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Former Disney screenwriter behind Bambi remake calls for scene in which the famous deer's mother dies to be scrapped because it is too triggering for parents and children
A former Disney screenwriter behind the Bambi remake has said the scene in which famous deer’s mother dies should be reworked as parents are more ‘sensitive’. Film writer and director Lindsey Anderson Beer had been working on a live-action version of the much loved Bambi film to bring it to a modern audience. Speaking to Collider, Anderson Beer said this…
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‘Taxi Driver’ Screenwriter Paul Schrader Has No Interest In Watching That Travis Bickle Uber Ad
Is Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese’s best picture? Uproxx’s Steven Hyden recently made a strong argument that it is. As it happens, the gritty 1976 drama is back in the news: Uber has tapped Robert De Niro to reprise his role as Travis Bickle, the film’s troubled cabbie-turned-vigilante anti-hero, for an Uber commercial that’s about to start filming this week in…
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Screenwriter and playwright Nathan Louis Jackson – whose credits include Marvel series Luke Cage and Shameless – dies at age 44
Screenwriter and playwright Nathan Louis Jackson – whose credits include Marvel series Luke Cage and Shameless – dies at age 44 Jackson passed at his home in Lenexa, Kansas on August 22, 2023, his wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson informed The Hollywood Reporter Jackson’s screenwriting credits include the Marvel show Luke Cage and the drama series Shameless As a playwright, Jackson earned numerous…
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Robert Klane Dies; ‘Weekend At Bernie’s Screenwriter Was 81 – Deadline
Robert Klane, the writer-director best known for penning Weekend at Bernie’s and National Lampoon’s European Vacation, died Aug. 29 of kidney failure in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 81. Besides the 1989 movie that starred Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman, Klane also wrote for Tracey Takes On …,The Odd Couple: Together Again, The Man With One Red Shoe and Unfaithfully…
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Robert Klane Dead: ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ Screenwriter Was 81
Robert Klane, screenwriter of films including “Weekend at Bernie’s” and “Where’s Poppa?,” died from kidney failure on Aug. 29 at his home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 81. Klane’s son Jon shared the news with Variety in a statement, which reads, “Klane’s satirical and daring writing pushed the boundaries of good taste, while depicting the unfairness of life through…
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Screenwriter For ‘Throw Momma From The Train’ Was 76 – Deadline
Stu Silver, the screenplay writer for the 1987 comedy Throw Momma From The Train, died July 18 in Rochester, NY from complications of prostate cancer. He was 76, his son said. Born in Los Angeles in 1947, he moved with his adopted family to Rochester at a young age. He later went to New York City to pursue an acting…
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