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He remained a committed father following his wife's passing in 1997. Joe Johnston, who directed the 1989 original, returns for the reboot David Hoberman produces with Todd Rosenberg writing the script. It's been 23 years since Rick Moranis physically appeared in a feature film The 66-year old actor-comedian will finally make his live-action big-screen return the[...]

He used vivid colour to recreate new worlds. When I saw Captain America: The First Avenger, I was pleasantly surprised to see that director Joe Johnston was directly influenced by Michael Powell Specifically, Johnston referenced and lifted from Powell's 1946 film A Matter of Life and Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0veuSLLWZ0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: A[...]

Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston has signed on to direct The Silver Chair, the soft reboot of the Chronicles of Narnia film franchise by an entirely new creative team not involved with the production of the first three films The previous entry in the franchise, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, came out[...]

Image from The X-Files, but you get the idea Alasdair Stuart disagrees with Brendon Connelly's appraisal of Joe Johnston for Bleeding Cool. I've been a fan of Joe Johnston's work since The Rocketeer made me want to strap a jet pack on and fight Nazis to win Jennifer Connelly's heart He's got a lightness of touch and[...]

A puny 90lb weakling is transformed by a unique scientific process into a near-perfect human being. With a unique combination of casting, pacing and effects Joe Johnston has transformed a solid if fairly unremarkable comic book adaptation into the near-perfect superhero movie. If you are the kind of person who likes to avoid spoilers, you should probably[...]