Joel Silver
Joel Silver
Joel Silveris an American film producer, most well-known for action films including the Lethal Weapon series, The Matrix trilogy, the first two Die Hard movies, and Predator. He is the owner of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment. He has been a rival to Michael Eisner, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, since their days at Paramount Pictures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth14 July 1952
CountryUnited States of America
book comic future work
It was like a 1930s comic book set in the future. I can't say what it was, but there was something about it that made me think it would work as a movie.
hard
It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
great hard
It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.
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It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been kind of been brought back to life after Lynda Carter. I mean, it's a reinvention. When Tim Burton reinvented Batman after Adam West, and when Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves, it's time to do that with Wonder Woman.
It wasn't working out, ... There were some problems. We went into a different direction.
It wasn't working out, ... There was some problems. We went into a different direction.
afraid cautionary essence people says
It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people. That is the essence of the story.
odd sure
It's an odd little movie. We weren't sure who would show up.
The reality is that each movie has got to be seen in its own light.
finished shooting
We'd finished shooting the film by then. The film is the film.
love movies rated stuck switch
The only problem is I can't get into PG-13 Land. I just get stuck in R rated movies, which they would love us to make PG-13 movies but I never get there. But I think that you've got to make them different. You've got to switch them up.
audiences market sure urban
We really haven't marketed to that group. I'm not sure why. We market to urban audiences.
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We needed an actor who could convey the character's blend of optimism, recklessness, misguided persistence and likeability. In addition to his obvious talents as an actor, Robert Downey Jr. exudes a boyish charm and an appeal that is perfect for Harry.
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This story is more important now than ever. But movies are made to make money. So if people go to films like this, we'll see more of them.