Steven Spielberg
Ben Burtt on Revolutionizing Sci-Fi Sound With ‘Star Wars’ and Creating Darth Vader’s Breathing
Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, the voice of R2-D2, Chewbacca and, for a younger generation, that of Pixar’s WALL-E. “I guess I altered the DNA of a […]
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‘Twisters’ Director Lee Isaac Chung Talks Steven Spielberg’s Big Assist and How ‘Star Wars’ Helped Him Land the Job
In early 2019, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung had come to terms with the fact his filmmaking career might be over. He’d already recognized the writing on the wall a year earlier and decided to pen a semi-autobiographical script known as Minari, but everything would soon change in February 2019. That’s when Plan B agreed […]
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Steven Spielberg’s Longtime Publicist Marvin Levy Retires (Exclusive)
Marvin Levy, the veteran marketing and publicity professional who has worked exclusively for Steven Spielberg since 1977, is retiring. Spielberg informed employees of the news at his company, Amblin Partners, in an email sent on Monday and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, calling it “the end of an era.” Levy, who began his career in […]
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Jessica Capshaw on Steven Spielberg as a Grandfather: “He’s the Sweetest”
Steven Spielberg’s stepdaughter, Grey’s Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw, said the famous filmmaker has achieved ultimate grandparent status in her house. “The kids talk about him all the time,” Capshaw said during an appearance on Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa. “They just think he’s the sweetest and the cutest, and they just are so […]
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5 Big Hollywood Donors No Longer Supporting Biden (And 5 Who Remain Silent)
"If Biden does not step down, the Democrats will lose." Several top celebrity donors call on Biden to drop out, while some stay silent.
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Lego Unveils ‘Jaws’ Set Timed for Summer Season
Cue the famous John Williams score, because it’s time to not go into the water. Instead, it’s time to head to a fine table to build with bricks. Lego has unveiled a new set based on Jaws, the Steven Spielberg blockbuster that changed summer moviegoing and made countless people afraid to go into the ocean. […]
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Steven Spielberg to Star in NBC’s 2024 Olympics Games Opening Film ‘Land of Stories’
Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg is set to welcome TV viewers to NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage by narrating the short film Land of Stories just before the opening ceremony in Paris on July 26. NBCUniversal, set to cover the Olympic Summer Games, said the Munich director would appear in the four-minute film, which was shot on a […]
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‘Jaws’ Documentary in the Works From Nat Geo, Amblin
The notoriously tumultuous making-of story behind Steven Spielberg’s hit Jaws and the writing of its best-selling source material by Peter Benchley are getting the documentary treatment. Timed to the 50th anniversary of the 1975 film, Nat Geo has greenlit Jaws @ 50 (working title), a doc feature that will focus on both the Spielberg film […]
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Mike Faist Explains How Zendaya’s Cameras Led Him to ‘The Bikeriders’
Mike Faist was planning to take a prolonged breather after an exhausting shoot on Challengers, but those intentions fell by the wayside once Jeff Nichols called about The Bikeriders. The Take Shelter and Mud filmmaker made Faist an offer that was simply too tempting to pass up. He’d not only get to work a couple […]
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Steven Spielberg, Taika Waititi and Universal Teaming to Adapt Percival Everett’s ‘James’
Universal has landed the rights to Erasure author Percival Everett’s James, and is assembling a team of Oscar-winners to bring it to the screen. Steven Spielberg will executive produce the project via his Amblin Partners, with Taika Waititi in early talks to direct the adaptation. The package comes after American Fiction, an adaptation of Everett’s […]
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Steven Spielberg Jokes ‘Sugarland Express’ Inspired O.J. Simpson Chase Reaction: “They’re Stealing My Thunder”
Most of the action in Steven Spielberg’s 1974 directorial debut, Sugarland Express, unfolds over the course of an extended car chase as Goldie Hawn and William Atherton’s characters try to evade a long convoy of police vehicles in an effort to regain custody of their young son from foster care. While the film predated high-speed […]
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Audrina Miranda Joins New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie
Audrina Miranda is joining Scarlett Johansson in Universal’s new Jurassic World feature. She joins an ensemble cast that already includes Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend, Mahershala Ali, Luna Blaise and David Iacono. Miranda began her performing career in the dancing world, working with top choreographers and on projects with Nickelodeon, Dancing With the […]
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