4/2/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
‘Teach your children well’ they say, but Sondra Locke’s young girl in this show is the victim of parenting so bad it verges on criminal … John Lewis Carlino’s adult murder mystery has excellent imagery courtesy of director William A. Fraker and cameraman László Kovács. But the studio ‘made changes,’ removing explicit adult content and selling the show as horror even though it’s PG and has little to shock an audience. That leaves us with a carefully underplayed drama courtesy of Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Sally Kellerman and Signe Hasso — and a twisted sex mystery that seems obvious from the get-go. The HD transfer restores Fraker’s elaborate imagery, making us wonder what his intended version might have been.
A Reflection of Fear
All-Region Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 84
1972 / Color / 1:85 / 89 min. / Street Date October 27, 2021 / available from Amazon.au / 34.95
Starring: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke, Signe Hasso,...
A Reflection of Fear
All-Region Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 84
1972 / Color / 1:85 / 89 min. / Street Date October 27, 2021 / available from Amazon.au / 34.95
Starring: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke, Signe Hasso,...
- 1/8/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Horror was so prevalent and popular in the early ‘80s that even the action genre wanted in on the…uh, action. Chuck Norris haiyah’ed a Michael Myers wannabe in Silent Rage (1982), so next up it was granite faced Charles Bronson’s turn to take on slashers with 10 to Midnight (1983), a sleazy yet fascinating trip through the mind of a serial killer. While it’s never as deep as it thinks it is, it’s smarter than it has any right to be.
Released in March, this Cannon production, co-distributed by MGM, recouped its 4.5 million plus a few million more at the box office. Certainly not Death Wish numbers, but it’s not really a Death Wish type of film (until it is). As for the critics, Mr. Ebert called it “a scummy little sewer of a movie”. He’s not completely right, though; the misogynistic male gaze is upended...
Released in March, this Cannon production, co-distributed by MGM, recouped its 4.5 million plus a few million more at the box office. Certainly not Death Wish numbers, but it’s not really a Death Wish type of film (until it is). As for the critics, Mr. Ebert called it “a scummy little sewer of a movie”. He’s not completely right, though; the misogynistic male gaze is upended...
- 11/18/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Stunt double Ben Bates, best known for his work substituting for Gunsmoke star James Arness for more than 25 years, died Oct. 4 in Sun City, California, according to his family. He was 84. Bates’s long career included doubling spots for the television series How the West Was Won (for which he was also a stunt coordinator), McClain’s Law, Bosom Buddies, The Fall Guy and Matt Houston. He also appeared in the film The Legend of the Lone Ranger and the TV movies The Alamo: Thi…...
- 10/21/2017
- Deadline TV
By John M. Whalen
When the “hardware widow” (Allyn Ann McClerie) asks Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) if he’d gotten used to the idea of his long-time partner Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) and her being married, Monte says: “I never had so many things to get used to in my whole life, as now.” That line of dialogue in the middle of William Fraker’s “Monte Walsh” (1970) pretty much sums up this first and best film adaptation of Jack Schaeffer’s novel about the end of the Old West in general and the cowboy life in particular. It’s a true classic and even though it features two of the toughest tough guy actors of the sixties and seventies, it’s not a melodramatic shoot-em-up, full of violence, sound and fury. Rather it’s an elegiac portrait of the way it must have really happened, presented in a style as...
When the “hardware widow” (Allyn Ann McClerie) asks Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) if he’d gotten used to the idea of his long-time partner Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) and her being married, Monte says: “I never had so many things to get used to in my whole life, as now.” That line of dialogue in the middle of William Fraker’s “Monte Walsh” (1970) pretty much sums up this first and best film adaptation of Jack Schaeffer’s novel about the end of the Old West in general and the cowboy life in particular. It’s a true classic and even though it features two of the toughest tough guy actors of the sixties and seventies, it’s not a melodramatic shoot-em-up, full of violence, sound and fury. Rather it’s an elegiac portrait of the way it must have really happened, presented in a style as...
- 9/13/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of June 23rd, 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.
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Episode Links & Notes Follow-up Comic Con News Don Hertzfeldt Blu-ray Kickstarter Arrow Films: October releases Shout / Scream Factory: Comic Con announcements Kino: Epic Of Everest WB: Mad Max Fury Road Universal: Restored Spartacus Fox: August releases Disney: Mr. Boogedy & Bride of Boogedy coming to Dmc DVD (& on Amazon Instant now) Twilight Time: new website Sony: Christine Blu-ray Over The Garden Wall on DVD New Releases
July 7th
Beyond Zero: 1914–1918 Cell, The Contamination The Killers Maggie Ned Kelly Pit Stop Robot Jox Roller Boogie Truck Turner Virtuosity
July 14th
Adventures of Captain Fabian All Quiet On The Western Front The Andromeda Strain Baby It’s You...
