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Richard Alan Greenberg [1] (January 21, 1947 – June 16, 2018) [2] was an American designer of special effects and main titles for feature films. [3] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work in Predator (1987). [4]
Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. [5] Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch Schaefer, the leader of an elite paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in guerrilla-held territory in a Central American rainforest, who encounter the deadly Predator (Kevin Peter Hall), a skilled ...
Lawrence Gordon (born March 25, 1936) is an American producer and motion picture executive. [1] He specializes in producing action-oriented films and other genres. Some of his most popular productions include 48 Hours (1982), Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Boogie Nights (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and Prey (2022).
The company was founded in 1984 by filmmaker John Davis and it was incorporated in Nevada on December 2, 1985. The company was officially established on May 21, 1986, in order to produce mid-to-high budget action films that were financed entirely by a studio, starting with Predator, a co-production with Lawrence Gordon Productions and Silver Pictures, and a series of other films that were ...
1987 Lethal Weapon: Richard Donner: Warner Bros. Predator: John McTiernan: 20th Century Fox: 1988 Die Hard: co-produced with Gordon Company Action Jackson: Craig R. Baxley: Lorimar Film Entertainment: 1989 Road House [1] Rowdy Herrington: United Artists [1] Lethal Weapon 2: Richard Donner: Warner Bros. 1990 Die Hard 2: Renny Harlin: 20th ...
The Predator franchise depicts a series of deadly encounters between humanity and a hostile, trophy-hunting extraterrestrial species known as the Yautja.Predominantly transpiring in the present day of the 20th and 21st century, the series comprises films that, while largely independent, portray human confrontations with Yautjas in different locations.
The Classic Predator (Derek Mears) is a Predator from the Jungle Hunter Clan that is held prisoner by the three Super Predators. This Predator is named Classic because its design resembles the Predator from the 1987 film. He is later released by Royce with the agreement to send Royce back to Earth by hacking into the Super Predators' ship.
In December 1986, Vestron Pictures planned to produce ten films and to acquire 10-15 films in order to become a virtual low-budget film studio, and gave production budgets of under $2 million to the Lightning Pictures genre label, as titles from the mainstream label ran $2–6 million; the company was relegated to low-budget production without ...