More than half of the footage filmed for Superman II by the originally credited director ( Richard Lester ) has been removed from the film and replaced with Donner footage shot during the original principal photography from 1977 – 1978.

The writing's on the wall when they're releasing the DVD in such numbers ," Donner has expressed doubt that the sequel will ever happen, as many of the actors had not shown interest in returning for a sequel.

Donner was born Richard Donald Schwartzberg in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Hattie and Fred Schwartzberg ; he has a sister, Joan.

Financial support for the Citizen Lab ’ s research and development has come from the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the International Development Research Centre ( IDRC ), The Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, the SecDev Group, Psiphon Inc., the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.

It has been restored for the 2006 revised version, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.

The Union Pacific also has two east-west lines, through Donner Pass ( the former Central Pacific Railroad ), and through the Feather River gorge ( the former Western Pacific Railroad ).

In addition to various Spielberg films, Amblin has produced movies by other directors such as Joe Dante ( Gremlins, Small Soldiers, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace ), Robert Zemeckis ( the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit ), Brian Levant ( the Flintstones duology ), Matthew Robbins (* batteries not included ), Penelope Spheeris ( the 1994 film remake of The Little Rascals ), Brad Silberling ( Casper ), Don Bluth ( An American Tail, The Land Before Time ), Clint Eastwood ( The Bridges of Madison County, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Hereafter-except for the last named the Amblin logo does not appear on Eastwood's films, or on Schindler's List & True Grit ), Gil Kenan ( Monster House ), Martin Campbell ( The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro ), Richard Donner ( The Goonies ), Jan de Bont ( Twister ), Barry Sonnenfeld ( the Men in Black trilogy ), Martin Scorsese ( Cape Fear ), Joe Johnston ( Jurassic Park III ), J. J. Abrams ( Super 8 ), The Coen Brothers ( True Grit ), and Simon Wells ( An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and We're Back!

An expansion to Reno, Nevada on the existing UP line over Donner Pass has been considered.

Director Richard Donner is not involved with these plans, but he has his own ideas for a Lethal Weapon 5.

According to the LA Times, Gibson has refused to reprise his role as Martin Riggs for the fifth time, which Donner thinks is out of personal loyalty because Donner is not involved.

In addition to playing Sheriff Matthew Donner in the short-lived Wolf Lake, he has directed episodes of Third Watch, Ed, The Twilight Zone, Cold Case, Without a Trace, The West Wing, Psych, The Good Guys, Shark, White Collar, Criminal Minds, Suits, and Burn Notice ( on which he also performed in a recurring role ).

Jörn Donner has for long periods lived and worked in Sweden, and has, among other things, serving as director of the Swedish Film Institute.

Donner has been associated with several different political parties, and has at different times been a member both of the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament.

Donner has suffered from prostate and lung cancers.

In interviews, director Richard Donner has insisted that there is no cryptic, implied ending to the film.

Baird has had an extended collaboration with director Richard Donner.

Lauren Shuler Donner says on the DVD commentary that Agent Zero has no scent, and that a sequence was planned that he escapes the crash and Logan cuts down the forest to stop him.

The obverse has a portrait of Donner, with the Palace of the Lower Belvedere in the background.

The 2006 Richard Donner film 16 Blocks starring Bruce Willis has a similar premise, with both films being about an alcoholic detective protecting a loud-mouthed witness from corrupt police officers.

In the same mall is a party supply store, called Donner's Party Supplies which has a window sign saying " Winter Madness Sale ", a reference to the Donner Party.

The gender of Donner has been switched from the traditional role ( Donner has been portrayed as a male in previous creations ).

In 1982, Beatty return to work with Richard Donner and Richard Pryor in the comedy The Toy ( 1982 ).

The Toy is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason, with Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel, and Virginia Capers in supporting roles.

* 1982: The Toy, directed by Richard Donner

Donner worked in the US as Rhee's secretary, particularly in the preparation of the book Japan Inside Out ( 1940 ).

Inside Moves ( 1980 ) is a drama film directed by Richard Donner.

Donner worked in the US as Rhee's secretary, particularly in the preparation of the book Japan Inside Out ( 1940 ).

The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure-comedy film directed by Richard Donner.

In The Making of The Goonies, director Richard Donner notes the difficulties and pleasures of working with so many child actors.

" However, on the July 2010 release of " The Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of The Goonies " DVD, Richard Donner states a sequel to The Goonies is a " definite thing " and will involve as much of the old cast as possible.

She first appeared as Jonsy in the feature film The River Rat ( 1984 ) before rising to prominence in the Richard Donner film The Goonies ( 1985 ) portraying the character Stef.

In Los Angeles, Johns cold-called the office of director Richard Donner, whose films Johns adored, in particular The Goonies and the first two Superman films, which Johns felt captured the essence of that character, and were, in Johns ' view, among the best films of all time.

It was filmed in Mexico and directed by future Superman, Goonies, and Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner and featured Jan-Michael Vincent as Lincoln ' Link ' Simmons.

Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film and the first in a series of films, all directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of LAPD detectives, and Gary Busey as their primary adversary.

From the early pre-production stages of Lethal Weapon, Richard Donner wanted Mel Gibson's final fight sequence to be unique, yet also to make a strong statement about the characters involved.

Donner later continued reinvigorating the buddy film genre with Lethal Weapon ( 1987 ) and its sequels.

Executive producer Richard Donner originally intended to direct the movie himself, but as production languished, he moved on to Lethal Weapon ( 1987 ) — and eventually hired Joel Schumacher, crediting his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner for the idea.

Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 American action comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Stuart Wilson.

Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 American buddy cop martial arts action thriller film directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li.

After his Oscar-nominated work on Gorillas in the Mist in 1988 and his work with Richard Donner on Lethal Weapon 2, he accepted a position as full-time staff editor at Warner Bros. in 1989.

He is well known to movie goers for his role as Michael Hunsaker in the Richard Donner hit film Lethal Weapon ( 1987 ), with Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Gary Busey ; the film was produced by Donner and Joel Silver, written by Shane Black.