Who was the director of the movie based on the board game that the actor known for his work in John Carter, Savages, and Lone Survivor also starred in?
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Taylor Kitsch Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his work in films, such as "" (2009), "Battleship" (2012), "John Carter" (2012), "Savages" (2012) and "Lone Survivor" (2013).
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Battleship (film) Battleship is a 2012 American military science fiction action film loosely based on the board game of the same name. The film was directed by Peter Berg and starred Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Tadanobu Asano, Alexander Skarsgård, and Liam Neeson. Filming took place in Hawaii and on the USS "Missouri". In the film, a fleet of ships are forced to do battle with an armada of extraterrestrial origin in order to thwart their destructive goals.
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Molly's Game Molly's Game is a 2017 American crime drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin in his directorial debut, based upon the memoir "Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker" by Molly Bloom. It stars Jessica Chastain as Bloom, along with Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Claire Rankin, Joe Keery and Jeremy Strong. The film follows the 26-year-old Bloom who becomes the target of an FBI investigation following her running of an underground poker empire for Hollywood celebrities, athletes, business tycoons and the Russian mob.
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Scott Sowers Scott Sowers (born November 5, 1963) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his roles as Detective Parker in the late 1990s ABC series "Cracker" and for his role as Stanley Kowalski on stage in "A Streetcar Named Desire". He established the Signature Theatre Company in 1991, and the following year he won the LA Dramalogue Award for Performance for his role as the colonel in "A Few Good Men" at the Shubert Theatre. In film he has played some notable minor roles, such as a mercenary in "" (1995), a prison guard in "Dead Man Walking" (1995), and a condemned man in "True Grit" (2010). Aside from numerous dramatic readings for audiobooks, Sowers has also provided his voice for videogames such as "" (2003), "Manhunt 2" (2007) and "Homefront" (2011).
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WarGames: Defcon 1 WarGames: Defcon 1 (known simply as WarGames on PC) is a video game for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. Although both versions possess the same missions and content, the PlayStation version is a tactical vehicle-shooting game while the PC version is a real-time strategy game (similar to "Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds"). The game is loosely based on the movie "WarGames"; one of the story consultants was John Badham, director of the original film.
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The Deadly Game (1982 film) The Deadly Game is a 1982 television film that premiered on HBO. The intellectual thriller was directed by George Schaefer and adapted from a 1960 play by James Yaffe that was in turn based on the novel "A Dangerous Game" by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It stars George Segal as an American tourist traveling in the Swiss Alps who is lured into a dangerous mock trial by retired British lawyers played by Trevor Howard, Robert Morley, and Emlyn Williams.
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The Game (1997 film) The Game is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and produced by Propaganda Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. It tells the story of a wealthy investment banker who is given a mysterious gift: participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his everyday life. As the lines between the banker's real life and the game become more uncertain, hints of a large conspiracy become apparent.
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Assassin's Creed (film) Assassin's Creed is a 2016 American science fiction action adventure film based on the video game franchise of the same name. The film is directed by Justin Kurzel, written by Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, and stars Michael Fassbender (who also produced), Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling and Michael K. Williams. The film is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series' mythology, taking place during the Spanish Inquisition. Filming began in late August 2015 and concluded in January 2016. "Assassin's Creed" was released on December 21, 2016, in the United States and France. It received negative reviews from critics and grossed over $240 million worldwide against its $125 million budget.
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Thomas J. Wright Thomas J. Wright is an American television director, film director, artist, and set designer. Wright has directed episodes of "Smallville", "One Tree Hill", "Firefly", and many other programs. He also worked extensively on Chris Carter's "Millennium", on which he was a producer as well as directing 26 of the show's 67 episodes. He also directed the 1989 Hulk Hogan film "No Holds Barred". He also was the artist who created the paintings used in the television horror anthology series "Night Gallery".
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A Little Game A Little Game is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that was first broadcast on October 30, 1971, starring Mark Gruner as a young boy who will do anything to get what he wants. In the movie, the plot suggests that he might be responsible for the death of a fellow student at the military academy he attends, yet his mother (Diane Baker) refuses to believe that he could be guilty of anything. His stepfather (Ed Nelson) begins to wonder if the boy wants to get rid of him. It was based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Fielden Farrington, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by Paul Wendkos, who would film another of Farrington's novels for television the following year ("The Strangers in 7A").
