"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" is not everyone's favorite movie in the franchise, but it is an important one. Not only did it revive Spock after the events of the much-beloved "Wrath of Khan," but it also was an important first as Leonard Nimoy stepped behind the camera to direct the film as well. Before that, Nimoy had only directed select episodes of TV shows like "Night Gallery." But this was his feature directorial debut, and fittingly, it was within the franchise that made him famous. However, it did create a bit of awkward tension with his friend and co-star, William Shatner, who had starred as Captain Kirk since the beginning of the original series.
Nimoy and Shatner had worked together for nearly 20 years by the time the 1984 film rolled around. But with Nimoy behind the camera, the power dynamic was about to change in a meaningful way.
Nimoy and Shatner had worked together for nearly 20 years by the time the 1984 film rolled around. But with Nimoy behind the camera, the power dynamic was about to change in a meaningful way.
- 1/21/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
It was television that drove Brian Grazer into the movie business. As a young TV producer based at Paramount in the early 1980s, Grazer managed to alienate more than one of his customers back in the days when a program seller only had three doors to knock on. Grazer vividly remembers the sight of Gary Nardino, then head of Paramount TV, marching down the hall toward his office for a scolding. "He'd say, 'Well, you know NBC's mad at you' and 'You're not very well liked over there, ' " Grazer recalls. "And I used to just think, 'God, is that what it comes down to?' It came down to being liked. It was less about the quality of the work and the work ethic. It was like being in a club. I liked being in television until I just sorta got kicked out of television by the networks." More than 20 years later, Grazer is happily more engaged in the business of producing television than ever before with his longtime partner in Imagine Entertainment, Ron Howard, and David Nevins, who has headed 20th Century Fox TV-based Imagine Television for the past 18 months. Sunday could well be a big night for the trio: All three shows on Imagine's active roster -- Fox's 24 and Arrested Development and NBC's Miss Match -- are up for kudos at the Golden Globe Awards, including a best drama series bid for 24 and a drama actor nom for star Kiefer Sutherland.
- 1/22/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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