Director Wolfgang Petersen’s resume has covered a wide range of projects, with impressive results that have earned him a name as a trusted director. blockbuster like The Neverending Story Yes Air Force One wowed crowds young and old alike, putting Petersen in line for exciting prospects over the course of a highly rewarding career. Today we honor those efforts as Petersen would have died at the age of 81.
According to Term Wolfgang Petersen’s death is said to have occurred on Friday and was caused by pancreatic cancer. Other details noted that Petersen’s death occurred at home, “in the arms of his 50-year-old wife, Marie Antoinette”.
With a steady career in German TV and film, Wolfgang Petersen marked his first major success with the 1981 World War II drama. The boot. Six Oscar nominations and a critically acclaimed tidal wave would put Petersen on the map with a milestone in realistic war films. It would also lead to an even greater success: 1984 The Neverending Story.
The 1990s would have been particularly fruitful for Wolfgang Petersen, as he would have scored three consecutive adult hits: Clint Eastwood in line of fire, Epidemic (which is still one of the best movies about viruses / epidemics ) and, of course, the enormous success of the group led by Harrison Ford Air Force One. Despite all the successes Petersen has had in his career, those successes have resulted in two films that could have been even bigger.
To start, a very obscure version of Batman versus Superman was in development with Wolfgang Petersen at the helm and the lead roles played by Colin Farrell and Jude Law respectively. Perhaps even more so is the fact that Petersen was part of the horse race of directors willing to do so Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
While none of these projects have been successful, the director’s relationship with the Warner Bros. studio has led him to take on directing assignments on two other films at sea through The perfect storm Yes the all-star remake of 2006 Poseidon . The latter film would be Wolfgang Petersen’s latest Hollywood blockbuster, along with the 2016 German robbery comedy. Vier Gegen die bank being his final project.
In a career that also included films like My enemy, brokenand of course Brad Pitt Troy which has undergone a favorable revaluation Lately, Wolfgang Petersen has made a name for himself by addressing a variety of stories. Never looking at one genre to another, with few stops on the high seas along the way, the resume he leaves behind is as spectacular as his abilities behind the camera. We at Gossipify would like to express our deepest condolences to Wolfgang Petersen’s family and friends as they go through this period of pain and remembrance.
Source: Cinemablend
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