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Lethal Weapon (franchise)
''Lethal Weapon'' is an American buddy cop action-comedy media franchise created by Shane Black. It focuses on two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh. The franchise consists of a series of four films released between 1987 and 1998 and a television series which aired from 2016 to 2019. The four films were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members, while the television series is a reboot with different actors. Although the first film was not explicitly a comedy, the later films and the television series gradually became comedic in nature. A proposed fifth ''Lethal Weapon'' film had been in talks and development since 2007, but has yet to make it into production. In September of 2022, director Mel Gibson expressed confidence that the film would begin shooting in the early months of 2023, and will most likely see a release date the same year. Films ''Lethal Weapon'' (1987) Anxious with age and reti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Black
Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American filmmaker and actor who has written such films as ''Lethal Weapon'', ''The Monster Squad'', ''The Last Boy Scout'', ''Last Action Hero'', and ''The Long Kiss Goodnight''. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in ''Predator'' (1987). He made his directorial debut with the film ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' in 2005. Black went on to write and direct ''Iron Man 3'' (2013), ''The Nice Guys'' (2016), and '' The Predator'' (2018). Early life and education Black was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Paul and Patricia Ann Black. His father was in the printing business, and helped Black get an interest in hardboiled fiction, such as the works of Mickey Spillane and the Matt Helm series.Greenberg, JamesPortrait of the Artist as a Young Millionaire ''Los Angeles Times'' After living in the suburbs of Lower Burrell and Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, his family moved to Fullerton, California, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Murtaugh
Roger Murtaugh () is a fictional character in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film series created by Shane Black. Murtaugh was originally played by actor Danny Glover in all four films from 1987 to 1998, and later by Damon Wayans in the Fox television series from 2016 to 2019. ''Lethal Weapon'' (1987) Murtaugh is a cynical homicide detective and family man. He was a lieutenant of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army, and served in the Vietnam War. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1967 and celebrates his 50th birthday at the start of ''Lethal Weapon''. He has begun to consider retirement, hence his catchphrase, "I'm too old for this shit". He is partnered with "loose cannon" and fellow Vietnam War veteran Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) to investigate a suspected suicide of the daughter of one of Murtaugh's closest friends. Though the two initially hate each other, Murtaugh begins to sympathize with Riggs when Riggs saves his life. After Murtaugh discovers that his close fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Lin
Dan Lin (; born April 8, 1973) is a Taiwanese-American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018), a film and television production company that he formed in 2008 that has a first-look deal at Universal Pictures. Lin produced Warner Bros.' ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'', ''The Lego Movie'', ''The Lego Batman Movie'', ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'', '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'', and the horror film '' It'', which holds the record for highest-grossing horror film. Lin also produced Disney's '' Aladdin'', a live action adaptation of the 1992 animated feature. Early life Dan Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan, the son of an executive in the international food industry. He moved to the United States at the age of five. In 1994, Lin received his undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1999, he earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Career Between hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wenk
Richard Wenk (born 1956) is an American film screenwriter and director best known for his work on ''The Expendables 2'' (2012), ''The Equalizer (film), The Equalizer'' (2014), and ''The Magnificent Seven (2016 film), The Magnificent Seven'' (2016). Early life Wenk was born in 1956 in Metuchen, New Jersey. He graduated from Metuchen High School in 1974, and from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1979. Career Wenk worked as an assistant to director John Huston on the 1982 film ''Annie (1982 film), Annie''. In 1984, he was recruited by New World Pictures producer Donald P. Borchers to write and direct the black comedy film ''Vamp (film), Vamp'' (1986). Borchers had been impressed by Wenk's NYU thesis film, a musical vampire comedy short titled ''Dracula Bites the Big Apple''. In 1994, he directed the comedy film ''Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women''. In 1998, he wrote and directed the film ''Just the Ticket''. In 2002, he directed the slasher film ''Wishcraft''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series ''Mad Max'' and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action-comedy film series ''Lethal Weapon''. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old. He studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the World War I drama ''Gallipoli'' (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute,The Australian Film InstitutPast Winners as well as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Millar
Miles Millar (born 1967) is an Australian-British screenwriter, showrunner, producer and director. He is known for co-creating the long-running Superman prequel television series ''Smallville'' and the Tim Burton Netflix ''Addams Family'' spin-off series ''Wednesday''. He also co-created the wuxia-influenced AMC TV series '' Into the Badlands'' and the epic fantasy series ''The Shannara Chronicles'' (based on the book trilogy by Terry Brooks), as well as co-writing films such as Jackie Chan's ''Shanghai Noon'' and Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire's ''Spider-Man 2''. He has worked alongside his writing/producing partner Alfred Gough since they met at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Early life Millar grew up in Sydney, Australia but emigrated to the UK when he was 9. He was educated at Claremont Fan Court School, and is a graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. Millar attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California where he teamed up with his writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Gough