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Episode Links & Notes Follow-up Comic Con News Don Hertzfeldt Blu-ray Kickstarter Arrow Films: October releases Shout / Scream Factory: Comic Con announcements Kino: Epic Of Everest WB: Mad Max Fury Road Universal: Restored Spartacus Fox: August releases Disney: Mr. Boogedy & Bride of Boogedy coming to Dmc DVD (& on Amazon Instant now) Twilight Time: new website Sony: Christine Blu-ray Over The Garden Wall on DVD New Releases
July 7th
Beyond Zero: 1914–1918 Cell, The Contamination The Killers Maggie Ned Kelly Pit Stop Robot Jox Roller Boogie Truck Turner Virtuosity
July 14th
Adventures of Captain Fabian All Quiet On The Western Front The Andromeda Strain Baby It’s You...
- 7/22/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
In 2014, it’s difficult to appreciate the awe felt by uninitiated audiences who saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in theaters in 1981. Think about the film’s opening scenes, which introduce Indiana Jones and his now-iconic fedora in the jungles of South America. He narrowly avoids getting shot in the back by his mutinous guides, proves his Zorro-esque expertise with a whip, cleverly maneuvers through the deadly booby-traps of an ancient Peruvian temple, flicks away tarantulas like they’re gnats, nabs the prized golden idol but sets off a chain-reaction of destruction that includes a giant boulder chasing him back out into the sunlight,...
- 4/23/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
Tom Laughlin, the actor who wrote, directed, starred in and distributed the 1970s’ Billy Jack films, died on Thursday in California. He was 82.
Actor Tom Laughlin Dies
Billy Jack was the second of four movies featuring the title character, a half-Native American former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran, as he fought on the side of a progressive school that sought desegregation. The people in the Western town wanted to keep the Native American students out of the system, which Billy Jack wouldn’t stand for.
Studios wanted nothing to do with the sequel, believing that the vigilante nature of Billy Jack would be a turn off to audiences. However, after Laughlin secured theaters to show the film, it went on to become a box-office success. His legwork to make the film happen is credited with being an inspiration to modern independent filmmakers and changing Hollywood’s marketing strategies.
Laughlin is...
Actor Tom Laughlin Dies
Billy Jack was the second of four movies featuring the title character, a half-Native American former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran, as he fought on the side of a progressive school that sought desegregation. The people in the Western town wanted to keep the Native American students out of the system, which Billy Jack wouldn’t stand for.
Studios wanted nothing to do with the sequel, believing that the vigilante nature of Billy Jack would be a turn off to audiences. However, after Laughlin secured theaters to show the film, it went on to become a box-office success. His legwork to make the film happen is credited with being an inspiration to modern independent filmmakers and changing Hollywood’s marketing strategies.
Laughlin is...
- 12/16/2013
- Uinterview
Johnny Depp is terrific as Tonto in an action-packed, if overlong, movie that focuses on the crime-fighting duo's early years
As soon as the western genre was established in the second decade of the last century, comedians headed to the frontier. From Chaplin and Keaton via the Marx Brothers to Abbott and Costello, the comic stars got their laughs by appearing far from home on the range among humourless tough guys riding tall in the saddle. As the B-western developed, its poker-faced, straight-shooting heroes had to be accompanied by comic sidekicks such as the ubiquitous George "Gabby" Hayes or Fuzzy Knight. At the same time there developed the comedy western, a relaxed, easy-going affair – James Stewart as the peaceful new sheriff refusing to carry a gun in Destry Rides Again, for instance, or shy cowpoke Gary Cooper being mistaken for a gunslinger in Along Came Jones.
In the 1960s, the...
As soon as the western genre was established in the second decade of the last century, comedians headed to the frontier. From Chaplin and Keaton via the Marx Brothers to Abbott and Costello, the comic stars got their laughs by appearing far from home on the range among humourless tough guys riding tall in the saddle. As the B-western developed, its poker-faced, straight-shooting heroes had to be accompanied by comic sidekicks such as the ubiquitous George "Gabby" Hayes or Fuzzy Knight. At the same time there developed the comedy western, a relaxed, easy-going affair – James Stewart as the peaceful new sheriff refusing to carry a gun in Destry Rides Again, for instance, or shy cowpoke Gary Cooper being mistaken for a gunslinger in Along Came Jones.
In the 1960s, the...
- 8/10/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
How soon they forget. Amid the current pall of gloom over the release of a new Lone Ranger movie (Gone west: Disney's hopes of any success with The Lone Ranger, 8 August), one merely has to cast the mind back to the turn of the 80s, when an earlier big-screen incarnation of the western hero helped wreck the film ambitions of Britain's last movie mogul, Lord Lew Grade. Nineteen-eighty-one's The Legend of the Lone Ranger, co-starring unknowns Klinton Spilsbury and Michael Horse (as Tonto), but costing, for its day, a massive $18m, turned out to be a huge flop.