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Rounders (film) Rounders is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl, and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The film follows two friends who need to quickly earn enough cash playing poker to pay off a large debt. The term "rounder" refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes cash games.
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Carter (artist) John Carter is an American artist and film director based in New York City, using the professional name Carter for his artworks. He was born in 1970 in Norwich, Connecticut
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Christmas Evil Christmas Evil (also known as You Better Watch Out and Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 psychological slasher film, directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. It is considered an obscure film but has gained a cult following which includes film director John Waters.
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Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation is a video game based on the board game "Apocalypse" by Games Workshop.
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Duane Jones Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1937July 22, 1988) was an African American actor, best known for his leading role as Ben in the 1968 horror film "Night of the Living Dead". He was director of the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, and the artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan.
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The Hunters (book series) The Hunters is a book series written by Chris Kuzneski, an American author. The series follows the adventures of a team of renegades – an ex-military leader, a historian, a computer whiz, a weapons expert and a thief – financed by a billionaire philanthropist who are tasked with finding the world's most legendary treasures. The first novel in the series, "The Hunters", is currently being turned into a motion picture, directed by John Moore with the screenplay being adapted by Robert Mark Kamen. The series also ties in with Kuzneski's other series, Payne & Jones, by featuring the character Petr Ulster, a historian and curator of the Ulster Archives in Küsendorf, Switzerland, and mentioning a number of minor characters and events from the Payne & Jones universe. The third book in the series, "The Prisoner's Gold", won the Thriller Award for the 2016 Book of the Year at a gala hosted by the International Thriller Writers (ITW) in New York City on July 9, 2016.
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The Savage (1952 film) The Savage is a 1952 Technicolor Western film directed by George Marshall. The film stars Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, and Peter Hansen. Much of "The Savage" was shot in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The film is based on L. L. Foreman's novel, "The Renegade", first published in 1949 by Pocket Books.
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Darkstar: The Interactive Movie Darkstar: The Interactive Movie is an interactive movie video game written, produced, edited, animated, and directed by J. Allen Williams, owner of the American animation studio Parallax Studio. It starred the actor Clive Robertson and the original cast of the comedy series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Mary Jo Pehl, and J. Elvis Weinstein). The game also featured animations by the comic book artist Richard Corben and was the final work of actor Peter Graves, who narrated the game. "Darkstar" was released online on November 5, 2010 through the company website and as a downloadable through Strategy First. It was re-released in stores December 9, 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland through Lace Mamba Global.
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Skinwalkers (2006 film) Skinwalkers is a 2006 horror-action film. It was released in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment and After Dark Films, and focuses on werewolves. Directed by James Isaac, it stars Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, and Tom Jackson. The film was originally announced for theatrical release on December 1, 2006, but was delayed until August 10, 2007.
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Bounty Killer (film) Bounty Killer is a 2013 post-apocalyptic action comedy directed by Henry Saine about celebrity assassins who hunt the white collar criminals responsible for the apocalypse. The film premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival. The film is based on a graphic novel published by Kickstart Comics in 2013.
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Rambo III Rambo III is a 1988 American action adventure film directed by Peter MacDonald. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It is the third film in the "Rambo" series following "First Blood" and "". It was in turn followed by "Rambo" in 2008, making it the last film in the series to feature Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman before his death in 2003. In the film, John Rambo sets out in a dangerous journey at Afghanistan in order to rescue his former military commander and his longtime best friend Col. Trautman from the hands of an extremely powerful and ruthless Soviet military general who is bent on killing both Trautman and Rambo and to conquer Afghanistan for the Soviet armies.
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Rosewood (film) Rosewood is a 1997 American historical fiction drama film directed by John Singleton. While based on historic events of the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, when a white mob killed blacks and destroyed their town, the film introduces fictional characters and changes from historic accounts. In a major change, it stars Ving Rhames as an outsider who comes into Rosewood and inspires residents to self-defense, wielding his pistols in a fight. The supporting cast includes Don Cheadle as Sylvester Carrier, a resident who was a witness, defender of his family and victim of the riot; and Jon Voight as a sympathetic white store owner who lives in a village near Rosewood. The three characters become entangled in an attempt to save people from racist whites attacking the blacks of Rosewood.