Wolfgang Petersen: Biography, Latest News & Videos

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  • Birth Place: Emden, Germany
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/14/1941, Pisces
  • Profession: Director; producer; screenwriter
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VIDEO: New Faces

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New Faces
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Length: 22:00
Posted: 10/13/2011

A hot jeans brand hires Wilhelmina to organize a men's and women's casting for a sexy new campaign. The agents favor an underwear fit model and a new girl with a sick' body, but the negotiations are tricky. Back at the office, Sean surprises the High End Women's Board by hiring a new agent -- Becky feels threatened and freaks out. watch

VIDEO: Model Contest

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Model Contest
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Length: 22:00
Posted: 10/13/2011

The agency invites ten beautiful young girls to New York City to compete in a model contest, with a Wilhelmina contract going to the winner. Sean assigns Becky to chaperone the finalists, but who will chaperone Becky? The Men's Board intervenes when they discover that Owen, a rising star, has dropped a considerable amount of weight. watch

VIDEO: The Agency

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The Agency
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Length: 22:00
Posted: 10/13/2011

It's fashion Week in New York City, and the pressure is on! Sean, the President of Wilhelmina, receives an ultimatum from his boss to turn around the struggling High End Women's Board. Becky complains to Pink about the prospects of their models (Chloe needs to loose some weight, Robin needs to learn how to walk), while the Men's Board takes a gamble on changing one of their top model's surfer look. watch

Wolfgang Petersen: Videos

A Perfect Storm
Air Force One
Film Genre: WWII
Poseidon Rent SD

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Year Title Description
2006 Poseidon Movie, Producer
2006 Poseidon Movie, Director
2004 Troy Movie, Director
2004 Troy Movie, Producer
2001 The Agency TV Show Series, Executive Producer

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Two Car-Racing Shows Get Ready for Primetime

Gentlemen, start your engines: A pair of rival shows about 1960s auto racing are in the works, both with impressive producers behind the wheel. Tony and Ridley Scott (The Good Wife) are locked in a race against rival filmmakers Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One) and Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) as they compete to capture the mid-20th century international auto racing circuit via two separate TV projects... read more

A friend of mine says there ...

Question: A friend of mine says there are two remakes of The Poseidon Adventure (1972) in the works, one for theaters and one for TV. How can that be? It's not like Titanic, where the source is a historical event anybody could draw on. If my friend is right, what gives?


Answer: Your friend is right: A four-hour miniseries version of The Poseidon Adventure is scheduled to air on NBC in November 2005, and Warner Bros. has a theatrical remake called Poseidon due out in 2006. Because neither project is finished, I don't have access to contractual credits, but my guess as to how it happened is that the theatrical version is a remake of the first film and the TV version is an adaptation of the original novel by Paul Gallico. The why is another matter; I can't even begin to say. In any event, the $150 million thea read more

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