"Indiana Jones 4," "Jurassic Park 4," "Roger Rabbit 2," "Bourne 4” – pick a franchise, any great franchise, and Frank Marshall is probably working hard at bringing it back to the big screen. But ask him which one he's most excited for the world to see? Easy. None of the above.
"I do have one that I'm personally passionate about that I hope to direct, which is the story of a French guitarist named Django Reinhardt," Marshall revealed to MTV News. "He's arguably the father of modern jazz guitar - a French gypsy who kind of was the Elvis of Europe in the 40s. So I bought the rights to his life, his music, and to the other famous guy in his band, a violin player named Stefan Grappelli. Reinhardt's a fascinating character who inspired my dad to start playing jazz guitar." Read More...
A Lance Armstrong movie is still coming to the big-screen, insisted producer Frank Marshall, even if its path hasn't exactly been as straightforward as right down the Champs-Élysées towards the Arc de Triomphe.
Ask Judge Doom: no toon can resist the old "Shave-and-a-Haircut" gag. But when plans went around Hollywood for a sequel to the 1988 classic "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," a lot of powerful people suddenly realized it would take more than the promise of "Two-bits" for Roger to come busting through the door.
"The Bourne Ultimatum" isn’t just one of the most financially successful climaxes to any film series in history, it also happens to be the closing to the best action franchise of all-time. Period. So in advance of the third film’s release on DVD, MTV News hopped on the phone with producer Frank Marshall to discuss the series’ influence, what audiences can expect to find on the DVD, and who would win in a fight – Jason Bourne or Indiana Jones.
"You're back in Indy's world," super producer Frank Marshall exclaimed. "It's like a family reunion for all of us!"
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