{"id":241,"date":"2008-01-10T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=241"},"modified":"2017-11-12T16:36:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T21:36:41","slug":"billy-campbell-wants-a-return-of-the-rocketeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/10\/billy-campbell-wants-a-return-of-the-rocketeer\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Campbell Wants A Return Of The ROCKETEER"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rocketeer<\/strong> may have come and gone through theaters in a flash in the summer of 1991, but it still retains a cult following a decade-and-a-half later. (Director Kevin Smith even owns one of the film’s original jetpacks and snuck it into the setdressing of his comedy Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back<\/strong>.) Adapted by Walt Disney Studios from the independent comic book series created by Dave Stevens, the movie starred Billy Campbell as a young 1930s pilot who finds a jet pack invented by Howard Hughes and uses it to fight mobsters and Nazis.<\/p>\n

Filled to the rim with a love for its pulp thrills roots, the movie barely registered when it was released. (At the time, it had been scheduled to have a Roger Rabbit<\/strong> cartoon short attached to it, which would have drawn more people to the theater, except that the short was pulled by Spielberg, co-producer of the Roger Rabbit<\/strong> shorts, who was having a disagreement with Disney at the time.) Any talk of a potential sequel, and there\u2019s always talk of a potential sequel when a film comes out, pretty much died right then.<\/p>\n

Campbell still says that he loves the film, and recently told MTV Movie Blogs<\/a> that he would welcome a chance to strap on the leather jacket, art deco helmet and jetpack once more to soar into a sequel.<\/p>\n

I was talking to [writer] Dave Stevens just the night before last. We always talked about having a sequel. [Unfortunately] the movie didn\u2019t make as much money as Disney had hoped and that coupled with the acrimonious relationship that the director [Joe Johnston] and the studio had contributed to them not even considering it… I\u2019ve always wished for a sequel to The Rocketeer<\/strong>. I thought that would have been really neat. It could have been great.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But would Disney be amenable to having another go at the franchise if the film\u2019s other, now higher-profile, stars – Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin (both Oscar winners now) and Terry O\u2019Quinn \u2013 were to return?<\/p>\n

I think the question really is, is the public clamoring for period-set, pulp-flavored adventure? That may be answered this summer with the release of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls<\/strong> and The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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