Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts who manned the mission. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including two acting nominations for ...

Rance, who had a big influence on Ron’s life as a child actor, died in 2017 at age 89 Ron Howard is looking back at Apollo 13 and the role his dad, Rance Howard, played in the film. “I’m directing my ...

Ron Howard admitted he didn't think his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, could play a role in Apollo 13. The actress took her false teeth out during an audition to prove she could play older. "I said, ...

Ron Howard had doubts about casting his mother in Apollo 13 until he saw her without false teeth. The 71-year-old put his mum Jean Speegle Howard, in his 1995 space drama movie as astronaut Jim Lovell ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

Few genres stretch across such a wide spectrum as sci-fi. From the adventures of Star Wars to the horror of Alien, the silence and unknown of space have been the perfect backdrop for decades. Even ...

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13, Universal Pictures is bringing the film back to theaters nationwide, presented exclusively in IMAX from September 19-25. Check out a new trailer ...

Nearly a century ago, an uninhabited island in the Galapagos became home for several German expatriates who, as Ron Howard’s “Eden” makes clear, did not find paradise. Howard (“Apollo 13”) co-wrote, ...

"I said, 'Okay, mom, you got it.'" Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Since 2016, his work at EW includes RuPaul's Drag Race video interviews, Oscars predictions, and more.