Alfred Gough (born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner. He is best known as co-creator of The WB/The CW's Superman prequel series ''Smallville'' and Netflix's ''Addams Family'' spin-off series ''Wednesday''. Alongside longtime writing/producing partner Miles Millar, Gough also co-created AMC's wuxia-influenced dystopian series '' Into the Badlands'' and the epic fantasy series '' The Shannara Chronicles'' (based on ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' book trilogy by Terry Brooks). Among his many feature film credits are Tom Dey's '' Shanghai Noon'', Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man 2'' and Rob Cohen's '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''. Early life Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, Gough graduated from St. Mary's Ryken High School (1985) and The Catholic University of America (1989). Gough attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California where he teamed up with his writing partner Miles Millar. Gough and Millar so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lemkin
Jonathan Lemkin is an American screenwriter. He has written for the television series '' 21 Jump Street'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and ''Hill Street Blues''. He has also written the films ''Showdown in Little Tokyo'' (uncredited, production script), ''Lethal Weapon 4'', '' Red Planet'', and adapted '' The Devil's Advocate'' and ''Shooter'' from novels. He and actress Kiersten Warren-Acevedo were married in 1990 and divorced in 2005. He was the first (of many) writers who wrote unused scripts for the defunct film '' Superman Lives''. Lemkin has also written a screenplay for the Vince Flynn novel ''Consent to Kill ''Consent to Kill'' is the seventh novel by Vince Flynn and the sixth in a series that features CIA counterterrorism agent Mitch Rapp. In this thriller, Flynn focuses on the war on terror exploring all its aspects, from the president of the Unite ...'' which is currently being shopped around. External links * Living people American male screenwriters America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channing Gibson
Richard Channing Gibson is an American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities with '' St. Elsewhere'' and ''NYPD Blue''. He is one of the creators of the drama series '' Murder One'' and ''The Byrds of Paradise''. Career Gibson began working in television as a writer on ABC drama series ''Family'' in 1978. He wrote the fourth season episode "Magic" and the story for later fourth season episode "An Apple for the Teacher". He moved on to write for ''Eight Is Enough''. He wrote the fourth season episode "Memories" and returned for the fifth-season episode "Welcome to Memorial Dr. Bradford". He began writing for the NBC medical drama '' St. Elsewhere'' in 1984. He wrote the third-season episode "My Aim Is True". He returned to co-write the fourth season episodes "Haunted" and "Sanctuary" in 1985. Gibson and his co-writers were nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding writing for a drama series for their work on "Haunted". Gibson and his co-writers were nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mark Kamen
Robert Mark Kamen (born October 9, 1947) is an American screenwriter, best known as creator of '' The Karate Kid franchise'', as well as for his later collaborations with French filmmaker Luc Besson, which includes the screenplay for ''The Fifth Element'' (originally devised by Besson) and the '' Transporter'' and '' Taken'' franchises. He now produces wine from his vineyards near Sonoma, California. Early life and education Kamen was born in 1947. He grew up in the Bronx in New York City. He graduated from New York University in 1969. He received his Ph.D. in American Studies from The University of Pennsylvania. Career Kamen is a frequent collaborator of French writer and director Luc Besson, who co-created ''The Fifth Element'', ''The Transporter'', and the ''Taken'' series. The two first worked together on the Natalie Portman and Jean Reno thriller '' The Professional''. After the success of ''The Fifth Element'', Besson invited Kamen to join him in his goal of creating a "m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Murphy
Warren Burton Murphy (September 13, 1933 – September 4, 2015) was an American author, most famous as the co-creator of '' The Destroyer'' series, the basis for the film '' Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins''. Early life Murphy was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 13, 1933. He worked in journalism and politics until launching the Destroyer series with Richard Sapir in 1971. A screenwriter (''Lethal Weapon 2'', ''The Eiger Sanction'') as well as a novelist, his work won a dozen national awards, including multiple Edgars and Shamuses. He lectured at many colleges and universities. Writing Murphy was one of the authors of the screenplay for ''The Eiger Sanction'' in 1975, and also co-wrote (with series creator Shane Black) the original story for ''Lethal Weapon 2''. He is the author of the ''Trace'' and ''Digger'' series. With Molly Cochran, he completed two books of a planned trilogy revolving around the character "The Grandmaster": ''The Grandmaster'' (1984) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Boam
Jeffrey David Boam (November 30, 1946 – January 24, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for '' The Dead Zone'', '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', ''Innerspace'', ''The Lost Boys'', and ''Lethal Weapon 2'' and '' 3''. Boam's films had a cumulative gross of over US$1 billion. He was educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA. Boam died of heart failure on January 24, 2000 at age 53. Early life and education Boam was born in Rochester, New York."''The Dead Zone''" (Press kit). Paramount Pictures. 1983. He grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and his family moved to Sacramento, California when he was 11. His father was an aeronautical engineer. He developed a taste for action films by watching World War II film on television as a child. As a teenager, he saw the film '' Tom Jones'', which he said "made the greatest impression" on him, ultimately making him "want to be in movies." He attended Sacramento State College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
