Tony Scott's Family Creates Film Scholarship

By Brian Tremml at 6:00 PM on August 28, 2012

In an effort to honor the late Tony Scott, director of such films as Top Gun and Man on Fire, his remaining family has created a scholarship fund at the American Film Institute to honor the filmmaker’s life and work, Variety reports....  read more

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Tony Scott: 1944-2012

By Tyler Kane at 2:40 PM on August 20, 2012

Filmmaker Anthony "Tony" Scott, most famous for his contributions on films that include Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Beverly Hills Cop II and Man on Fire has died of an apparent suicide.  read more

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X-Men: First Class, Thor Writers to Pen Top Gun Sequel

By K. Alexander Smith at 11:02 AM on October 17, 2011

According to Variety, X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are in the middle of negotiations to write the script for the upcoming Top Gun sequel. Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison are both set to produce, but while Tony Scott confirmed the existence of the sequel last year, he still hasn't been officially announced to direct, nor has it been confirmed whether or not Tom Cruise's character Pete "Maverick" Mitchell will have any role in the new, yet to be penned story.  read more

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Ten Filmmakers Who Rocked the Ad World

By Lindsay Eanet at 7:00 AM on May 29, 2010

The film is a high-octane epic full of fast-paced shots, thrilling pursuits and a heart-pounding score...  read more

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Tony Scott to Direct Chippendales Biopic

By Emily Riemer at 1:00 PM on October 30, 2009

Action director Tony Scott (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Man on Fire) has signed on to make a biopic about Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee, who ran afoul of the law in the 1980’s and hung himself in his prison cell in 1994....  read more

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