David Grier

Date of Birth

1956-06-30

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Known for

The Player, Boomerang, Blankman, Dance Flick, Loose Cannons

Most Popular Stories

Clifford the Big Red Dog delayed

Posted 5 years ago

It looks like everyone's favorite giant, friendly red dog, Clifford, isn't quite ready for his big-screen debut. Despite being announced as a title for this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Paramount Pictures has opted to delay the planned September 17th...

Jumanji fans recreate the original board game with next level detail

Posted 6 years ago

The original JUMANJI, starring the late Robin Williams as Alan Parrish, an OG victim of the enchanted board game's twisted teleportation into a dangerous jungle, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. And so, as a way of celebrating the...

Fox/Disney snags the rights to Jumanji author’s The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

Posted 7 years ago

After Columbia Pictures and Sony hit pay dirt with their JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE reboot, it would appear as if Fox/Disney are looking to break themselves off a piece of the Chris Van Allsburg pie. It's been announced by...

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Jack Black to join Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Jumanji remake

Posted 10 years ago

On Monday, Dwayne Johnson said that there would be several casting announcements for his upcoming remake of JUMANJI arriving throughout the week. Now, per The Wrap, the first one has arrived as it seems like Jack Black will be joining...

Dwayne Johnson talks the Jumanji reboot and honoring Robin Williams

Posted 10 years ago

Giving Robin Williams' JUMANJI the reboot treatment feels like, at best, a pointless prospect, but with Dwayne Johnson on-board, I'm beginning to feel a small ray of hope that this could actually work out. The upcoming reboot is quickly coming...

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart circling Sony’s Jumanji remake

Posted 10 years ago

Years ago, while Dwayne Johnson was hanging off the edge of a cliff in a mysterious jungle, he discovered a hidden cave which had been carved right into the rock. Upon entering the cave he found a petrified gourd containing...

Sony’s remake of Jumanji finds a director in Jake Kasdan

Posted 11 years ago

I'm still a little sketchy as to why we need a remake of JUMANJI, but it appears that we're getting one whether we like it or not. Admittedly, it's been quite some time since I last watched JUMANJI, but I...

I Want That: Real-Life Jumanji Board Game

Posted 12 years ago

It was almost 20 years ago that director Joe Johnston (HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS, THE PAGEMASTER) brought us the family adventure movie JUMANJI starring Robin Williams. In the movie, a supernatural board game makes wild animals materialize with each...

Review: Peeples

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Eager to meet his girlfriend Grace’s (Kerry Washington) family, Wade (Craig Robinson) shows up uninvited at a family retreat. He’s shocked to discover that not only has Grace’s family never heard of him, but that her superior court judge...

Exclusive 1:1 interview with Peeples stars David Alan Grier and S. Epatha Merkerson

Posted 13 years ago

To be honest, every time I see S. Epatha Merkerson I think of her tough as nails work as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren from the hit television series “Law and Order.” This is not to say that she isn’t an...

Exclusive 1:1 Interview with Peeples Star Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington

Posted 13 years ago

One thing that I can truly say about the new comedy PEEPLES is that this “Tyler Perry presents” has collected an impressive cast. Craig Robinson is one of the funniest actors today while Kerry Washington has proven to be quite...

Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington headline the trailer for Peeples, the first decent looking movie with Tyler Perry’s name on it

Posted 14 years ago

I have tried watching a few Tyler Perry movies and have not enjoyed a single one. It is not a question of relating to the subject matter but rather the fact that they are not very good movies. I will...

Stranger than fiction: Jumanji to be rewritten by Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium scribe Zach Helm

Posted 14 years ago

Riddle me this, Batman. If someone makes an original movie based on an old board game and it flops (BATTLESHIP), and everybody lets their board game-based projects fall into development hell, do you: A) Learn your lesson and try to...

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