The director said one key part of the film was a big hangup for film studios Jerod Harris/Getty; Buena Vista Pictures/ Courtesy Everett Collection Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell ...

When 'Splash' landed at Disney, the studio's most recent release was the sports comedy 'Gus' about a football-playing donkey ...

Brian Grazer at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty "He threatened me. You know, I was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was 1983, and a 26-year-old producer named Brian Grazer was sitting across from the most feared man in Hollywood. Ray Stark had ...

Ron Howard feared Disney’s doubts could derail Splash’s bold vision ...

Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell Splash — his 1984 film about a man who falls in love with a mermaid who saved him from drowning — many film studios had one key issue: the mermaid.

Before Splash made it to the big screen, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer had quite a few hurdles to clear first. After the script was completed, the pair shopped it around to a variety of studios — though ...