Hal Needham

Date of Birth

1931-03-06

Date of Death

2013-10-25

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Known for

The Cannonball Run, Sometimes a Great Notion, The Devil’s Brigade, McQ, Blazing Saddles

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Megaforce: Promo for 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever!

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore If you haven't seen Hal Needham's Megaforce, you're missing out on one of the cheesiest action films of all time! Produced by Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest at a huge $20 million budget (double the cost of Star Wars), it was...

Smokey & the Bandit: TV remake coming from David Gordon Green, Brian Sides

Posted 6 years ago

Theodore Stephen King once said "Sooner or later, everything old is new again," and I'll be damned if the Master of Horror didn't hit the nail on the head with regard to today's news. It's been reported that a television...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Annihilation, Apollo 13, Godzilla

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Drive, Predator, Smokey & The Bandit

Posted 8 years ago

Doug Liman in early talks to direct Warner Bros.’ The Cannonball Run reboot

Posted 8 years ago

A reboot of THE CANNONBALL RUN has been in the works for quite a few years, but very little progress has been made. Etan Cohen (GET HARD) was attached to write and direct the project two years ago, but he...

The Cannonball Run remake to blend Fast & Furious with Ocean’s 11

Posted 9 years ago

Just several months ago we were reminded that Warner Bros. was still working away at getting a remake of THE CANNONBALL RUN off the ground when it was revealed that they were in negotiations with Rawson Marshall Thurber (WE'RE THE...

Rawson Thurber in talks to direct relaunch of The Cannonball Run

Posted 9 years ago

We've been hearing of a remake of THE CANNONBALL RUN for quite a few years, but very little progress has been made. Etan Cohen (GET HARD) was attached to write and direct the project just last year, but it seems...

Awfully Good: Megaforce

Posted 10 years ago

Jason Megaforce (1982) Director: Hal Needham Stars: Barry Bostwick, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta When the world needs saving, there’s only one team that Planet Earth calls…and they’re not called NormalForce. The early 1980s saw a number of Chinese production companies...

Get Hard’s Etan Cohen to write & direct Warner Bros.’ Cannonball Run

Posted 10 years ago

Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to THE CANNONBALL RUN franchise, and has set Etan Cohen to write and direct a new take on the film series. The studio isn’t describing this as a remake...

JoBlo.com’s tribute to the people from film & TV we lost in 2013

Posted 12 years ago

"We are meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?" ~ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button As 2013 draws to a close, we here at JoBlo.com want take a...