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Veteran filmmaker Richard Donner, known for directing blockbuster and classic films such as "Superman", "The Goonies" and "Lethal Weapon" franchise, has died. He was 91. Donner passed away on Monday, his producer-wife Lauren Schuler Donner told Deadline. However, she did not reveal the cause of his death. Donner, whose real name was Richard Donald Schwartzberg, was born in New York to Jewish parents in 1931. Early in his career, Donner had aspired to be an actor but found his calling in direction. His early work included directing episodes of television shows such as The Rifleman", "The ...

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover Mourn the Passing of Lethal Weapon Director Richard Donner Mel Gibson and Danny Glover Mourn the Passing of Lethal Weapon Director Richard Donner Danny Glover and Mel Gibson are both feeling heartbroken about the passing of Lethal Weapon series director Richard Donner. Lethal Weapon stars Danny Glover and Mel Gibson have weighed in on the passing of Richard Donner. On Monday, it was reported that Donner, who directed all four Lethal Weapon movies with Glover and Mel Gibson, had passed away at the age of 91. As he also directed other iconic movies like Superman: T...

Conceived, but given the quality of recent disaster flicks, parody is redundant. The challenge of topping the insane improbability of Hollywood’s less pretentious fare is too great for any filmmaker, and Frawley and his writers have decided not to try. They’ve settled, instead, on very safe conventions: Sally Kellerman as an unhappy spouse who falls in love with her husband only when their divorce is finalized, Ruth Gordon as a foulmouthed old lady on the lam, Rene Auberjonois as an agnostic priest. ‘I’ve never seen such a bunch of crybabies,” Bologna snarls, in what’s supposed to...

Superman III: An Underrated Entry in the Man of Steel Canon? As we await the long gestating Snyder Cut of Justice League, and having had a (at best) very mixed bag of Superman depictions since Christopher Reeve’s breakout, I thought I’d take a look back at one sequel in his initial run that has been greeted with a mixed response over the years. In more recent times it’s gained in cult appeal, but back in the 80’s, its saving grace tended to be the fact that it wasn’t as bad as First though, lets consider the legacy of Reeve in the role. For many, myself included, he’s still the ...

30 December 2020 Share with: It had been speculated that the 90-year-old filmmaker – who directed the first four movies in the buddy cop action-comedy franchise – would return for the fifth and final film and Richard has now confirmed he has signed on to direct. He told The Daily Telegraph newspaper: "This is the final one. It's both my privilege and duty to put it to bed. It's exciting, actually... Hahaha! It's the last one, I'll promise you that." Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are both set to reprise their roles as LA detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh respectively in the first 'L...