The Rocketeer has become one of the most beloved Disney live action films of the '90s, with a recent announcement to reboot it as a film franchise as well as an animated series. The film was released in theaters in 1991, missing key deleted scenes that were only restored years later as part of the home video release.
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While writing for Disney, the partners weathered the ups and downs of five years of movie development. The Rocketeer īilson and DeMeo began their screenplay adaptation of the comic book The Rocketeer in 1985. Larry David also visited the set of The Wrong Guys during production. The movie was filmed in Italy.įollowing this, the duo performed the same roles in The Wrong Guys (1988) a comedic spoof of boy scouting. Zone Troopers and The Wrong Guys īilson debuted as a director for another cult classic Zone Troopers (1985), also co-written by DeMeo, a tale of American World War II soldiers who find an alien spacecraft. In 2021, Bilson appeared on late night radio show, The Ghost of Hollywood, where he would discuss his work on Trancers. Trancers currently holds an 83% Freshness Score on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie became a cult classic, and the narrative was so engaging that it evolved into a franchise that generated five sequels. Bilson and DeMeo produced their first script, Trancers (1985), a noir tale about a time-travelling detective from the future. There he met and teamed up with his best friend and long-time writing partner, Paul DeMeo, and together they founded Pet Fly Productions.Īfter graduating from college, Bilson worked aggressively to build a career in the movie business, working as an extra while writing screenplays. He, his wife Heather Medway, and two younger daughters, Hattie “Stinker” Elizabeth Bilson, born December 19, 2001, and Rosemary, born February 10, 2007, reside in Los Angeles.īilson graduated from California State University, San Bernardino. He has three daughters his eldest, Rachel Bilson (born on August 25, 1981) is an actress, notable for her role in The O.C. As a child, he discovered his passion for both storytelling and games, both of which would greatly influence his career. 1928) ( Bewitched, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes). While actively working as a writer and producer, Bilson is also a tenured faculty member at the University of Southern California (USC), where he holds the positions of Director of USC Games and the Chair of USC's School of Cinema's Interactive Media and Games Division.īilson was born into a show business family in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mona (Weichman) (1933-2023) and the director Bruce Bilson (b. Da 5 Bloods (2020), based on a screenplay written by Bilson & De Meo, was released following De Meo's death.
He has written multiple issues of the comic book The Flash, as well as scripts for multiple video games, including James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003).
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Together with his frequent collaborator, Paul De Meo, he is best known as the writer for the film The Rocketeer (1991) and creator, writer, producer and director for the television series Viper (1994, 1996), The Sentinel (1996) and The Flash (1990). Daniel Bilson (born July 26, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer of movies, television, video games, and comic books.
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