Person:robin Williams

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    How 'Night at the Museum' Handled the Death of Robin Williams

    When Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb hits theaters on Dec. 19, it will mark the last time a new film featuring Robin Williams premieres on the big screen. Luckily for fans, Williams’ performance as a rough ridin’ Teddy Roosevelt will largely be left intact. The legendary actor/comedian took his own life in August, just after director Shawn Levy finished his first cut of the threequel.

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    Legendary Filmmaker Joe Johnston Reflects on Designing 'Star Wars' and Directing Robin Williams

    The designer or co-designer of iconic characters (and vehicles) such as Yoda, Boba Fett, and the Millennium Falcon, Johnston has put much of his 'Star Wars' collection up for auction. 

  • NewsGwynne Watkins

    Watch Robin Williams Improvise a Hilarious 13-Minute Routine in a Newly Unearthed Clip from the Early '80s

    Among Robin Williams’ many gifts was an unparalleled ability to create comedy out of thin air. Working off a very basic premise (“Robin” is supposed to be shooting a promotional spot for TV director Howard Storm — but can’t keep his jokes in check), Williams invents a completely new routine for every take. At the time this video was shot, Williams was beginning the difficult transition from Mork & Mindy to feature films (where he struggled, until the success of Good Morning, Vietnam in 1987).

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    The 'Batman' Role Robin Williams Never Got to Play

    Robin Williams played countless colorful characters over the course of his career, but there was one especially flashy role that evaded him: the Batman villain. The late actor, who died Monday of an apparent suicide, told Empire Magazine in 2010 that he was twice offered jobs as iconic antagonists in the original movie series, first as the Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989), and then as the Riddler in Batman Forever (1995), but got “screwed” on both, with those roles ultimately going to Jack N

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Robin Williams Fans Turn Toward Visions of Him in Heaven in 'What Dreams May Come'

    As the world mourns the death of Robin Williams, the body of work left behind by the talented and much loved comic-actor is being celebrated and shared. Fans are revisiting films like Mrs. Doubtfire and Dead Poets Society and Hook. The spiritually themed (and visually stunning) drama began trending on Twitter within hours of Monday’s news that the 63-year-old Williams had died of an apparent suicide in Marin County, California.

  • NewsMeriah Doty

    Friends and Fans React to Robin Williams's Death

    After news of Robin Williams’s death hit on Monday his many friends and colleagues took to social media to express their shock and grief. Williams himself was active on social media – his final post on Instagram was two weeks ago, wishing his daughter Zelda a happy 25th birthday: “Happy Birthday to Ms. Zelda Rae Williams! Quarter of a century old today but always my baby girl. “I am sick with grief,” tweeted Monty Python star Eric Idle, who appeared with Williams in the big screen fantasy adven