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He might be best known for playing Wade Wilson/Deadpool in the Deadpoolfilm franchise, but since October 2022, Ryan Reynolds has been working on a documentary film on the life of the late actor-comedian John Candy. Reynolds is making the untitled doc with Colin Hanks under Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company banner. Hanks' father, Tom Hanks, starred in 1984's Splash alongside Candy.

This week, per Deadline, Reynolds talked about the documentary in an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.“I get to meet heroes,” Reynolds told Colbert. “There was a group of eight to 10 people that were really generation-defining creators, and it’s wonderful to talk to storytellers about a beautiful man, who was a beautiful storyteller, who passed at 43, way too young,” he said.

Candy died in 1994 of a heart attack, but made his mark well before that in films like Spaceballs, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Home Alone,...

Fans of the 1993 cult classic Cool Runnings just received a burst of nostalgia as several cast members from the beloved John Candy film gathered for a heartwarming reunion. The movie, a fictionalized account of the Jamaican bobsled team’s unlikely journey to the 1988 Winter Olympics, is one of the most-loved sports comedies of the 90s. Decades later, the stars who brought that underdog story to life reunited at 90s Con in Hartford, Ct, on Friday.

When Cool Runnings arrived in cinemas in 1993, it seemed like just another comedy about a group of people who would attempt a sporting achievement against all the odds. However, the story of four Jamaican athletes—Derice, Sanka, Yul, and Junior—who competed as a bobsled team in the Calgary Olympics with the help of unorthodox and disgraced coach Irving Blitzer, played by Candy, became an uplifting movie that has transcended generations.

The cast reunion, some...

The Cool Runnings cast recalled working with John Candy in the movie, 32 years after the premiere. They also explained how Candy's performance added heart to the dramedy.

The Cool Runnings cast was impressed by John Candy's humility behind the scenes. Speaking to People on the film's 32nd anniversary, co-stars Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba remembered Candy and his approach to the film. Yoba said Cool Runnings was initially written as a drama, before Candy joined the project. The screenplay was then reworked as a comedy, but Candy saw things differently; it all worked out in the end. "It was a serious movie for him," he said. "He lives in comedy and for him, he got to play a very serious role. This movie originally was a very serious movie. They turned it into a comedy."

Cool Runnings is based on the true story of Jamaica's first national bobsleigh team,...

Did movies for kids peak in the 1990s? It's entirely possible. We arrived at this question after sifting through piles of our old VHS tapes to produce a list of the best '90s kids' movies, noting the amount of high-quality entertainment we had to choose from. Make no mistake, this was a hard list to assemble and required more than a few heartbreaking sacrifices. Even cherished Walt Disney productions like "Mulan" and "Tarzan" were left on the outside looking in, which speaks volumes about the last great decade. "Beethoven?" Nope. "Rookie of the Year?" Nadda. "Angels in the Outfield?" Non. The Lindsey Lohan "Parent Trap?" Nein.

Thankfully, the films that made the final cut are genuinely excellent. So, don't get too mad if your favorite children's flicks are nowhere to be found. Chances are, we love them too but had to make room for those that were marginally better.

Celebrated for his witty remarks and ability to bring laughter to audiences, John Candy passed away 30 years ago after suffering a cardiac arrest. Many industry veterans and actors came together to honor his memory on the 30th anniversary of his passing, as they shared heartfelt tributes, recounting cherished memories and reflecting on his exceptional talent as an actor.

John Candy in Home Alone

However, beneath his larger-than-life on-screen persona, John Candy was a genuinely sincere individual, who was afraid of letting others down or ending up alone. The vulnerability not only made him relatable but also lent depth and authenticity to his performances, placing him among legendary actors such as Robin Williams.

John Candy’s Anxieties About His Career And Self-Worth

Talking about John Candy, director of the 1993 film Cool Runnings Jon Turteltaub shared that “it’s a bit clichéd that the funny guy might not be the happy guy.

Fans of John Candy will fondly remember his performance in 1993's Cool Runnings, not realizing how much the beloved actor was struggling internally behind the scenes.

