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Jon Favreau was born in Queens, N.Y. He moved to Chicago at age 22 to study improvisation. His career in film began as an actor in the movie Rudy. Jon wrote the film Swingers and later Made, which he also directed. His other directing credits include Elf, Zathura, Iron Man 1 & 2 , and Cowboys & Aliens.

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The Cowboys & Aliens Interviews: The Last Draft

Posted July 21, 2011 | 17:29:19 (EST)

If you're not in the entertainment industry, you might not know the names Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci and Damon Lindelof, but you are definitely familiar with their work. Kurtzman and Orci are a writing team that has worked on Alias, Fringe, Hawaii Five-O, The Island, Mission Impossible III and Transformers...

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The Cowboys & Aliens Interviews: Olivia Wilde Has a Hard Head

Posted July 12, 2011 | 19:05:06 (EST)

That's what the doctor at the ER said after she was thrown from a horse on the set of Cowboys & Aliens and bounced back without missing a beat. She was as tough as they come. She was one of the most experienced riders in the cast and volunteered to...

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The Cowboys & Aliens Interviews: Spielberg, Grazer, Howard

Posted July 6, 2011 | 18:49:19 (EST)

As a follow up to the Harrison Ford interview, I sat down with Steven Spielberg, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, three of the producers of Cowboys & Aliens, at the offices of Imagine Entertainment. I can't tell you how cool and enlightening it was to have access to...

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"If I Die, You Die": The Cowboys & Aliens Interviews: Harrison Ford

Posted June 28, 2011 | 15:32:00 (EST)

"If I die, you die." That's what Harrison Ford said to me when I sat next to him in his helicopter and inquired where the co-pilot was. I still can't believe that I'm working with all of these great people from Ron Howard to Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Brian Grazer,...

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