It did however at least manage to win three Raspberries, including two for Mr Spilsbury – for worst actor and worst new star – who had to be re-voiced for the film. Maybe history will continue to repeat itself.
Quentin Falk
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It did however at least manage to win three Raspberries, including two for Mr Spilsbury – for worst actor and worst new star – who had to be re-voiced for the film. Maybe history will continue to repeat itself.
Quentin Falk
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Johnny DeppWesterns
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- 8/9/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Resurrecting the Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp must’ve sounded like one of the all-time Hollywood no-brainers when it was pitched to Disney in 2011. After all, the mysterious masked man used to be the all-American icon with the greatest chase-music (“The William Tell Overture”), the greatest sidekick (Tonto), and the greatest catchphrase (“Hi-yo, Silver, away!”). Plus, though Depp is playing a boldly reimagined Tonto opposite Armie Hammer’s Ranger, he was reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the creative triumvirate that made Disney billions with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But getting The Lone Ranger into...
- 7/2/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
It's hard to argue with Jerry Bruckheimer's success. The artistic merit of the films that he has produced? Yes, that's up for debate. But what is not up for debate is that his movies make a lot of money. So much money, in fact, that many of his films -- "Flashdance," "Beverly Hills Cop," "Top Gun" (these three co-produced with the late Don Simpson) -- aren't just mere movies, but cultural phenomenons.
"The Lone Ranger," Bruckheimer's latest project, re-teams him with his "Pirates of the Caribbean" cohorts Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski. Depp stars as Tonto in this reconfigured origin story for the iconic masked hero (played here by Armie Hammer), which finds the unlikely pair teaming up to stop a wanted criminal and other nefarious evildoers.
Before the film's release on June 3, we took a deep dive with Bruckheimer -- not only discussing "The Lone Ranger," but...
"The Lone Ranger," Bruckheimer's latest project, re-teams him with his "Pirates of the Caribbean" cohorts Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski. Depp stars as Tonto in this reconfigured origin story for the iconic masked hero (played here by Armie Hammer), which finds the unlikely pair teaming up to stop a wanted criminal and other nefarious evildoers.
Before the film's release on June 3, we took a deep dive with Bruckheimer -- not only discussing "The Lone Ranger," but...
- 6/25/2013
- by Mike Ryan
- Huffington Post
Now that is one ugly hombre. Say howdy to the outlaw Butch Cavendish, the ruthless sidewinder who leads the Cavendish Gang in director Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger. That’s a face that barbed wire might improve — in fact, this black-hat Butch is so unsavory that he could be a refugee from Verbinski’s previous project, Rango, the Oscar-winning 2010 animated film that ditched the standard “cute animal” approach and instead devoted its pixels to create some of the most butt-ugly varmints in Hollywood history.
In this just-released character poster from Disney, it’s a bit hard to tell, but...
In this just-released character poster from Disney, it’s a bit hard to tell, but...
- 4/12/2013
- by Geoff Boucher
- EW - Inside Movies
Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp have saddled up and are ready to ride onto the big screen as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, respectively, and these new photos make it seem that the movie will at least be pretty to look at.
Westerns. There’s nothing quite like them. Where else can you get sweeping landscapes, steam-powered locomotives, horses, and gunfights? Unfortunately, the box office hasn’t been kind to Westerns, and the last time the Lone Ranger rode into action in theaters (1981′s The Legend of the Lone Ranger), he stepped into a big, smelly pile of horse poo.
This time, the masked gunman has a helping hand though, in the form of Johnny Depp’s Tonto. Depp’s presence might not guarantee success at the box office, but having him in a movie is about as close to a sure thing as you can get. It also doesn...
Westerns. There’s nothing quite like them. Where else can you get sweeping landscapes, steam-powered locomotives, horses, and gunfights? Unfortunately, the box office hasn’t been kind to Westerns, and the last time the Lone Ranger rode into action in theaters (1981′s The Legend of the Lone Ranger), he stepped into a big, smelly pile of horse poo.
This time, the masked gunman has a helping hand though, in the form of Johnny Depp’s Tonto. Depp’s presence might not guarantee success at the box office, but having him in a movie is about as close to a sure thing as you can get. It also doesn...
