Night Shift (1982) – Ron Howard

Ron Howard wanted to move away from acting and settle into directing, but because of his commitments to Happy Days production houses were reticent to let him take the center seat on for a big feature film despite his success directing and starring in Grand Theft Auto for Roger Corman. An agreement was reached if…

War of the Worlds (1988) – The Resurrection

Back in 1988, a year after Paramount launched the Enterprise back into space with The Next Generation, they turned to another sci-fi property they owned, with the intentions of bringing it to the small screen in a weekly syndicated series. Serving as a sequel to the classic 1953 film, the series developed by showrunner Greg…