Mario kassar and andrew vajna news

When Terminator 3 opened last summer, jaws dropped all over Hollywood.

The news of his death was confirmed on Sunday (20) by the Hungarian National Film Fund.

He founded the now-defunct production companies Carolco Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, and C2 Pictures, frequently in collaboration with Mario Kassar.

Andy Vajna, the Hungarian-American film producer of the 'Rambo' movies, has died, according to Hungary's National Film Fund.

Born in Budapest, Vajna immigrated to the US in In he and partner Mario Kassar formed Carolco Pictures, which went on to produce a series of box.

Founded by producers Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar in the s, Carolco went from indie outsider to a company with the size and clout of a Hollywood major.

Not because the future governor of California was in it. Or because the franchise still proved so lucrative. No, people in the industry were flabbergasted for just one reason: Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna had produced it.

A dozen years ago, Kassar and Vajna were names that could open doors.

Kassar and Vajna ran Carolco together until Carolco hit its peak in the s and early s, with blockbuster successes including the.

But by 2003, half the town thought they were dead, and the other half figured they were probably in self-imposed exile. That’s the kind of reputation you get when you find yourself at the center of one of the great flameouts in Hollywood history.

Back in the day, Kassar and Vajna ran a company called Carolco, and produced just about every big, dumb, loud, profitable action movie in town. They were the money, if not the minds, behind Terminator and Rambo, Basic Instinct and Total Recall.

They spent wildly on unworkable projects and unmentionable extravagances. They jacked