
Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne (CHINATOWN) will write and direct a television version of THE 39 STEPS, based on a novel by John Buchan. The most famous version of the property was a 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock that starred Robert Donat...
...Darabont, Robert Towne (Screenwriters); Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner (Producers); J.J. Abrams (Director); based upon the television series Mission: Impossible created by Bruce Geller. Premise: Unknown. Release Date: 2006Comments: M:I 2 made $93 million dol...
...ormidable Robert Towne, he of Chinatown fame). The story clunks along at a tedious pace that enervates rather than energizes viewers, and when the action finally breaks out, you have to rouse yourself back into a state of awareness in order to apprecia...
...YCHO) and Robert Towne (CHINATOWN). THE OUTER LIMITS had the advantage of a higher production budget and the imaginative contributions of makeup maestros Fred Phillips (STAR TREK) and John Chambers (PLANET OF THE APES) and special effects technicians W...
Premise: The original film, which was written by the powerful twosome of Robert Towne and Paul Schrader, dealt with a man who returns to Japan after a lengthy absence to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter, ensuing in samurai swords slashing and gu...
Paramount Pictures has snagged the rights to CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL on behalf of legendary writer/director Robert Towne (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, CHINATOWN).Producing for the studio is Tom Cruise's Cruise/Wagner Productions, which helped bring Towne's great b...
...rader and Robert Towne. The script was based on a story by Leonard Schrader.The remake will be set in contemporary times and also will reflect a more multiethnic Japan.
... scripter Robert Towne, while action genius John Woo takes over the directing reigns from Brian DePalma. This sounds like fun, but there have been reports of production problems that slightly dampen our enthusiasm. Anticipation scale: 8. Box office: $1...
...eenwriter Robert Towne, in which an alienated U.S. government agent is hired to infiltrate an invading extraterrestrial spaceshipand finds himself drawn to the beings from outer space.With 32 episodes in immaculate black and white transfers it might se...
After first appearing at Ain't It Cool News as a rumor, now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Frank Darabont has been hired to write the new script for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3. Robert Towne had been the writer working on M:I 3 for director Joe Carnahan (...

