'The Rocketeer' Star Billy Campbell Reflects On A Superhero Masterpiece As It Turns 30 [Interview]
In our The Rocketeer interview, actor Billy Campbell looks back at the box office bomb that grew into a beloved comic book movie classic.
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An Interview With The Guy Who Yells "It's The Rocketeer!" In 'The Rocketeer'
To kick off /Film's new Close Up column, we spoke with Rick Overton, the guy who yelled "It's the Rocketeer!" in the 1991 Disney classic movie.
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Cool Stuff: 'The Lion King', 'The Rocketeer' And 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Get New Mondo Tiki Mugs
Check out the new Mondo Disney Tiki Mugs inspired by the classic movies The Lion King, The Rocketeer and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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The Morning Watch: 'Knives Out' LEGO Scene, Get Close Up With Screen-Used Movie Costumes & More
In this edition, watch a Knives Out LEGO scene in stop-motion animation, get up close with some screen-used movie costumes, and more.
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The Quarantine Stream: 'The Rocketeer' Is Old School Adventure Done Right
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: The Rocketeer Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: A whiz-bang, pulpy, old school adventure about a pilot in 1930s Hollywood who accidentally finds himself a rocket pack. Unfortunately, the Nazis…
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Revisiting 'The Rocketeer,' Disney's Early Superhero Masterpiece
In 1991, Disney released one of the absolute best movies the studio ever made. It bombed at the box office. This is The Rocketeer revisited.
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Now Stream This: 'The Irishman', 'The Report', 'Us', 'The Long Kiss Goodnight', 'Anna And The Apocalypse' And More
Now Stream This highlights the best movies streaming right now, including The Irishman, The Report, Us, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Anna and the Apocalypse, and more.
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Original 'The Rocketeer' Star Joins Disney's Animated 'Rocketeer' Series
Disney's new The Rocketeer TV series on Disney Junior has found one of its stars in Billy Campbell, the man who suited up in the lead role in the 1991 film.
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Cool Stuff: Pop Culture Luggage Tags Take You To 'Jurassic Park' And Other Locales At Gallery 1988
The new Gallery 1988 Baggage art show gives stylish luggage tags to some of your favorite movies, including Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice and more.
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Here's Your First Look At Disney's 'Rocketeer' Animated Series
Newly released concept art offers our first look at Disney's Rocketeer animated series, which updates the 1991 adventure film for a new generation.
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'The Rocketeer' Animated Series Is Coming To Disney Junior In 2019
Disney has started production on an animated kids' show based on The Rocketeer, Dave Stevens' comic series that was adapted into a movie in 1991. Read more about The Rocketeer animated series here.
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/Answers: Our Favorite Movie Scenes Where Nazis Get What's Coming To Them
In this edition of /Answers, the /Film crew recounts their favorite scenes from anti-Nazi movies, where the fascist menace gets what's coming to them!
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/Answers: The Best Movie Vehicles
In this edition of /Answers, the /Film crew (and several guests from the Cars 3 crew) talk about their choices for the best movie vehicles.
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Today In Good And Unexpected News: 'The Rocketeer' Sequel In The Works At Disney
Decades after the original film was a box office disappointment, Disney is developing a The Rocketeer sequel titled The Rocketeers.
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Incredible Mondo Prints You Missed From Comic Con 2016
Check out all the exclusive Mondo Prints Comic Con 2016, including Batman Returns, Jurassic World, Rise of the Apes, The Rocketeer and much more!
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Exclusive: 'The Rocketeer' Poster Debuting At MondoCon
The second MondoCon begins in just over a week, following immediately on the heels of Fantastic Fest. When MondoCon 2015 kicks goes down on October 3 and 4 at the Marchesa Hall & Theater in Austin, TX, one of the prints available will be a dramatic art deco-styled poster for The Rocketeer, from artist Martin Ansin.…
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Cool Stuff: Movie Posters For Sequels That Never Happened, Now On Sale
What would a sequel to Blade Runner or Willy Wonka look like? The Iam8bit Sequels art show answers that with 50 posters based on sequels that never happened
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Cool Stuff: Eighties Style Action Figures For 'Back To The Future,' 'The Goonies,' 'Firefly,' 'Pulp Fiction' And More
These days action figures look too good. They're all 3D scanned with multiple points of articulation, tons of accessories and beautiful packaging. That wasn't always the case. In the Eighties, you got a basic likeness that barely looked like the character, four points of articulation and a simple card with plastic bubble. That was it.…
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Celebrate Movie 'Gadgets And Gizmos' At Brooklyn's Bottleneck Gallery
While one Los Angeles gallery focuses on pop culture weapons, a New York counterpart is making that idea even bigger. The Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn has a new show opening January 18 called Gadgets and Gizmos and it's filled with art based on some weapons, lots of vehicles, robots and accessories too, all inspired by…
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Disney Planning A 'Rocketeer' Reboot
Joe Johnston's dream of making a sequel to The Rocketeer looks unlikely to come true any time soon. That is not, as some previously thought, because Disney has forgotten about the property altogether. Quite the contrary. The studio is said to be considering a reboot of the 1991 movie, itself an adaptation of Dave Stevens'…
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'The Rocketeer,' From 'Captain America' Director Joe Johnston, Hits Blu-Ray In December
When Joe Johnston's Captain America: The First Avenger landed this summer and turned into a reasonable hit, one hope held by comic fans was that Johnston's 1991 adaptation of Dave Stevens' '30s-set comic The Rocketeer would finally be given a Blu-ray release. The Disney film was a flop in the summer of '91 but has…
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Joe Johnston: "I'd Love To Make A Sequel To The Rocketeer"
Looks like Joe Johnston is about to have his biggest career moment. He directed Captain America: The First Avenger for Marvel Studios, and early reactions peg the movie as the most satisfying tentpole of the summer. (I wasn't thrilled with him getting the gig, and it looks like I'll have to eat those words --…
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VOTD: Pixar-Style 'Rocketeer' Short Film
Hard to believe that Disney's live-action period action film The Rocketeer was released two decades ago. The film has come back into the public conscious a bit recently because of the anniversary, its director Joe Johnston doing another period action film (Captain America: The First Avenger) and some recent screenings including one in Hollywood with…
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