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  IGN: Comic-Con 2005: IGN Interviews Joel Silver
Silver is re-teaming with the Wachowskis to produce V for Vendetta, based on Alan Moore & David Lloyd's tale of a fascist England on the brink of humanity's end (and he's also the executive producer of UPN's Veronica Mars, to boot).
JOEL SILVER: Well, whenever I'm asked that, I answer metaphorically.
SILVER: I always felt that a lot of the films I did with Donner weren't as good as they could have been, because he was not as collaborative as I would have liked, but I kind of said, "Okay…" The Wachowski Bothers are very collaborative, and the Coen brothers were very collaborative.
movies.ign.com /articles/634/634274p1.html   (694 words)

  
  Joel Silver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is a successful Jewish-American Hollywood film producer.
Silver grew up in South Orange, New Jersey.
He is one of the world's foremost experts on Frank Lloyd Wright, and owns several houses he designed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joel_Silver   (174 words)

  
 Joel Silver
Born in July 14, 1952 in South Orange, New Jersey, Joel Silver is known for producing action movies like 48 Hours and The Matrix.
Silver is notorious for his slovenly appearance, bad manners and fierce temper.
Silver's been dining out on Lethal Weapon for a long time now, but the bottom line is that his movies have become bogus and gross.
www.lukeford.net /profiles/profiles/joel_silver.htm   (770 words)

  
 Interview - Joel Silver & Jaume Serra for "House of Wax"
Joel Silver: I like these movies, Hillary Swank came to us to do the next film, the next one is starring her.
Joel Silver: There are all different kinds of horror films, we started doing Tales From the Crypt in 89 and we did 93 half hours and they're all different kinds of movies.
Joel Silver: When we made the first Matrix, I came out of the first test screening, the numbers for Trinity were so much higher than anything else in the movie, people loved that character.
www.darkhorizons.com /news05/wax1.php   (2470 words)

  
 Scifiwire Movie News (2/22/2005) - Drunk hits batmobile, plus Joel Silver projects - Movie-List Forums
Producer Joel Silver told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming film version of Alan Moore's graphic novel V for Vendetta is eyeing a Nov. 5 release date—Guy Fawkes Day in the United Kingdom and the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot to overthrow the English throne.
Producer Joel Silver confirmed to SCI FI Wire that he is wooing Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon to write and direct a new film version of Wonder Woman.
Silver (the Matrix films and the upcoming House of Wax) said that Whedon, an avowed comic fanatic and current author of Marvel's Astonishing X-Men series, came to him with a new twist on the venerable character.
www.movie-list.com /forum/showthread.php?t=11201   (934 words)

  
 JEWSWEEK - The man behind The Matrix
Joel Silver's second installment in The Matrix trilogy is more than just the most anticipated movie of the year.
Ultimately, Silver not only electrified audiences with audacious visual innovations that have since been imitated in countless commercials, music videos and movies, they created a provocative action film that ponders the essence of reality and identity, illuminating the choices we must make and the strengths and weaknesses that compel us to make them.
Silver had always envisioned the sprawling saga he unleashed in The Matrix as a trilogy, and the success of that film allowed him to tunnel deeper into a mythology that he had only begun to reveal.
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 Zap2it.com - Movie news - Joel Silver Talks 'Vendetta,' Logan's Run' and More
Silver was actually supposed to be drumming up support for two films right now, but "V for Vendetta," an adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving was bumped from November to next March.
Looking forward, Silver holds out hopes for his remake of "Logan's Run," a sci-fi epic Bryan Singer was supposed to direct before he was lured away by the Siren call of "Superman." Singer is still involved and the team is still waiting on script drafts from Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie.
Silver hopes to have "Logan's Run" shooting next summer for a 2007 or 2008 release, though Singer's commitment to figure "Superman" installments could be an issue.
www.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---27076,00.html   (670 words)

  
 DVDork.com Forums - Joel Silver speaks on the Matrix 2 disc cancellation
Producer Joel Silver and his team want to give audiences a taste of The Animatrix before the collection of animated shorts based on the hit film The Matrix arrives on video June 3.
The idea for Animatrix took root in 1999, when Silver and “the boys” -- Silver’s affectionate reference to Larry and Andy Wachowski -- were on their way home from a promotional junket for The Matrix in Japan.
As for the highly publicized Matrix special edition, the release of which Warner had timed to coincide with Reloaded’s theatrical bow, Silver said those plans were scrapped because the double-disc edition was loaded with samples from the upcoming sequel.
www.dvdork.com /forums/showthread.php?t=86   (514 words)

