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EXCL: Chris Columbus on Gremlins & Other Sequels/Remakes
Coming Soon / 6th Feb 2010

Chris Columbus: When you've been working in the industry as long as filmmaker Chris Columbus, you're bound to have racked up a few bonafide classics, and that's certainly true with The Goonies and Gremlins , two movies Columbus wrote for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment back in the '80s.

As a director, Columbus went on to direct beloved films like Adventures in Babysitting and Mrs.

Doubtfire ... as well as the first two movies starring one Harry Potter. Over the years, there's been lots of talk....

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