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For Akiva Goldsman, a beautiful turnaround
For Akiva Goldsman, a beautiful turnaround
He's a coveted talent who is starting to direct. And no, he hasn't sworn off superheroes. > Akiva Goldsman arrived at the door of producer Brian Grazer in 1998 with one purpose. "I went there," the screenwriter says, "to beg."
Akiva Goldsman on 'Lobo,' 'Jonah Hex' and the new 'Swamp Thing'
Akiva Goldsman on 'Lobo,' 'Jonah Hex' and the new 'Swamp Thing'
latimesblogs.latimes.com — The Oscar-winning screenwriter tries to shake off the bad memories (especially "Batman & Robin") as he joins the "Fringe" team and guide four DC Comics properties to the screen. Akiva Goldsman on 'Lobo,' 'Jonah Hex' and the new 'Swamp ...
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Is the world ready for Akiva Goldsman rehab?
THE BEAT — ... Geoff Boucher at the LA Times does a good job convincing people that screenwriter/director/producer Akiva Goldsman, given his other, more recent achievements, should be forgiven for writing the script to BATMAN & ROBIN — a movie so wretched it singlehandedly made Hollywood realize that if they kept making superhero movies this bad, the planet would crumble into barbarian chaos. ...

Worst Screenwriter Alive Set To Become Worst Director Alive - Akiva Goldsman Debuts Behind The Camera With 'Winter's Tale'
:: The Playlist :: — ... Akiva Goldsman, the black hole of talent responsible for the scripts of "Batman and Robin," "A Beautiful Mind" and "The DaVinci Code," is set to get into the director's chair. In an LA Times profile, it's casually suggested that Goldsman, eager to break into the directing world, is circling an adaptation of his favorite book, the science fiction tome "Winter's Tale." Written by Mark Helprin, the story takes place in a futuristic ...

Why "Batman & Robin" is "the most important comic-book movie ever made."
IFC.com - Indie Eye — ... 10192009_batmanrobin.jpg Ten years ago, when Akiva Goldsman was overwhelmingly associated with writing "Batman & Robin," the film that temporarily killed a seemingly infallible franchise, the idea that he'd be back on top in Hollywood because "his populist tastes, skill with story and that old comic-book collection make him a man for the moment in Hollywood" would've been unthinkable. But that's how Geoff Boucher describes the writer, producer and soon-to-be-director in a glowing profile in this weekend's Los Angeles Times. Yes, you can recover from taking part in making ...

Akiva Goldsman (Sorta) Admits Batman And Robin Was Terrible, But He's Making More DC Movies [Batman And Robin]
io9 — ... In an interesting interview with the LA Times, screenwriter/producer Goldsman seems reluctant to trash his 1997 film, which almost ruined his career along with Lost In Space. But he does admit: ...

Akiva Goldsman Briefly Talks Guy Ritchie's Lobo & Swamp Thing
FirstShowing.net — ... Another big Hollywood profile published this week was about writer/producer Akiva Goldsman, written by LA Times' comic book blogger Geoff Boucher. It's a ...

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WTF: Let's Exploit Dead People
Movies — ... • Da Vinci Code and A Beautiful Mind writer Akiva Goldsman is set on directing a movie, based on ...

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