Daniel Goldberg dies: 'The Hangover' trilogy producer, 'Late Shift' Emmy nominee and 'Stripes' co-writer were 74
Daniel Goldberg dies: 'The Hangover' trilogy producer, 'Late Shift' Emmy nominee and 'Stripes' co-writer were 74
July 12, 2023 8:58 p.m.
Daniel Goldberg, who produced all three The Hangover films, Space Jam, Old School and many more and co-wrote films including Bill Murray's comedies Stripes and Meatballs, died today in Los Angeles. He was 74 years old.
Filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose late father Ivan Reitman directed Stripes and Meatballs and had known Goldberg since their college days in the 1960s, confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide further details.
Goldberg and Ivan Reitman have collaborated for over 30 years, working together on features such as animated Heavy Metal (1981); toon/live-action hybrid Space Jam (1996), featuring Michael Jordan alongside Looney Toons characters; 1994's Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the world's first pregnant man, starring Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson; the 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy Father's Day; the 1998 Harrison Ford-Anne Heche adventure photo Six Days Seven Nights; Howard Stern's Private Parts, which the shock athlete infamously promoted at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival; Road Trip (2000); the 2001 sci-fi comedy Evolution starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott and Julianne Moore; the Heather Graham-Joseph Fiennes thriller Killing Me Softly (2002) and the Vince Vaughn-Luke Wilson-Will Ferrell comedy Old School (2003).
Goldberg debuted with Meatballs the steamy camp comedy summer of 1979 with Murray in his first major role after replacing Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live. Years later, Goldberg also wrote the second sequel Meatballs III: Summer Job.< /p>
It followed the original Meatballs with Stripes, the hilarious 1981 military comedy starring Murray and Harold Ramis, in the first of their many screen pairings that would later include the first two Ghostbusters films. Goldberg also produced Meatballs and Stripes, leading to a producing career that took off in the mid-90s.
Goldberg was also a co-EP on HBO's 1996 telepic The Late Shift,< /em > scoring an Emmy Award nomination for the story of the early '90s battle between David Letterman and Jay Leno to take over hosting The Tonight Show following the retirement of Johnny Carson. He was also executive producer of two animated television series based on feature films: Beethoven and Extreme Ghostbusters.
But Goldberg's greatest film success was yet to come.
In 2009 he was a producer on The Hangover, the Vegas-comedy starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Ken Jeong. The film was a smash hit, grossing nearly $470 million...
Daniel Goldberg, who produced all three The Hangover films, Space Jam, Old School and many more and co-wrote films including Bill Murray's comedies Stripes and Meatballs, died today in Los Angeles. He was 74 years old.
Filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose late father Ivan Reitman directed Stripes and Meatballs and had known Goldberg since their college days in the 1960s, confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide further details.
Goldberg and Ivan Reitman have collaborated for over 30 years, working together on features such as animated Heavy Metal (1981); toon/live-action hybrid Space Jam (1996), featuring Michael Jordan alongside Looney Toons characters; 1994's Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the world's first pregnant man, starring Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson; the 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy Father's Day; the 1998 Harrison Ford-Anne Heche adventure photo Six Days Seven Nights; Howard Stern's Private Parts, which the shock athlete infamously promoted at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival; Road Trip (2000); the 2001 sci-fi comedy Evolution starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott and Julianne Moore; the Heather Graham-Joseph Fiennes thriller Killing Me Softly (2002) and the Vince Vaughn-Luke Wilson-Will Ferrell comedy Old School (2003).
Goldberg debuted with Meatballs the steamy camp comedy summer of 1979 with Murray in his first major role after replacing Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live. Years later, Goldberg also wrote the second sequel Meatballs III: Summer Job.< /p>
It followed the original Meatballs with Stripes, the hilarious 1981 military comedy starring Murray and Harold Ramis, in the first of their many screen pairings that would later include the first two Ghostbusters films. Goldberg also produced Meatballs and Stripes, leading to a producing career that took off in the mid-90s.
Goldberg was also a co-EP on HBO's 1996 telepic The Late Shift,< /em > scoring an Emmy Award nomination for the story of the early '90s battle between David Letterman and Jay Leno to take over hosting The Tonight Show following the retirement of Johnny Carson. He was also executive producer of two animated television series based on feature films: Beethoven and Extreme Ghostbusters.
But Goldberg's greatest film success was yet to come.
In 2009 he was a producer on The Hangover, the Vegas-comedy starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Ken Jeong. The film was a smash hit, grossing nearly $470 million...
