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Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising from college, Bruckheimer moved into film production in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he partnered with fellow producer Don Simpson. Bruckheimer and Simpson's partnership continued until Simpson died in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including Flashdance, The Rock, Crimson Tide, Dangerous Minds, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, as well as the Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises. At the helm of his self-titled production company, he has produced films distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Disney. At the same time, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios have co-produced his television works. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honoured by Variety as the first in Hollywood history to produce the first and second-highest-grossing films of a single weekend: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Bad Boys II. In 2023, Top Gun: Maverick earned him a nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards. His best-known television series are television dramas CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Lucifer and reality competition series The Amazing Race, which would spawn a franchise with international versions. For the latter, he won ten Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2003, three of his television productions—CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace and CSI: Miami—ranked among the top ten in the US ratings, making him the first producer to achieve this. Bruckheimer is also the co-founder (with the late David Bonderman) and majority owner of the Seattle Kraken, the 2021 National Hockey League expansion team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Bruckheimer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Minecraft: The Beginnings is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson from a screenplay and story by Colin Trevorrow and J.J. Abrams based on the Minecraft video game. The first installment in the Minecraft Dimensions film series, it stars Sasha Calle, Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Hoult, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Kaluuya, Brad Garrett, Russell Crowe, and Oscar Isaac. The film follows a young girl who catches a glimpse of another world by looking through an Eye of Ender, only for one of the spawns from the strange world, known as Endermen, to quickly discover her. Against the wishes of the evil Ender Dragon, another spawn from the dimension enters the overworld to keep the girl safe from the Enderman that spotted her. Minecraft: The Beginnings was released in theaters on February 8th, 2025; the film was highly praised for its visual effects, direction, action sequences, story, and acting performances. It was also a sleeper hit, grossing $178 worldwide, attaining a strong cult following. Calle's performance received universal acclaim, earning her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. A sequel is in development along with a spin-off/prequel focusing on a younger version of Calle's character.
