What is Stephen Sommers’ Net Worth?
| net worth: | $20 million |
|---|---|
| age: | 62 |
| date of birth: | March 20, 1962 |
| gender: | male |
| high: | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| country of origin: | USA |
| Source of wealth: | Movie director |
| Last updated: | July 26, 2024 |
introduce
Stephen Sommers is an American film director and screenwriter who has an estimated net worth of $20 million.
Sommers is best known for big-budget films like The Mummy and its sequels, The Mummy Returns, Van Helsing and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Sommers also directed Huckleberry Hound and Disney’s live-action version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.
early life
Stephen Sommers was born on March 20, 1962 in Minnesota.
Somers attended Apollo High School in St. Cloud. In 1980, he graduated from St. John’s University in Minnesota.
After graduation, Summers performed in the theater company for four years.
Profession
Stephen Sommers rose to fame for writing and directing an adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for Walt Disney Studios.
He also directed an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book for Disney and wrote the screenplays for The Gunslinger and Tom and Huck.
Sommers was an executive producer on the film Tom and Huck, also for Disney, starring Brad Renfro, Rachael Leigh Cook and Eric Schweiker.
He worked as a screenwriter for Hollywood Pictures and wrote a script called Tentacles, which was later adapted.
In 1998, Sommers directed the film Deep Rising, based on his Tentacles screenplay, starring Treat Williams and Famke Janssen.
The film received three nominations: “Best DVD/Blu-ray Classic Film Release Award”, “International Film Music Critics Award” (IFMCA), and “Best Original Score Award for a Horror/Thriller Film”.
Nominated for two Saturn Awards
In 1999, he wrote and directed a remake of The Mummy for Universal Studios, which was a commercial success and earned Sommers two Saturn Award nominations.
In 2000, he was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and in 2001 he was hired to direct the successful sequel, The Mummy Returns.
In 2002, Somers co-wrote and produced The Scorpion King , a prequel/spinoff to The Mummy Returns starring Kelly Hu, Michael Clarke Duncan and Steven Brand.
In 2004, he co-founded The Sommers Company with editor and producer Bob Ducsay and directed Van Helsing in 2004, featuring Universal Pictures’ iconic movie monster.
Before Van Helsing premiered, Sommers and Dukese began developing a spinoff series for NBC called Transylvania, anticipating it would be a hit with audiences.
Sommers wrote the pilot and initial episodes of Transylvania, but unfortunately, NBC did not continue with the show.
He was originally attached to direct Night at the Museum but left before Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson could turn it into a blockbuster film.
Guiding success and failure
Steven Spielberg hired Summers as executive producer for a remake of When Worlds Collide, but the film failed to take off.
He was involved in the development of a new big-screen adaptation of Flash Gordon and was involved in the adventure film The Powerpuff Girls, based on the novel.
Next he wrote a romantic adventure story called “Great Love” and participated in the remake of the French film “The Victim”.
For unknown reasons, he chose not to direct The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, but served as one of the producers.
Sommers then directed the live-action adaptation G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra for Paramount Pictures in 2009, and served as producer.
He had been working on a Tarzan adaptation for Warner Bros. but left the project before filming began on his most recent film, Odd Thomas.
Unfortunately, the film, starring Willem Dafoe, is facing release delays due to a lawsuit against the production company over marketing, distribution, and repayment of production loans.
Small-budget film finds success at Cannes
Somers’s feature film debut was Cat and Mouse, a teen racing movie that was independently financed for $800,000 and shot in his hometown of St. Cloud.
Cat and Mouse sold for $7 million at the Cannes Film Festival and was subsequently released on video in the U.S.
Stephen served as writer and executive producer of the 1997 television film Oliver Twist, starring Elijah Wood, Richard Dreyfuss and Alex Trench.
Sommers directed the short film “The Perfect Alibi” in 1988, which won the fourth prize of the FOCUS Film Award and was the first “time loop” movie.
The film tells the story of a pickpocket who gets stuck in an infinite time loop in order to commit a theft.
He then served as executive producer on the 2004 short film Van Helsing: London Assignment, starring Hugh Jackman and David Wenham.
Won the Egger Award
Somers served as executive producer on The Scorpion King: Redemption, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and The Scorpion King: Book of Souls.
He was an uncredited producer on 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and 2009’s The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior.
Sommers won the Eyegore Award in 1999 and served as executive producer of the TV series “The Mummy,” which ran from 2001 to 2003.
In 2010, he was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”.
Estimated Net Worth
Stephen Sommers’ net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.
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Here are some highlights from Stephen Sommers’ career:
- The Scorpion King (Movie, 2002)
- Van Helsing (film, 2004)
- The Mummy (film, 2009)
Stephen Sommers’ Favorite Quotes
“I said at the beginning, this can’t be a story about a man in bandages. I didn’t even want to make a horror movie. I took the concept and made a romantic adventure movie. An action hero that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I wanted everyone to take The Mummy seriously, but it couldn’t just be a man in bandages.” – Stephen Sommers
“I never write anything until I know every scene in the movie. I don’t want someone to hire me and then not be able to write it. That’s always a worry. So I like to figure it out, know all the characters, and know almost every scene in the movie before I start writing.” – Stephen Sommers
“There are four movies that inspired me to make movies: Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Swiss Family Robinson, and Jason and the Argonauts. These movies took me to different places when I was a kid. Watching these movies made me fall in love with movies.” – Stephen Sommers
“Frankenstein’s monster is so graphic, so my monster designer spent many, many months designing him. I said, ‘Okay, he’s got to have a flat head, spots on his neck, and wear Doc Martens on his feet, but other than that – we can play with him.’ – Stephen Sommers
“I never write a scene before I know every single scene in the movie. I don’t want someone to hire me and then not be able to write it. That’s always a concern. So I like to figure it out, know all the characters, know almost every scene in the movie before I start writing.” – Stephen Sommers
Summary
Stephen Sommers is an American screenwriter and director. After graduating from college, Sommers spent four years in Europe as a theater actor and rock band manager.
He then moved to Los Angeles and attended the USC School of Film and Television for three years.
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