Q & A Updated: 25 Jun 2001
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Eric: I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times but will there be another Rocketeer movie?

Stevens: There has been talk, off and on for several years, but so far, nothing has materialized. Our executive producer, Larry Gordon wants to do a sequel (We'd originally signed contracts to do a trilogy.) but, unfortunately, there's been no forward movement in over a year. Too bad, we'd all like to get together and do it again! And with the advances in CGI effects since 1991, the flying sequences could be amazing!

Todd: The Disney film version of "The Rocketeer" performed below expectations at the box office, but received fairly good reviews from the critics. What was your opinion of the film?

Stevens: My own feelings on the film are mostly positive. Though it took up two years of my life, and all my waking hours, for me it still stands as the culmination of everything I'd worked toward at that point in my career.

Like all films, it has it's flaws and weak spots, but overall it holds up surprisingly well for me. Even in remembering all the scenes that we lost in editing for time, and others we never even got to shoot (for too numerous reasons), I still feel incredibly lucky to have as much as we got, cinematically. It's there and nobody can take it away.

I'll always be indebted to Joe Johnston, for his faithfulness to the spirit of the series. And to writers, Bilson and DeMeo for perservering. And what can I say about Bill Campbell? I mean, he was and still is THE embodiment of Cliff Secord. I'll always be intensely proud of the performance he gave us.

So, yeah. I guess you could say I LIKED the film.

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