Filming for The Rocketeer lasted from Septemto January 22, 1991. Johnston also had to convince Disney to let him cast actor Billy Campbell in the lead role. The studio also intended to change the trademark helmet design Disney CEO Michael Eisner wanted a straight NASA-type helmet, but Johnston convinced the studio otherwise. Screenwriters Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo had creative differences with Disney, causing the film to languish in development hell.
Steve Miner and William Dear considered directing The Rocketeer before Johnston signed on. His heroic deeds soon attract the attention of Howard Hughes and the FBI, who are hunting for the missing jet pack, as well as the Nazi operatives that stole it from Hughes.ĭevelopment for The Rocketeer started as far back as 1983, when Stevens sold the film rights to the character. Set in 1938 Los Angeles, California, The Rocketeer tells the story of stunt pilot Cliff Secord who discovers a hidden rocket-powered jet pack that he thereafter uses to fly without the need of an aircraft. It is based on the character of the same name created by comic book artist and writer Dave Stevens. The Rocketeer (released internationally as The Adventures of the Rocketeer) is a 1991 American period science fiction adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures, produced by Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, and Lloyd Levin, directed by Joe Johnston, that stars Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, and Tiny Ron Taylor.
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