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James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014 [1]) was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film auteurs, having produced the first Hollywood films of Richard Linklater, Joel and Ethan Coen (the Coen Brothers ), and Kevin Smith .
Jan 21, 2014 · Jacks saw an opening for movies in the mid-budget range between $15 and $50 million. “The studios don’t make many of them,” he told me a few months ago. “They want to make expensive tentpoles.
Jan 21, 2014 · James Jacks, the veteran producer who helped make “The Mummy” franchise a worldwide box office smash, died Monday, his one-time producing partner Sean Daniel said on Facebook. He was 66.
In the late 1980s, the producers James Jacks and Sean Daniel decided to update the original 1932 Mummy film for the modern era. Universal gave them the go-ahead, but only if they kept the budget around $10 million. Jacks remembers that the studio "essentially wanted a low-budget horror franchise".
Movie producer James “Jim” Jacks, who worked with independent-minded filmmakers including the Coen brothers, Richard Linklater, Sam Raimi and Billy Bob Thornton, died Monday of a heart attack ...
James Jacks was born on 29 December 1947 in the USA. He was a producer and executive, known for The Mummy (1999) , The Jackal (1997) and The Hunted (2003) . He died on 20 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jan 20, 2014 · James "Jim" Jacks was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film auteurs, having produced the first Hollywood films of Richard Linklater, Joel and Ethan Coen, and Kevin Smith. Born December 29, 1947, Jacks grew up in a military family.
Jan 21, 2014 · William Friedkin Jim Jacks - P 2014. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian. Veteran producer James Jacks died Monday of a heart attack in his Los Angeles home, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. He was 66 ...
