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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and more of the franchise's original stars will be coming together for  In a teaser trailer featuring footage from the original films, the streaming service teased the retrospective of one of the biggest franchises of all time. Chris Columbus, the director of the first two films, as well as stars Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright,

the 20th anniversary of the release of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” and a lot of the main cast is back. Warner Bros.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe original Hogwarts wizarding trio are reuniting to recount their adventures from two decades ago.Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other cast members from all eight “Harry Potter” films for the first time in an HBO Max retrospective special to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise’s first film, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which premiered 20 years ago today.“Harry Potter 20th Anniversary:

90.3 million on its opening weekend, but Columbus said one of the biggest benefits of the film being a hit was it allowed him to have “mental freedom” on “Chamber of Secrets,” which started filming the Monday after “Sorcerer’s Stone” was released. “I had a tremendous amount of mental freedom on ‘Chamber of Secrets.’ No second guessing,” he said.

Richard Harris memorably played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – before passing away suddenly in October of 2002.

Courtney Howard “Home Sweet Home Alone” takes everything audiences loved about the Chris Columbus-directed, John Hughes-penned original and turns it around on them. Holiday sentimentality co-mingling with slapstick violence hits differently when the filmmakers not only swap the roles of the empathetic protagonist and dastardly antagonists, but also take a both-sides approach to rooting interest.

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint into household names. (And, not for nothing, taught die-hard fans how to correctly pronounce the name Hermione.)On the occasion of the film’s 20th anniversary, director Chris Columbus spoke to Variety about bringing the fantastical wizarding world to life.

Robin Williams missed out on playing Remus Lupin. On Thursday, director Chris Columbus revealed that the late star was interested in playing the werewolf who is first introduced in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the third book and film in the franchise.

Robin Williams was in the running to play Professor Lupin in the “Harry Potter” films but lost out on a technicality.

Harry Potter and Home Alone director Chris Columbus is no longer attached to direct Blumhouse Productions’ Five Nights At Freddy’s film adaptation.This is the latest production issue to plague the horror film, which PC Gamer reports has already been delayed over screenplay problems.In a recent interview with Collider, Bulmhouse CEO Jason Blum said: “Chris Columbus is no longer attached”.

Disney Branded Television is developing House of Secrets, an action-adventure fantasy series from Chris Columbus and his 26th Street Pictures partners, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Harry Potter and Home Alone filmmaker Columbus co-authored the middle-school book series with the late Ned Vizzini.

The Goonies.A follow up to the 1985 cult classic has long been discussed but so far never gone into production.Now according to Columbus, who wrote the script for the original movie, Donner who directed The Goonies, once called him up in a bid to make progress on a potential sequel.“He called me and said, ‘You know what we should do? We’re gonna get on my boat, smoke pot for three days and come up with an idea for ‘Goonies 2’,” Columbus told Empire.“I said to Dick, ‘Well, first of all, I don’t

At the risk of invoking a cliché, “Only the Lonely” feels like the kind of movie they just don’t make anymore: a modest, unassuming, character-driven comedy/drama but produced and released by a major studio (20th Century Fox, in this case), and featuring a major star (John Candy) playing somewhat against type.

The Mexican comedy Nosotros Los Nobles (We Are the Nobles) is getting an English-language feature take at Netflix from producers Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe for 26th Street Pictures as part of their overall deal with the streamer.

The director of Mrs. Doubtfire has revealed that there is an R-rated version of the film.

"Mrs. Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus has spoken out following rumors that there are multiple cuts of the movie, including ones with much higher ratings.

If setting your fake boobs alight wasn’t enough rudeness for one film, it transpires there’s an R-rated version of Mrs Doubtfire.

Director Chris Columbus set the record straight regarding rumors of the existence of an NC-17 cut of the beloved family film “Mrs. Doubtfire,” denying that ridiculous notion, right before he went ahead and confirmed there is an R-rated cut of the Robin Williams film.

confirmed internet rumors that all of the late star’s improvisations didn’t end up on the cutting room floor.Chris Columbus is even open to making a documentary about the creation of the film, showcasing some of Williams’ “hilariously funny” but not-safe-for-a-family-movie material that didn’t make it into the theaters, the director told Entertainment Weekly.The outtakes from the gender-bending movie don’t rise to the level of an NC-17 rating, but there are three different versions of the film,

The Mrs. Doubtfire rumors of an NC-17 version have been refuted by the film’s director, Chris Columbus. But he says there is an R-rated cut among three different versions of the film.

Haley Bosselman editorOn Friday, director Chris Columbus revealed that an R-rated version of the beloved 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” exists – though there is not a NC-17 cut of the film.The confirmation first came from Entertainment Weekly following a viral tweet that noted Robin Williams, who played the eponymous Euphegenia Doubtfire, improvised so much that there were PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 cuts of the film.

Mrs. Doubtfire director Chris Columbus is setting the record straight about a possible NC-17 cut of his movie.

viral tweet suggested it exists. Twitter account Film Facts claimed that the late actor “improvised so much” while filming the Chris Columbus-directed flick that “that there were PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 cuts of the film.”Now, Twitter users are begging to get their hands on this risqué cut.“The public deserves to see the NC-17 Mrs.

It was only a matter of time, right? The writing has been on the wall now since WarnerMedia announced plans for its own exclusive streaming service. Now, one of the studio’s biggest franchises, “Harry Potter,” is coming to HBO Max in the form of a new TV series.

Chris Willman Music WriterThey’re singing “Deck the Halls” and it does seem very much like Christmas, all in all, when Darlene Love is belting one out.

When re-watching the “Harry Potter” movies, it’s easy to forget just how important Chris Columbus‘s adaptation of the first two books were, and just how much the franchise changed after he left. Turns out, Columbus wanted to return for the final two films in the franchise, but didn’t when David Yates decided to take on the job himself.

It’s been 30 years since “Gremlins 2” flipped the franchise on its head and became one of the most interesting sequels in film history. However, in those decades since, the “Gremlins” franchise largely remained dormant.

Christmas Chronicles: Part Two,” a sequel to the 2018 Netflix picture that introduced Russell as a Santa who's more superhero-meets-Elvis speedracing his sled than jolly old Saint Nick sitting by a fire. At the urging of Chris Columbus, who produced the first, Hawn appeared as Mrs.