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
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When I read 'Watchmen,' it changed my view of so many things. It was the first time I'd read a graphic novel really like that.
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There are hot-button issues that are dealt with in the story and that's good, that's fresh. It seems to be as relevant as it could be right now. I think that it's going to be very current and very topical and I think people will be intrigued by the material. I think it's the right time and the right place.
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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.
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I had a hard time making Predator 2. The first movie was so good at what it was and Predator 3 is just like a Saturday Night Live sketch.
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I'm not looking to... I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.
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The size of Audubon's anthologies made them difficult to carry, move around and store.
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The V For Vendetta story was written in the late 80's and takes place in a society in an alternate world and the recent events in London does not affect this scenario. At first, we wanted to release the movie in November but the principal shooting was finished just a few weeks ago and considering all the post-production work which is to be done, especially the special effects, we decided to postpone the release until March 2006.
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I've never felt the company run so well. I've never felt the divisions work together so well, ... These guys really are inspirational leaders. They really have built a fantastic organization. There used to be a lot of divisiveness. In past managements it was sometimes very hard to get things done. Now these guys are just fantastic and they make it an incredible place.
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Mel said, 'He's in great shape. He's clear and focused. If he ever needed help, now's the time.' And he was clean, he came in and did it, and that was it,
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We just decided to pick the date 'The Matrix' opened in most of the world. At the end of the day, it worked out really great because the world seems to have got to a place where I think the movie is even more relevant now than it was several months ago.
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Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the big movies we can't shoot there. It's just a shame that Arnold Schwarzenegger can't deliver on this level.
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I'm sitting here at my office at Warner Bros. And I'm looking at big buildings and soundstages and all the things you need to make a movie, but what do I have to do? Get on a plane and fly thousands of miles so I can look at big buildings and sound stages and all the things you need to make a movie. And why? Because of costs. It all comes down to costs.
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The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on 'The Matrix' that we hit the Valhalla of movie making, which is the four quadrant audience - the young male audience, the older male audience, the young female audience and the older female audience.
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Here we have a movie about a guy who wears a mask the whole picture, with controversial subjects, some hot-button issues. Not the standard-fare movie, and we did a strong opening and attracted a huge amount of people.