In honor of the film's 30th anniversary, director Jon Turteltaub joined the cast in sharing their memories of the classic film. That included stories about Candy, who died of a heart attack at age 43 just five months after the release of Cool Runnings. Looking back, Turteltaub noted of the late funnyman, "It’s a bit clichéd that the funny guy might not be the happy guy, but there’s a little truth to that. John was a fun, happy person, but if you got really deep, there was a lot of sadness and anger under there.”

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Malik Yoba, who played Yul Brenner in the film, also shared how...

Cool Runnings director Jon Turteltaub and the cast open up about the controversy surrounding Jamaican accents in the film. Turteltaub had battles with Disney boss Jeffrey Katzenberg over the characters' accents. The cast agreed to make an Americanized version of the film to ensure understanding for a global audience, and Cool Runnings was criticized for perpetuating caricatures.

Cool Runnings director Jon Turteltaub and the cast open up about the controversy surrounding the characters’ Jamaican accents. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released in 1993, Cool Runnings was based on the true story of the first Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The sports comedy starred the late John Candy as the former Olympian Irving Blitzer who coaches the four-man bobsleigh team, which includes Derice Bannock (Leon Robinson), Junior Bevil (Rawle D Lewis), Yul Brenner (Malik Yoba), and Sanka Coffie (Doug E Doug).

In a new interview with The Independent for the film's 30th anniversary,...

The cast and crew of Disney’s beloved sports comedy, “Cool Runnings”, are opening up about the troubles they ran into with Disney upon making the 1993 film.

During a recent reunion, in honour of the film’s 30th anniversary this month, director Jon Turteltaub and the cast recalled battling with the media giant over the film’s Jamaican accents.

“Cool Runnings” — roughly based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics — initially got its start apart from Disney with a script that featured a lot of “drugs, racism and the characters were getting laid a lot,” actor Rawle D. Lewis revealed in a interview with The Independent.

“I saw it morph into the movie that it is now,” the cast member continued. “It was something that had never been told before – Jamaicans in tights? People were like, ‘How’s this going to go under the Disney umbrella?...

One of Disney’s most beloved sports movies is turning 30. 1993 saw the release of Cool Runnings, the movie that’s based on the story of the first Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. The film starred Leon, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D. Lewis and John Candy as their coach. The loosely adapted story was directed by Jon Turteltaub, who would also collaborate with Disney for the National Treasure franchise. Turteltaub and the cast recently unveiled some behind-the-scenes details of the movie in an interview with The Independent.

According to Variety, it was revealed that Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was the Chairman at Disney at the time, wanted the director to Americanize the Jamaican accents for a general audience. Turteltaub said he received a call in the middle of the night by Katzenberg, “He said, ‘If you can’t get these accents to where I can understand them clearly,...

With Disney’s beloved sports comedy “Cool Runnings” celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, director Jon Turteltaub and the cast reunited for an interview with The Independent and revealed their battle against Disney over the film’s Jamaican accents. Loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, the film got its start outside of Disney with a script that was full of “drugs, racism and the characters were getting laid a lot,” cast member Rawle D. Lewis recalled.

“I saw it morph into the movie that it is now,” he added. “It was something that had never been told before – Jamaicans in tights? People were like, ‘How’s this going to go under the Disney umbrella?’”

Walt Disney Studios executives allegedly tussled with Turteltaub over the cast’s accent work.

“They wanted me to sound like a black Aladdin,” said Just Leon. “They wanted a Disney version.

Films which centre around team sports have long been a staple of popular cinema. Often the sport in question is an integral part of the story being told, these films making good use of a sporting event as a way to actualise the drama. Escape to Victory is a strange and wonderful example of this, with its well known (and slightly ridiculous) football game which closes the film. Over the years we’ve seen films such as Raging Bull, The Color of Money and A League of Their Own all using the inherent passion and spectacle to their narrative advantage.

