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Kassar and Vajna took a great risk buying the film rights to the novel (for $385,000) and used the help of European bank loans to cast Sylvester Stallone as the lead character, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo, after having worked with him on the John Huston film Escape to Victory (1981).
Mar 24, 2015 · Founded by producers Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar in the 1970s, Carolco went from indie outsider to a company with the size and clout of a Hollywood major; the studio became famous – and...
Mar 11, 2014 · In the wake of Carolco’s collapse, Mario Kassar moved to Paramount, before forming a new studio – C2 Pictures – with his old partner Andrew Vajna in 2002.
Along with partner Andrew G. Vajna, Kassar helped to disrupt the independent film business, with Carolco enjoying a more-than decade long run that saw the likes of First Blood, Terminator 2,...
Carolco Pictures, Inc. was an American independent film studio that existed from 1976 to 1995, founded by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna. [1] Kassar and Vajna ran Carolco together until 1989, when Vajna left to form Cinergi Pictures.
Nov 20, 1995 · Kassar’s lavish spending contributed to Carolco’s financial ruin, people close to the company concede, and the Nov. 10 bankruptcy filing wiped out the stockholders’ investments completely and...
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Dec 5, 2017 · It took Mario Kassar, and his mini-major studio Carolco, to finally get the wheels on T2 moving. MARIO KASSAR: With the first one, James had it set up at Hemdale, a company run by a Britsh...
