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
want bigger descending
The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
running elements minorities
A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.
ability wells frisbee
I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.
watches sometimes disturbing
To watch a movie in 3D when it's not really planned in 3D is disturbing sometimes.
horse war snow
There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.
fun years names
You know for years before the notion of sequels, actors were the franchise. John Wayne would rarely do sequels, but he kind of played the same guy with a different name in every movie. I have no problem with using actors as franchises. And that's what is fun to do.
responsibility unique filmmaker
Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.
beginning came celebrate heard last people sound turned
The ivory-billed woodpecker that (was up last week) was thought to be extinct. (Recently, sounds) have been heard which sound like it, and we are beginning to get confirmation that they do actually come from the ivory-billed woodpecker. To celebrate its 'coming out of extinction,' we turned to its page. People came to see.
afraid cautionary essence people says
It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people. That is the essence of the story.
book comic future work
It was like a 1930s comic book set in the future. I can't say what it was, but there was something about it that made me think it would work as a movie.
arena behind bigger build prefer scenes spend time
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.
hard
It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
amount attracted guy huge mask opening strong wears
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.
came clear great needed
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,