  
 Hollywood mogul lauds Australian actors - smh.com.au
But Silver confided the deep pool of acting talent in Australia was causing him a pleasant headache.
Silver has spent almost as much time in Australia in recent years as he has in Los Angeles after shooting the three Matrix movies and Ghost Ship Down Under.
Silver's latest project, Cradle 2 The Grave shot in LA and starring martial arts master Jet Li and American rap star DMX, topped the US box office this weekend with $US17.1 million.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/03/04/1046540187715.html   (426 words)

  
 V BIO: Joel Silver
In addition to V For Vendetta, Silver is currently producing The Visiting, a sci-fi thriller starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, and the supernatural thriller The Reaping, starring Hilary Swank, the next release from his Dark Castle Entertainment division.
Silver’s 1999 production The Matrix grossed over $456 million globally, earning more than any other Warner Bros. Pictures film in the Studio’s history at the time of its release.
Silver also executive produced, with Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill and Robert Zemeckis, eight seasons of the award-winning HBO series Tales From the Crypt, as well as two Tales From the Crypt films.
vforvendetta.warnerbros.com /cmp/bio_joel.html   (595 words)

  
 Defamer, the L.A. Gossip Rag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Once he's satisfied that his legacy in the annals of Hucking the 'Bee has been protected, Silver will return his focus to the cardiovascular activity for which he is now legendary, the hurling of blunt objects at his scattering underlings.
The Larchmont Charter School had contacted Silver's office on the Warner Bros. lot and was under the impression the internship was a go.
Joel Silver is the producer of The Matrix movies, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Predator and 48 Hours.
www.defamer.com /hollywood/joel-silver/index.php   (1008 words)

  
 Joel Silver Enjoys Making Audience Think | Futurizmo Matrix
The Associated Press reports: Joel Silver is famous for making movies where things blow up, so he said it's nice to have produced some movies that make people think as well as jump from the big bangs.
Silver produced the "Lethal Weapon" movies and the "Die Hard" films during a career that earned him the reputation as one of the biggest action film producers in Hollywood.
Silver said directors Larry and Andy Wachowski came up with the idea to give fans a sneak peek of the third installment, `The Matrix Revolutions' at the end of the credits for `The Matrix Reloaded,' but not everyone realizes it's there.
www.futurizmo.com /matrix/news/EpVFuZlEkAFLEXfGYN.php   (311 words)

  
 MFN Forums - Joel Silver talks to CHUD.com
Lord Joel: Yeah, when the whole thing started, we went to Japan in September of 1999 after the first movie opened for a promotional junket.
Lord Joel: I just think...well, exhibition has their own problems now because of the proliferation of too many theaters.
Lord Joel: Well, look, the reason we ended up with this Newsweek cover in December was because we really haven't had that much out there.
forums.matrixfans.net /showthread.php?s=&threadid=2223   (1614 words)

  
 Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver Partner in Formation of Dark Castle Entertainment
Burbank, Calif. — Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis have partnered in the formation of Dark Castle Entertainment, a new film company created in association with, in their words, "the spirit of the late William Castle," who produced and directed several memorable horror films during the 1950s and 1960s.
Zemeckis and Silver, who have previously partnered with Richard Donner, Walter Hill and David Giler on the highly successful Tales from the Crypt series, anticipate that some of the Dark Castle films will be re-makes of classic thrillers and others will be original works in the same vein.
Joel Silver is one of the most successful producers in the motion picture industry today, with the combined gross of his films at $2.8 billion.
www.bttf.com /news/99012001.htm   (672 words)

  
 Joel Silver - Producer - Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
JOEL SILVER is one of the most successful producers in the motion picture industry today.
Silver is currently producing Gothika, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz, through his Dark Castle Entertainment division.
Silver and Robert Zemeckis launched Dark Castle, the production entity they formed in the spirit of the late horror impresario William Castle, with the record-breaking release of House on Haunted Hill, which opened at number one on Halloween of 1999.
whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com /japan/rl_cmp/rl_bios_silver.html   (627 words)

  
 ActionKings-Silver
Born on July 14th, 1952 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA, Joel Silver has become one of the most successful movie producers in the motion picture industry today, with the combined gross of his films at well over $4 billion.
Silver began his career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he soon became President of Motion Pictures.
Needless to say, Silver always finds a way to rebound from a miss and always keep his viewers entertained by any way possible.
www.geocities.com /theactionkingsd/ActionKings-Silver.html   (228 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Q&A: Joel Silver - Tuesday January 24, 2006 5:32PM
Silver: I raised my hand and said, "I move that we form a committee to investigate the possibility of introducing Frisbee into the high school curriculum." Everybody laughed.
Silver: There was a polarized world in my high school.
Silver: Whenever I would do junkets for a movie, invariably, some journalist would ask me about it because [they saw a story about it] on the Internet.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/writers/richard_deitsch/01/24/media.circus   (1008 words)