- 10/2/2012
- by Marty Shaw
- Movie Cultists
Disney may found their leading lady to accompany the masked man. Deadline is reporting British actress Ruth Wilson is in talks for the female lead named Rebecca in “Lone Ranger.” She will star alongside with Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger and Johnny Depp as Tonto. Wilson is best known for roles in several television series including “Luther,” “The Prisoner,” and “Jane Eyre.” She was nominated for a Golden Globe for a television mini-series in 2008 for “Jane Eyre.” According to The Lone Ranger Fan Club, The Lone Ranger started off as an America radio show started in the 1930s and finally ended in 1954. It later expanded on to the big screen with 1938’s “The Lone Ranger,” 1939’s “The Lone Ranger Rides Again,” and “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” in 1982. The Lone Ranger was also a television series from 1948 through 1957. The last appearance of The Lone Ranger was in 2003 for...
- 7/13/2011
- LRMonline.com
Cheers were heard from West Hollywood to Chelsea as the announcement rang forth that Armie Hammer would be playing the lead in the "who-the-hell-asked-for-this" reboot of The Lone Ranger.
To be frank, I'd have zero interest in this movie whatsoever if it weren't a Gore Verbinski film. I'm still in a bit of a state of shock after the awesomeness that was Rango, so Verbinski could announce his next project was an adaptation of the yellow pages and I'd be on board.
Johnny Depp is already attached to play Tonto.
I have a distinct memory of being bored out of my skull in 1981 when my father took me to the last reboot of the iconic radio programme character, The Legend of the Lone Ranger. It was supposed to be a great father-son bonding moment (a follow-up to us seeing Superman II, a theater-going experience I'll never forget) but I distinctly remember falling asleep,...
To be frank, I'd have zero interest in this movie whatsoever if it weren't a Gore Verbinski film. I'm still in a bit of a state of shock after the awesomeness that was Rango, so Verbinski could announce his next project was an adaptation of the yellow pages and I'd be on board.
Johnny Depp is already attached to play Tonto.
I have a distinct memory of being bored out of my skull in 1981 when my father took me to the last reboot of the iconic radio programme character, The Legend of the Lone Ranger. It was supposed to be a great father-son bonding moment (a follow-up to us seeing Superman II, a theater-going experience I'll never forget) but I distinctly remember falling asleep,...
- 5/18/2011
- UGO Movies
Who was that masked man anyway? Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films signed actor Armie Hammer to play the hero in “The Lone Ranger” remake. He will join actor Johnny Depp, who will play Tonto. Hammer is best known for his role from last year’s “The Social Network.” He will be appearing in upcoming “J. Edgar” with Leonardo DiCaprio and is also recently cast in Tarsem Singh’s “The Brothers Grimm: Snow White” as the prince. According to The Lone Ranger Fan Club, The Lone Ranger started off as an America radio show started in the 1930s and finally ended in 1954. It later expanded on to the big screen with 1938’s “The Lone Ranger,” 1939’s “The Lone Ranger Rides Again,” and “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” in 1982. The Lone Ranger was also a television series from 1948 through 1957. The last appearance of The Lone Ranger was in 2003 for...
- 5/18/2011
- LRMonline.com
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (Original Release Date: 22 May 1981)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger is one of my favorite movies, and much of this review will be a love letter to it. I re-watched it for the review, but I didn't need to. If I were stranded on an island and had to reconstruct movie narratives to keep my sanity, I'd manage with The Legend of the Lone Ranger as well as I'd manage with The Empire Strikes Back or E.T.
People generally like The Empire Strikes Back and E.T. The same can't be said for The Legend of the Lone Ranger. The only group that wound up hating it more than the critics was the viewing public. I had no sense of this as a very young kid, though I would grow to suspect it when I moved back to America in the late eighties.
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger is one of my favorite movies, and much of this review will be a love letter to it. I re-watched it for the review, but I didn't need to. If I were stranded on an island and had to reconstruct movie narratives to keep my sanity, I'd manage with The Legend of the Lone Ranger as well as I'd manage with The Empire Strikes Back or E.T.
People generally like The Empire Strikes Back and E.T. The same can't be said for The Legend of the Lone Ranger. The only group that wound up hating it more than the critics was the viewing public. I had no sense of this as a very young kid, though I would grow to suspect it when I moved back to America in the late eighties.
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- 5/13/2011
- by Thurston McQ
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Updated: Ryan Gosling's rep has told Entertainment Weekly that he will not be playing the lead role in "The Lone Ranger." Who was that masked man anyway? According to TheWrap, Disney is in negotiations with actor Ryan Gosling for the lead role in “The Lone Ranger.” However, the web site also noted Gosling might not take it due to scheduling conflicts with certain films. One of Gosling’s projects include “Logan’s Run,” which he will play the lead role and will begin production this fall. Johnny Depp is currently on board as the trusted sidekick Tonto. According to The Lone Ranger Fan Club, The Lone Ranger started off as an America radio show started in the 1930s and finally ended in 1954. It later expanded on to the big screen with 1938’s “The Lone Ranger,” 1939’s “The Lone Ranger Rides Again,” and “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” in...
