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- The Ladd Company saw success with hits like Blade Runner, but timing and financial burdens led to its downfall. Critical successes like The Right Stuff and Blade Runner failed to attract audiences, causing financial strain.
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Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. [1] He was president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars , on his confidence in George Lucas , which proved well-founded.
Mar 3, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., who as a producer and studio executive was a guiding hand behind scores of successful films, none bigger than “Star Wars,” which he championed when its young director, George...
Jun 25, 2020 · With its endless false starts and ever-escalating development budget, Blade Runner’s initial backers, Filmways, seemed all too happy to withdraw from the project and sold it to The Ladd Company...
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The Ladd Company's co-founder Gareth Wigan died at his home in Los Angeles on February 13, 2010, at the age of 78. The Ladd Company's founder Alan Ladd Jr. died of kidney failure at his home in Los Angeles on March 2, 2022, at the age of 84.
Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer of Braveheart and longtime executive at both Fox and MGM, died on Wednesday, according to his family. He was 84.
Defunct: 2007 (17 years ago) Location: United States. Background. The Ladd Company was formed on October 1, 1979 by Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter, and Gareth Wigan. Ladd was, prior to the studio's founding, the president of 20th Century Fox, and Kanter and Wigan were executives.