  
 ISF Personnel: Joel Silver, ISF Producer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
JJoel Silver is the President and founder of the Imaging Science Foundation, Inc., which was incorporated in 1994 to introduce video calibration methodology into consumer electronics.
He also runs the Imaging Science Research Lab which is Microsoft's certification lab for Media Center PC image quality.
Joel Silver is a co-inventor of the patented Microsoft Media Center Edition Calibration Wizard.
www.imagingscience.com /joel_bio.htm   (188 words)

  
 Cinema Confidential: Interview with Steven Seagal, Jill Hennessy, and Joel Silver
[Joel Silver] had an interest in a novel about police corruption and at that time, just had a horrible incident which you all refer to as the Ramphart incident and I felt it was, politically, a very important move to address this kind of corruption.
When asked if DMX was cast the role of Latrell Walker because of his work in "Romeo Must Die" (also with Silver), Silver answered, "He had only two real scenes in 'Romeo Must Die' and there was a tremendous response in the audience in both of those scenes.
Silver may take all of this into account with his next pictures, which are the sequels to 1999's "The Matrix." Even though the films will not begin shooting until later this month, the Internet is already full of buzz and activity regarding plot leaks and characters.
www.cinecon.com /interviews/exitwounds.shtml   (1448 words)

  
 Joel Silver
After graduation Silver quickly worked his way up to an assistant producer post under Universal's Lawrence Gordon; after considerable success with a series of popular pictures, including a handful of Burt Reynolds vehicles, Silver was appointed president of Lawrence Gordon Productions.
As head of his own Silver Pictures in 1980, Silver began inauspiciously with the mishmosh Olivia Newton-John vehicle Xanadu before finding his niche with the stylized violent action of 1984's Streets of Fire.
Silver was able to maintain his industry standing on the basis of these successes, permitting him to ride out his many failures, including Jumpin' Jack Flash (1985), Ford Fairlane (1990), and the potentially career-busting Hudson Hawk (1991).
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P111476   (189 words)

  
 Joel Silver Says Vendetta is Risky - Cinematical
In discussing his upcoming graphic novel-to-film adaptation V for Vendetta, producer Joel Silver calls it a "smart" action film, comparing it with previous Wachowski effort The Matrix, in contrast to many other action flicks Joel has worked on.
While Joel acknowledges that he enjoyed working on general action films as well (quote: "Look, I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life, which, by the way, I'm proud of") he says that there is something more provocative and interesting about action films which "masquerade" as something else.
According to Joel, "smart action" films such as Vendetta and Matrix carry a greater box office risk than your standard variety action flick, because they are complex, difficult to swallow, and at times tough to understand.
www.cinematical.com /2006/03/01/joel-silver-says-vendetta-is-risky   (936 words)

  
 Joel Silver - Cranky Critic® StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews
Comparing Reloaded to Revolutions, Silver wants to make one thing absolutely clear: "Reloaded was always the first half of the movie and people didn't really seem to get that.
Revolutions is like one movie, cut in half, and unfortunately at the end of the first half, there were a lot of questions left unanswered, but in Revolutions, all those questions are answered," Silver insists, competing with the loud party music in the background.
On a side note, Silver produced 1987's Predator, which happened to have starred Arnold and Jesse Ventura, both of whom became governors.
www.crankycritic.com /qa/pf_articles/joelsilver.html   (623 words)

  
 IGN: Comic-Con 2005: IGN Interviews Joel Silver
Silver is re-teaming with the Wachowskis to produce V for Vendetta, based on Alan Moore & David Lloyd's tale of a fascist England on the brink of humanity's end (and he's also the executive producer of UPN's Veronica Mars, to boot).
JOEL SILVER: Well, whenever I'm asked that, I answer metaphorically.
SILVER: I always felt that a lot of the films I did with Donner weren't as good as they could have been, because he was not as collaborative as I would have liked, but I kind of said, "Okay…" The Wachowski Bothers are very collaborative, and the Coen brothers were very collaborative.
filmforce.ign.com /articles/634/634274p1.html   (733 words)

  
 eBay - joel silver, Fiction Books, Cards items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
THE SILVER CROWN by Joel Rosenberg (1991) #
The Silver Stone by Joel Rosenberg (1996) 1st Ed.
JOEL ROSENBERG pb The Silver Crown Guardians of Flame
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 Interview with Producer Joel Silver on the Matrix Sequels - Movie-List Forums
Silver: I've seen the sequel change so much over the years.
When I first started doing them, people thought they were cool for a while and then they became very, you know, in many cases, silly.
Silver: We want to do a lot of special things with the DVD.
www.movie-list.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4308   (572 words)

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