- 4/16/2011
- LRMonline.com
Who was that masked man anyway? According to TheWrap, Disney is in negotiations with actor Ryan Gosling for the lead role in “The Lone Ranger.” However, the web site also noted Gosling might not take it due to scheduling conflicts with certain films. One of Gosling’s projects include “Logan’s Run,” which he will play the lead role and will begin production this fall. Johnny Depp is currently on board as the trusted sidekick Tonto. According to The Lone Ranger Fan Club, The Lone Ranger started off as an America radio show started in the 1930s and finally ended in 1954. It later expanded on to the big screen with 1938’s “The Lone Ranger,” 1939’s “The Lone Ranger Rides Again,” and “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” in 1982. The Lone Ranger was also a television series from 1948 through 1957. The last appearance of The Lone Ranger was in 2003 for a two-hour...
- 4/16/2011
- LRMonline.com
The Private Eyes (Original Release Date: 10 April 1981)
Nostalgia bulletproofs some movies to criticism. That's how it is for me, at least. I apologize in advance for the inevitably positive review I will be writing for Legend of the Lone Ranger in May. It is roundly hated by casual moviegoers and Lone Ranger fans alike, and there is little chance of your liking it if you weren't indoctrinated into liking it as a child.
Legend of the Lone Ranger was one of my most frequent babysitters growing up, and I developed a good deal of affection for it. Another sitter was The Private Eyes, though like the sitter who continues to baby talk at you when you feel you’ve outgrown baby talk, The Private Eyes has dimmed in my estimation with time. That old affection is hard to access, even if watching it does produce constant flutters of recognition and memories from childhood.
Nostalgia bulletproofs some movies to criticism. That's how it is for me, at least. I apologize in advance for the inevitably positive review I will be writing for Legend of the Lone Ranger in May. It is roundly hated by casual moviegoers and Lone Ranger fans alike, and there is little chance of your liking it if you weren't indoctrinated into liking it as a child.
Legend of the Lone Ranger was one of my most frequent babysitters growing up, and I developed a good deal of affection for it. Another sitter was The Private Eyes, though like the sitter who continues to baby talk at you when you feel you’ve outgrown baby talk, The Private Eyes has dimmed in my estimation with time. That old affection is hard to access, even if watching it does produce constant flutters of recognition and memories from childhood.
- 4/15/2011
- by Thurston McQ
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Jerry Bruckheimer Films has debuted a logo for the upcoming adaptation of The Lone Ranger.
The tagline on the site reads, “The Legend Returns.”
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has been hired to adapted the classic TV show film adaption for the big screen, and Johnny Depp is attached to play Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s sidekick. There’s still no word on who will play the Lone Ranger, but at one point George Clooney was rumored to be in talks.
Originally created as a radio play in 1933 by George W. Trendle and developed by Fran Striker, the last big screen iteration of the character was in 1981 with The Legend of the Lone Ranger, directed by the late William A. Fraker.
The character gained widespread notoriety between 1949 and 1957 on ABC television, as Clayton Moore donned the mask each week to fight crime and corruption in the old west.
The tagline on the site reads, “The Legend Returns.”
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has been hired to adapted the classic TV show film adaption for the big screen, and Johnny Depp is attached to play Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s sidekick. There’s still no word on who will play the Lone Ranger, but at one point George Clooney was rumored to be in talks.
Originally created as a radio play in 1933 by George W. Trendle and developed by Fran Striker, the last big screen iteration of the character was in 1981 with The Legend of the Lone Ranger, directed by the late William A. Fraker.
The character gained widespread notoriety between 1949 and 1957 on ABC television, as Clayton Moore donned the mask each week to fight crime and corruption in the old west.
- 1/13/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Hi-yo, Silver, away! Jerry Bruckheimer Films has launched the new film logo for “The Lone Ranger” in preparations for launching for a future web site. The tagline on the site reads, “The Legend Returns.” According to The Lone Ranger Fan Club, The Lone Ranger started off as an America radio show started in the 1930s and finally ended in 1954. It later expanded on to the big screen with 1938’s “The Lone Ranger,” 1939’s “The Lone Ranger Rides Again,” and “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” in 1982. The Lone Ranger was also a television series from 1948 through 1957. The last appearance of The Lone Ranger was in 2003 for a two-hour special on WB Network starring Chad Michael Murray and Nathaniel Arcand. Bruckheimer is an executive producer for the film. Gore Verbinski is set to direct the film and Johnny Depp will be considered to play Tonto, The Lone Ranger’s Indian sidekick.
