Jan de Bont

Born: October 22, 1943 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

After the huge success of his directorial debut, Speed (1994), Tri-Star offered him their American version of Godzilla (1998). He obtained a script and worked out a budget. Tri-Star rejected the submitted budget (reportedly over $160,000,000) and De Bont left the project which was temporarily shelved.

Was originally set to direct Minority Report (2002), but Steven Spielberg sacked him and took over as director, probably due to the failure of The Haunting (1999).

Speed 1994 dir. Bont starring Keannu Reeves Dennis Hopper Sandra Bullock Die Hard 1988 dir. John McTiernan starring Bruce Willis Reginald VelJohnson Lethal Weapon 3 1992 dir. Richard Donner Starring Mel Gibson Danny Glover The Haunting 1999 dir Bont starring Lili Taylor Owen Wilson

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