As can be seen in some of those examples already mentioned, real life has inspired many a sporting cinematic outing, with Fighting with My Family, the magnificent I, Tonya, Ron Howard’s Rush and Michael Mann’s Ali being fairly recent examples of this. We are fixated by the people behind the achievement,...

The iconic bobsled prop featured in the classic feel-good Disney movie Cool Runnings was stolen this week from the Canadian bar where it had been on display since filming wrapped nearly three decades ago. Located at Ranchman's bar in Calgary, Alberta, the bobsled had been gifted to the establishment by the movie's production crew. Although the bar closed last month, the bobsled had hung without incident outside below the roof of the building until it was taken down sometime between Oct. 21-25.

"I feel like I got gut-punched," said Rob Campbell, the realtor handling the sale of the property. As suspending the bobsled to begin with was a very difficult task, Campbell also suggests that the theft appears to have been professionally planned by a group of individuals.

"It's just a sickening feeling and my stomach dropped. This was not something sitting on the front patio. It was suspended 20 feet...

"I feel like I need to explore my Korean heritage." Freestyle Digital Media has released the official trailer for an indie drama titled Where We Begin, marking the feature directorial debut of Korean-American actor Joshua Kwak. The film tells the story of Jimmy, a Korean American finding his sense of being in Los Angeles through historic architecture and locations, eluding the real search from within. "We explore this journey as he comes to understand how his mother's lax parenting style may have influenced his identity and sculpted his sense of belonging." Joshua Kwak also stars in this as Jimmy, with A. Leslie Kies, Rawle D. Lewis, and Janice Sonia Lee. This joins a growing number of excellent indie films about the experience of being a Korean-American in America – with Ms. Purple, Columbus, and Minari. Seems like a very personal story. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Joshua Kwak's Where We Begin,...

Jon Turteltaub first heard the story of the 1988 Olympic Jamaican bobsled team when he was in film school. “We all thought that was both hilarious and sort of indicative of what the Olympics was all about,” Turteltaub said. “In some ways it was looked at as a joke, and in other ways, it was looked at as a very inspiring little anecdote that made the whole Olympics have more character.” Less than five years later, Turteltaub would get a call from his agent about a new opportunity.

Disney was making a film about the Jamaican bobsled team’s story, and...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Cool Runnings," hundreds of people packed Calgary's Plaza Theatre Sunday afternoon to take in a screening.

The special showing, put on by the Reel Fun Film Festival, provided a treat for fans of the 1993 comedy -- a small reunion, with several members of the cast on hand to sign autographs and take photos.

Leon Robinson and Doug E. Doug chatted with fans before the show and signed 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics memorabilia, but decided against watching the matinee.

“Last night I watched it, and I was like ‘Ok, that’s enough,’” Doug explained to Metro Calgary. “You start to get critical of yourself. You’re not watching what people are watching. You’re just thinking, ‘Wow, my head looks big. My dreadlocks look messy.’”

A recent poll, conducted by streaming and DVD rental service LOVEFiLM, ranked "Cool Runnings" as the number one feel-good movie of all time,...

Cool Runnings

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

Written by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg, and Michael Ritchie

Starring John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Leon Robinson, Rawle D. Lewis

Throughout my lifetime, there have been a number of heartbreaking deaths in popular culture. I won’t rank them in terms of least to most heartbreaking, for myriad reasons, but one of the saddest has always been John Candy passing away in 1994. I was sad about this at age 9 even though, looking at his filmography, I can’t imagine I would’ve seen most of the movies Candy was known for when he passed on. Certainly, I saw Home Alone and The Rescuers Down Under as a kid, but I didn’t see most of his movies—Canadian Bacon, Stripes, National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles—until after he passed away. But even as a child, I...

He felt the rhythm, felt the rhyme ... but he hurt his back, it's quittin' time!We got Rawle Lewis, aka Junior in the Jamaican bobsled classic "Cool Runnings," in Santa Monica yesterday, where he gave us some bad news: His back's too busted and the rest of the gang's too old to get back in the sled. Sorry ... that means no "Cooler Runnings." ...

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