- 1/13/2011
- LRMonline.com
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed the official logo for Walt Disney Pictures' Lone Ranger on his new official website [1]. Hit the jump to see the full logo. [2] source: Twitter [3] (via: Bleedingcool [4]) Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski is signed to direct, reteaming with Johnny Depp. No word yet on who'll play the Lone Ranger; Johnny Depp is set to play Tonto, the native warrior who finds the wounded ranger and keeps him alive. The project was initially announced [5] in 2007, with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Pirates of the Caribbean/Shrek screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio penning the script. A year later, in 2008, it was revealed [6] that Johnny Depp had been cast as Tonto, and George Clooney was rumored [7] to be in talks to play the title character. Last summer it was rumored [8] that Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Donnie Brasco, Prince of Persia) was in talks to direct,...
- 1/12/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
The official website for Jerry Bruckheimer Films has revealed the new logo for his forthcoming Disney film The Lone Ranger, which you see above.
Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) has been hired to adapt the character for the big screen, with Johnny Depp already slated to play the role of Tonto, the Lone Ranger's trusted colleague.
What isn't yet known, however, is who will play the title character, though as an exercise in wish-fulfilment a few names have been bandied about, including George Clooney, Jon Hamm, Aaron Eckhart, Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon…and even Will Smith.
Our personal view is that most of the above actors come with too much name recognition and that the producers might be better to go with an unknown. Typically that isn't Bruckheimer's way, however, and with Depp playing the part of Tonto, a heavyweight actor is likely...
Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) has been hired to adapt the character for the big screen, with Johnny Depp already slated to play the role of Tonto, the Lone Ranger's trusted colleague.
What isn't yet known, however, is who will play the title character, though as an exercise in wish-fulfilment a few names have been bandied about, including George Clooney, Jon Hamm, Aaron Eckhart, Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon…and even Will Smith.
Our personal view is that most of the above actors come with too much name recognition and that the producers might be better to go with an unknown. Typically that isn't Bruckheimer's way, however, and with Depp playing the part of Tonto, a heavyweight actor is likely...
- 1/12/2011
- CinemaSpy
Editor's note:
The mission: review at least one movie a week that came out in 1981. The reason: because he can.
The man to do the mission: Thurston McQ.
Prepare yourself for a trip back through three decades in time, to an era when VHS was king, video stores were popping up everywhere and movies could be rented by young, impressionable minds. What were movies like back then? And 30 years on, do the movies that were released in 1981 hold up to our storytelling standards today or fall down hard?
Welcome to a year-long column that will revisit those cinematic classics and not-so-classics from an era where CG and PG-13 didn't mean a thing to anyone yet. Welcome to Retro Review 1981 - The Weekly Column. Thurston, you have the floor. -- Patrick
The nature of progress dictates that we abandon old technologies for new. The benefits are usually obvious, or we wouldn’t do it.
The mission: review at least one movie a week that came out in 1981. The reason: because he can.
The man to do the mission: Thurston McQ.
Prepare yourself for a trip back through three decades in time, to an era when VHS was king, video stores were popping up everywhere and movies could be rented by young, impressionable minds. What were movies like back then? And 30 years on, do the movies that were released in 1981 hold up to our storytelling standards today or fall down hard?
Welcome to a year-long column that will revisit those cinematic classics and not-so-classics from an era where CG and PG-13 didn't mean a thing to anyone yet. Welcome to Retro Review 1981 - The Weekly Column. Thurston, you have the floor. -- Patrick
The nature of progress dictates that we abandon old technologies for new. The benefits are usually obvious, or we wouldn’t do it.
- 1/6/2011
- by Thurston McQ
- Corona's Coming Attractions
By Scott Mendelson
hollywoodnews.com: Confirming something that has been rumored for literally years, Disney announced that Gore Verbinksi will be helming a feature-film retelling of The Lone Ranger. And yes, Johnny Depp will be playing Tonto. For what it’s worth, Johnny Depp does have is 1/4 Native American, with a Cherokee maternal grandmother and a partial-Cherokee father. As to who will be playing the actual Lone Ranger, that is still up in the air, although I’m pretty sure that perennial favorite George Clooney has outgrown the part. Jerry Bruckheimer will be producing for a planned 2012 release.
The story is pretty simple: a young Texas ranger who is the lone survivor of an ambush; nursed back to health by the mysterious Tonto. How you tell that story and what embellishments you add, well that’s what will make the movie. We haven’t had a feature film version of...
hollywoodnews.com: Confirming something that has been rumored for literally years, Disney announced that Gore Verbinksi will be helming a feature-film retelling of The Lone Ranger. And yes, Johnny Depp will be playing Tonto. For what it’s worth, Johnny Depp does have is 1/4 Native American, with a Cherokee maternal grandmother and a partial-Cherokee father. As to who will be playing the actual Lone Ranger, that is still up in the air, although I’m pretty sure that perennial favorite George Clooney has outgrown the part. Jerry Bruckheimer will be producing for a planned 2012 release.
