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  Richard Donner, director of a string of blockbuster movies including The Omen, Superman and Lethal Weapon – obituary

  Richard Donner, who has died aged 91, was the American film director behind the horror flick The Omen (1976), the Christopher Reeve superhero movie Superman (1978) and the comedy adventure The Goonies (1985); he later worked on the Lethal Weapon franchise, developing a close friendship with its deranged detective Mel Gibson, whom he also directed in Maverick (1994) with Jodie Foster and Conspiracy Theory (1997) with Julia Roberts. Donner had spent 20 years working in television and had made a co

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  How Hollywood idiocy almost killed Richard Donner’s Superman

  It’s now considered a classic, the noble progenitor of the costumed-hero blockbuster. But the late Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman film was rewritten from scratch, passed around every A-list actor in Hollywood, and became a battlefield over which its creators fought, bloodily, and are still fighting. The story of its production makes the meathead punchbagging of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice look like a minor squabble in the school canteen. The years between Donner’s film and Zack Snyder’s 2

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  Richard Donner, director of Superman and The Goonies, dies aged 91

  Richard Donner, director of Superman and The Goonies, dies aged 91. The New York-born film-maker worked on hits ranging from The Twilight Zone to Lethal Weapon

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  The Goonies and Superman director Richard Donner dies aged 91

  He was remembered as an ‘incredible director and storyteller’.

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  Ned Beatty: Oscar-nominated Superman, Deliverance and Network actor dies aged 83

  Ned Beatty, an Oscar-nominated character actor who appeared in dozens of films and TV shows throughout his career, has died at the age of 83. Rising to fame with a role in Deliverance in 1972, Beatty went on to appear in films including Superman and Superman 2 alongside Christopher Reeve, Network, All The President's Men, and Charlie Wilson's War. After spending his early acting career on stage, Beatty was cast as Bobby Trippe in Deliverance, also starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds, playing

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  Lynn Stalmaster, ‘master caster’ who gave actors including John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman their breakthrough roles – obituary

  Lynn Stalmaster, who has died aged 93, largely devised the profession of casting director with which he was to become synonymous in Hollywood; he helped shape more than 400 films and television shows, from West Side Story to Roots to Superman, and among many others launched to stardom Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Reeve and John Travolta. Almost everyone who has watched screen entertainment in the last 60 years will have seen the credit “Casting by Lynn Stalmaster” – and the product of his eye for

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  'Superman' director Richard Donner is not a fan of 'bleak and angry' superhero movies

  More than 40 years after the world believed a man could fly, Donner thinks some superhero movies have lost their optimism and magic.

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  Richard Donner interview: ‘I wanted to save Superman’

  “Hey kid, how you doing,” said Richard Donner at the beginning of our conversation last December. I guess everyone’s ‘kid’ when you’re 90, but I imagine he’d been calling people that for decades. He exuded warmth, affection and familiarity, despite the fact that he didn’t really know me. He was a gruff teddy bear. One of the truly good guys. I’d loved his films my whole life – as a kid there was 1978’s Superman, of course – still the gold standard for superhero films – but also I’d seen 1976’s T

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  'Superman II' at 40: Ursa star Sarah Douglas looks back on the turbulent shoot (exclusive)

  Given its tumultuous shoot, 'Superman II' really shouldn’t be as blindingly brilliant as it is.

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  Searching for Superman: why Henry Cavill deserves another chance as the Man of Steel

  Searching for Superman: why Henry Cavill deserves another chance as the Man of SteelCavill is expected to appear in Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2. But why doesn’t Warner Bros entrust him with a standalone film?

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