Robert Zemeckis
American filmmaker
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| 2024 | Zemeckis is set to direct and write Here, an upcoming film project |
| 2023 | Robert Zemeckis was nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay at the Golden Raspberry Awards for Disney's Pinocchio remake |
| September 8 2022 | Released Pinocchio on Disney+ to highly negative reviews, and was nominated for six Razzies, including Worst Director. |
| February 17 2022 | Signed on to direct Here, an adaptation of Richard McGuire's graphic novel, with Tom Hanks set to star. |
| January 14 2022 | Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke of Compari Entertainment began early development of a Real Steel television series for Disney+, with Zemeckis serving as an executive producer. |
| 2021 | Served as executive producer for the film Finch |
| April 15 2021 | Robert Zemeckis was reported to develop and produce the original comedy pitch 'Mr. Lucky' for his ImageMovers production company, working with writers Aaron and Jordan Kandell. |
| 2020 | Zemeckis pitched a film version of the 'Back to the Future' musical to Universal Pictures, which was subsequently rejected. |
| October 22 2020 | Premiered The Witches, an adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, on HBO Max to mixed reviews. |
| January 10 2020 | Robert Zemeckis entered final negotiations to direct and produce the sci-fi thriller 'Ares' for Warner Bros., based on a script by Geneva Robertson-Dworet. |
| 2019 | Zemeckis was an executive producer for Project Blue Book TV series |
| 2019 | Zemeckis served as an executive producer for the TV series What/If |
| October 18 2019 | Announced in talks to direct Disney's live-action adaptation of Pinocchio. |
| 2018 | Zemeckis began executive producing the TV series Manifest, which continued until 2023 |
| 2018 | Robert Zemeckis served as an executive producer for the TV series Medal of Honor |
| December 2018 | Released Welcome to Marwen, a fantasy drama starring Steve Carell, which received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office. |
| October 20 2018 | Zemeckis was reported to have planned to produce the film adaptation of the musical 'Be More Chill', but the project was ultimately acquired by Shawn Levy and Greg Berlanti instead. |
| September 10 2018 | Robert Zemeckis was reported to be an executive producer for The Cove, a television series by Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux, set to air on The CW network. |
| August 29 2018 | Zemeckis was announced as the director for 'The King', a biographical film about Kamehameha I, with Dwayne Johnson set to star at Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. Randall Wallace was attached to write the script. |
| February 6 2018 | Robert Zemeckis was set to produce the sci-fi action film Steel Soldiers, with Ken Kaufman attached to write the script. |
| August 15 2017 | Robert Zemeckis was set to produce an untitled Genghis Khan tomb hunting film for Universal Pictures, with Evan Spiliotopoulos writing the script and Dwayne Johnson potentially starring and producing. |
| May 16 2017 | Robert Zemeckis was offered the opportunity to direct the superhero film The Flash. |
| 2016 | Robert Zemeckis directed the film 'Allied', which received 1 Academy Award and 1 BAFTA Award nomination. |
| November 23 2016 | Released Allied, a romantic World War II thriller starring Brad Pitt. |
| July 21 2016 | Universal Pictures revived The Nutcracker adaptation, with Zemeckis now only set to produce, and Evan Spiliotopoulos hired to write the script. |
| June 8 2016 | Robert Zemeckis was set to co-produce the film 'The Gafin Academy' with Voltage Films, with John & Drew Dowdle slated to direct and Aaron Rapke and Stewart Kaye adapting Danny King's novel 'School for Scumbags'. |
| 2015 | Directed 'The Walk', further demonstrating his innovative filmmaking approach. |
| 2015 | Ron Howard revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that the Star Wars: Episode I directing opportunity was considered too challenging, leading George Lucas to ultimately direct the film himself. |
| 2013 | Zemeckis visited Lithuania, specifically the capital city Vilnius, exploring his father's parents' home country. |
| September 24 2013 | Robert Zemeckis was reported to be set to executive produce Clifton Campbell's television series Billy Ray and direct the pilot episode for Fox. |
| August 21 2013 | Robert Zemeckis was set to produce the film adaptation of Elizabeth L. Silver's novel 'The Execution of Noa P. Singleton' through his production company ImageMovers. |
| August 5 2013 | Robert Zemeckis was set to produce Nathaniel Halpern's script Rose through ImageMovers for Focus Features. |
| 2012 | Directed the drama film 'Flight'. |
| 2012 | Served as executive producer for documentary Bound by Flesh |
| October 8 2012 | Disney announced Jason Fuchs would write The Magic Catalogue, a sci-fi adventure story by Chris Appelhans, with Robert Zemeckis set to produce through his ImageMovers production team. |
| October 3 2012 | Greg Berlanti replaced Zemeckis as the director for the 'Replay' film adaptation. |
| August 6 2012 | Robert Zemeckis was set to direct the biographical crime drama 'Taking Flight' about Colton Harris-Moore for 20th Century Fox, after David Gordon Green dropped out of the project. The film subsequently fell into development hell following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox. |
| February 22 2012 | Universal Pictures announced plans for a film adaptation of 'Demonologist', with Robert Zemeckis set to produce the film through his production company ImageMovers. |
| 2011 | Produced Mars Needs Moms and served as executive producer for Real Steel |
| November 2011 | Chad Damiani and JP Lavin were hired to write the script for 'How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack'. |
| July 26 2011 | Robert Zemeckis was attached to direct 'Here There Be Monsters', a fictionalized account of British naval officer John Paul Jones' career involving a sea monster, based on a script by Brian Helgeland. |
| May 17 2011 | Robert Zemeckis was scheduled to produce the live-action/animated hybrid film 'Animated American' for Disney, with Rob Edwards set to write the script. |
| April 29 2011 | Robert Zemeckis was set to direct the film adaptation of 'Replay' after Ben Affleck left the project. |
| April 14 2011 | Robert Zemeckis signed on to produce and potentially direct a live-action/animated hybrid film adaptation of 'How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack', in collaboration with The Gotham Group and Sony Pictures Animation. |
| 2010 | Served as executive producer for documentary Behind the Burly Q |
| November 16 2010 | Warner Bros. approached Robert Zemeckis to direct a live-action remake of The Wizard of Oz, offering him a project using the original script. Zemeckis ultimately declined the offer, stating he did not know how to improve upon the original film. |
| November 1 2010 | Robert Zemeckis was offered the opportunity to direct a Superman reboot, which he declined. This decision ultimately paved the way for Zack Snyder's 'Man of Steel'. |
| September 29 2010 | Warner Bros announced that Robert Zemeckis would produce Mike Thompson's time-travel script Timeless through ImageMovers production company. |
| March 12 2010 | Disney ended its relationship with ImageMovers Digital amid cost-cutting measures. |
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