The story is pretty simple: a young Texas ranger who is the lone survivor of an ambush; nursed back to health by the mysterious Tonto. How you tell that story and what embellishments you add, well that’s what will make the movie. We haven’t had a feature film version of...
- 11/26/2010
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
William A. Fraker was a leading cinematographer in films from the late 1960s, photographing such films as Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and the 1977’s Exorcist II: The Heretic. He earned six Academy Award nominations during his career for his work on Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), the fantasy classic Heaven Can Wait (1978) starring Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg’s 1941 (1979), WarGames (1983), and Murphy’s Romance (1985).
Fraker was born in Los Angeles on September 29, 1923 and served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He studied at the USC School of Cinema and worked as a photographer’s assistant. He began working as a camera operator for television in the early 1960s. He served as a cinematographer for the obscure television production The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (a.k.a. The Haunted) (1964) for director Joseph Stefano, and for Leslie Steven’s off-beat, Esperanto-language horror film Incubus (1965) starring William Shatner.
Fraker was born in Los Angeles on September 29, 1923 and served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He studied at the USC School of Cinema and worked as a photographer’s assistant. He began working as a camera operator for television in the early 1960s. He served as a cinematographer for the obscure television production The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (a.k.a. The Haunted) (1964) for director Joseph Stefano, and for Leslie Steven’s off-beat, Esperanto-language horror film Incubus (1965) starring William Shatner.
- 6/22/2010
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Cinematographer whose innovative work brought him five Oscar nominations
The American cinematographer William Fraker, who has died of cancer aged 86, worked on dozens of mainstream films – the good, the bad, but never the ugly. Fraker could not be praised or blamed for the direction, acting or script, but the look of a film was, on the whole, his responsibility. Although he saw himself as part of a team who tried to fulfil the director's vision, Fraker began to push the boundaries of cinematography in commercial cinema by using faster and wider lenses, restricting lighting sources and employing techniques such as flashing and deliberate overexposure.
According to Fraker: "The director is the captain of the ship, the cinematographer is the executive officer. You have to really learn who you're working with and what they think. It's like a marriage. As a cinematographer, you can immediately tell a terrific director if they...
The American cinematographer William Fraker, who has died of cancer aged 86, worked on dozens of mainstream films – the good, the bad, but never the ugly. Fraker could not be praised or blamed for the direction, acting or script, but the look of a film was, on the whole, his responsibility. Although he saw himself as part of a team who tried to fulfil the director's vision, Fraker began to push the boundaries of cinematography in commercial cinema by using faster and wider lenses, restricting lighting sources and employing techniques such as flashing and deliberate overexposure.
According to Fraker: "The director is the captain of the ship, the cinematographer is the executive officer. You have to really learn who you're working with and what they think. It's like a marriage. As a cinematographer, you can immediately tell a terrific director if they...
- 6/10/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Cinematographer Fraker Dead At 86
Revered Hollywood cinematographer William Fraker has lost his battle with cancer, aged 86.
The filmmaker, who was nominated for six Oscars, died in Los Angeles on Monday.
His film credits include Heaven Can Wait, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, madcap cult movie 1941, Rosemary’s Baby and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
After serving in World War Two, Fraker began a career as a photographer and his first project involved a Marilyn Monroe calendar.
He got his start as a camera operator on the popular TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and landed his first job as a cinematographer in 1967's Games.
Fraker went on to work with moviemaking greats like Roman Polanski, Steven Spielberg and Milos Forman.
He also directed Lee Marvin and Jack Palance in 1970 western Monte Walsh and the films The Legend of the Lone Ranger and A Reflection of Fear.
He was working on the movie Section B, with Tippi Hedren, Cyndi Lauper and Marla Maples, when he died.
The filmmaker, who was nominated for six Oscars, died in Los Angeles on Monday.
His film credits include Heaven Can Wait, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, madcap cult movie 1941, Rosemary’s Baby and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
After serving in World War Two, Fraker began a career as a photographer and his first project involved a Marilyn Monroe calendar.
He got his start as a camera operator on the popular TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and landed his first job as a cinematographer in 1967's Games.
Fraker went on to work with moviemaking greats like Roman Polanski, Steven Spielberg and Milos Forman.
He also directed Lee Marvin and Jack Palance in 1970 western Monte Walsh and the films The Legend of the Lone Ranger and A Reflection of Fear.
He was working on the movie Section B, with Tippi Hedren, Cyndi Lauper and Marla Maples, when he died.
- 6/2/2010
- WENN
The 1979 big screen version of The Lone Ranger was a major financial flop- can Johnny Depp breathe new life into a stale concept?
