Matthew Robbins
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Sep 15, 2026
Steven TurkHOST
And speaking of Guillermo del Toro, I know how much he loves it.
Steven TurkHOST
I own the Blu-ray this and Matthew Robbins, the director, writer, co-writer and Guillermo del Toro do a commentary track together.
Nic BrownGUEST
Wow.
Nic BrownGUEST
So yeah, I know exactly
Steven TurkHOST
how Gilmore del Toro feels about this movie and this dragon.
Steven TurkHOST
And he also has worked with Matthew Robbins a lot because Matthew Robbins helps him with the stories.
Steven TurkHOST
And a lot of his, I think they've worked together, Gilmore has said, eight or nine, 10 times, something like that.
Steven TurkHOST
It's a lot of times they've worked together in recent years.
Vincent HannamHOST
Next time.
Patrick KozickyGUEST
Let's dig into – so the movie was directed and written by the same gentleman, which doesn't happen super often in movies, by Matthew Robbins, well-known screenwriter and part-time director.
Patrick KozickyGUEST
Was this his first directorial debut for this
Vincent HannamHOST
movie?
Vincent HannamHOST
Jaws, E.T., etc.
Vincent HannamHOST
Yeah.
Vincent HannamHOST
And yet, Matthew Robbins as a director, like his directing work on Dragon Slayer, I think is solid.
Vincent HannamHOST
But maybe with someone like Spielberg, Dragon Slayer could have... could have been a bit more magical sure
LarryAUDIENCE
A few quick points on the legend of Billie Jean.
LarryAUDIENCE
First, Matthew Robbins, the writer and director, you mentioned that he had reworked the original script with another screenwriter in order to, you know, kind of deepen the story.
LarryAUDIENCE
Well, I can't help but notice that there are some similarities to his first screenwriting credit, which happens to be Steven Spielberg's first theatrical release, Sugarland Express.
LarryAUDIENCE
with a strong female lead in Goldie Hawn, a couple on the run from the law, the media sensation that builds around it, the legend that grows, and all takes place in Texas.
MeganHOST
Well, I've got a lot of behind the scene facts that would say possibly otherwise, but we'll get to that later.
MeganHOST
This movie was directed by Matthew Robbins and written by Matthew Robbins and his writing partner, Hal Barwood.
MeganHOST
Now, I had never heard of either of these men, but they are members of what has been called the Dirty Dozen or the USC Mafia.
BrandonHOST
Whoa, that sounds very dangerous.
MeganHOST
Can't believe you didn't know that.
MeganHOST
But it, so it's George Lucas.
MeganHOST
It's these two guys, Matthew Robbins and Hal Barwood.
MeganHOST
John Milius, Howard Kazanjian, Walter Murch, Randall Kleiser, Caleb Deschanel, Robert Dalva, Willard Hyuk, and Donald Glutt.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
You can quibble with some of the choices for sure is one of the things I'm going to say.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
But so this leads to it next gets announced in 2003 that it's going to be that it was said that he's writing it with Matthew Robbins for DreamWorks.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
Remember when DreamWorks was actually a studio? This was a long time ago.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
before dreamworks collapsed in on itself and all that's left is the animation but so it was in development there and one of the producers was don murphy was one of those big like 90s era producers who did natural born killers he was behind that insane planet of the apes take that was also working on
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
Yeah, this is an article I found when I was researching Monsters Unborn because there's like a quick paragraph about Creature from the Black Lagoon in here that I felt obligated to reference.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
But the very first thing at the top is Mountains of Madness saying it's being rewritten until early spring.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
Right now it's in the hands of my writing partner, Matthew Robbins.
Bruce Kielkowski Jr.HOST
So there we won't hear from the studio until probably spring of 2004.
Aaron AubuchonHOST
And he always wanted to do something with that.
Aaron AubuchonHOST
So when del Toro began to develop some Hollywood cachet in the 1990s, he personally optioned the property and co-wrote a screenplay with Matthew Robbins in 1997.
Aaron AubuchonHOST
He would then spend about a decade trying to get the film made.
Aaron AubuchonHOST
And you would be forgiven if you saw a lot of del Toro in the finished film, even though it was ultimately directed by Troy Nixie, a comic book writer and artist making his feature film debut.
JayHOST
This is kind of rough because number one and number two probably make a perfect double feature unto themselves.
JayHOST
The second movie that the Random Movie Generator has given us is Dragon Slayer from 1981, directed by Matthew Robbins, starring Peter McNichol, of all people, Janos himself.
JayHOST
Janos himself.
JayHOST
In a very different role.