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|accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref> including ''[[Shoot 'em Up (film)|Shoot 'em Up]]'' with [[Clive Owen]] and ''[[Torso (2007 film)|Torso]]'', a [[David Fincher]] film, as well as ''[[While She Was Out]]'' with [[Kim Basinger]], directed by his spouse [[Susan Montford]], and others. Murphy also played a key role in getting [[Disney]] to develop a live action version of ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]''.<ref name="Ammo"/> He is the originating producer of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film. As of 2005, Murphy's AngryFilms was set to produce an adaptation of ''[[We3]]'', a [[DC Comics]] miniseries, for [[New Line Cinema]]; [[Susan Montford]] and Rick Benattar are also named in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reports.<ref>{{cite news | first = Ben | last = Fritz | coauthors = Claude Brodesser | title = New Line takes on 'We3' killer cuties | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117924066.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1 | work = Variety Magazine | publisher = Reed Elsevier Inc. | pages = | page = | date = 2005-06-07 | accessdate = 2007-03-23 | language = English | quote = Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. }}</ref>
|accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref> including ''[[Shoot 'em Up (film)|Shoot 'em Up]]'' with [[Clive Owen]] and ''[[Torso (2007 film)|Torso]]'', a [[David Fincher]] film, as well as ''[[While She Was Out]]'' with [[Kim Basinger]], directed by his spouse [[Susan Montford]], and others. Murphy also played a key role in getting [[Disney]] to develop a live action version of ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]''.<ref name="Ammo"/> He is the originating producer of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film. As of 2005, Murphy's AngryFilms was set to produce an adaptation of ''[[We3]]'', a [[DC Comics]] miniseries, for [[New Line Cinema]]; [[Susan Montford]] and Rick Benattar are also named in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reports.<ref>{{cite news | first = Ben | last = Fritz | coauthors = Claude Brodesser | title = New Line takes on 'We3' killer cuties | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117924066.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1 | work = Variety Magazine | publisher = Reed Elsevier Inc. | pages = | page = | date = 2005-06-07 | accessdate = 2007-03-23 | language = English | quote = Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. }}</ref>

Murphy is a known foe of Wikipedia and has gone as far as to try to out editors who have crossed him. User HighInBC reportedly left the project after Murphy exposed him to grief and ridicule.


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==

Revision as of 04:32, 14 August 2007

Don Murphy is an American film producer.

Films

Murphy formed JD productions with Jane Hamsher, and they produced a string of films including Natural Born Killers, Apt Pupil, Permanent Midnight, and From Hell. In 1998, Murphy formed his own company, Angry Films, which beginning with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has become a "prolific" production office, with numerous films in various stages of production as of 2007,[1] including Shoot 'em Up with Clive Owen and Torso, a David Fincher film, as well as While She Was Out with Kim Basinger, directed by his spouse Susan Montford, and others. Murphy also played a key role in getting Disney to develop a live action version of Kiki's Delivery Service.[1] He is the originating producer of the Transformers film. As of 2005, Murphy's AngryFilms was set to produce an adaptation of We3, a DC Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema; Susan Montford and Rick Benattar are also named in Variety reports.[2]

Murphy is a known foe of Wikipedia and has gone as far as to try to out editors who have crossed him. User HighInBC reportedly left the project after Murphy exposed him to grief and ridicule.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "For producer Murphy, 'no' is not an answer". Reuters Movie News. January 13 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Fritz, Ben (2005-06-07). "New Line takes on 'We3' killer cuties". Variety Magazine. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-23. Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)