Jerry Bruckheimer has signed Johnny Depp to star as Tonto in The Lone Ranger. Screenwriter Justin Haythe, who penned the script for Revolutionary Road, is also on the project. No date has been set for filming. The project would seem to be a risky one, despite Depp's fanatical fan base. The Lone Ranger is probably the most dated Western concept imaginable and the effort to revive the hero in the 1970s with The Legend of the Lone Ranger became a notorious box-office flop. For more click here...
Jerry Bruckheimer has signed Johnny Depp to star as Tonto in The Lone Ranger. Screenwriter Justin Haythe, who penned the script for Revolutionary Road, is also on the project. No date has been set for filming. The project would seem to be a risky one, despite Depp's fanatical fan base. The Lone Ranger is probably the most dated Western concept imaginable and the effort to revive the hero in the 1970s with The Legend of the Lone Ranger became a notorious box-office flop. For more click here...
- 5/15/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Hollywood Stuntman Adams Dies
Veteran Hollywood stuntman and actor Michael Gene Adams has died after suffering a stroke. He was 60.
Adams, a former president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, died at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Newhall, California on 18 April.
He served as a stuntman or stunt co-ordinator on more than 80 films, including City Slickers, Thunderheart, Wild Bill and Shaughnessy. He was also stuntman for several U.S. TV shows, including soap opera Days of Our Lives, and acted in films including The Legend of the Lone Ranger and Pale Rider
He is survived by his sister, Kris Stevens.
Adams, a former president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, died at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Newhall, California on 18 April.
He served as a stuntman or stunt co-ordinator on more than 80 films, including City Slickers, Thunderheart, Wild Bill and Shaughnessy. He was also stuntman for several U.S. TV shows, including soap opera Days of Our Lives, and acted in films including The Legend of the Lone Ranger and Pale Rider
He is survived by his sister, Kris Stevens.
- 4/29/2010
- WENN
Jack Hirshberg, the iconic publicist who worked on dozens of films and chronicled a golden age in Hollywood, died at his home in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on March 7 after a brief illness. He was 92.
His death was announced Friday by family spokesperson Spooky Stevens.
A native of Montreal, Hirshberg began his career as a newspaper reporter in the 1930s, becoming a syndicated columnist with "Hirshberg's Hollywood," which ran throughout Canada. He was a founding member of the Publicists Guild of America in 1937 and worked on such films as "The Ten Commandments," "Some Like It Hot," "Play It Again, Sam," "All the President's Men" and "Ordinary People."
Hirshberg also represented such notables as Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Martin & Lewis and Cecil B. DeMille.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences maintains a special collection of the Hirshberg Papers, Spanning the years 1953-80, they include hundreds of articles,...
His death was announced Friday by family spokesperson Spooky Stevens.
A native of Montreal, Hirshberg began his career as a newspaper reporter in the 1930s, becoming a syndicated columnist with "Hirshberg's Hollywood," which ran throughout Canada. He was a founding member of the Publicists Guild of America in 1937 and worked on such films as "The Ten Commandments," "Some Like It Hot," "Play It Again, Sam," "All the President's Men" and "Ordinary People."
Hirshberg also represented such notables as Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Martin & Lewis and Cecil B. DeMille.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences maintains a special collection of the Hirshberg Papers, Spanning the years 1953-80, they include hundreds of articles,...
- 3/19/2010
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bruckheimer Takes On The Lone Ranger
Pirates Of The Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer is set to give 1956 classic The Lone Ranger a Disney twist in a modern remake.
Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the screenwriting pair behind the Pirates trilogy, are in final talks to reteam with Bruckheimer and Disney to bring the masked hero to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Lone Ranger started off as a radio show in the 1930s and spurned numerous TV spin-offs and movies, including the 1956 film starring Clayton Moore.
The story follows the adventures of the Ranger, his white stallion Silver and his American Indian sidekick Tonto, as they attempt to bring local criminals to justice.
The crusader's last silver screen outing was in 1981's The Legend Of The Lone Ranger - but the film bombed so badly at the box office, the movie's star Klinton Spilsbury never worked in Hollywood again.
Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the screenwriting pair behind the Pirates trilogy, are in final talks to reteam with Bruckheimer and Disney to bring the masked hero to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Lone Ranger started off as a radio show in the 1930s and spurned numerous TV spin-offs and movies, including the 1956 film starring Clayton Moore.
The story follows the adventures of the Ranger, his white stallion Silver and his American Indian sidekick Tonto, as they attempt to bring local criminals to justice.
The crusader's last silver screen outing was in 1981's The Legend Of The Lone Ranger - but the film bombed so badly at the box office, the movie's star Klinton Spilsbury never worked in Hollywood again.
- 3/30/2008
- WENN
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