Minority Report (film) Spielberg also offered the role of Witwer to Javier Bardem, who turned it down. After "E.T.", Spielberg started to consult experts, and put more scientific research into his science fiction films. In 1999, he invited fifteen experts convened by Peter Schwartz and Stewart Brand to a hotel in Santa Monica for a three-day "think tank". He wanted to consult with the group to create a plausible "future reality" for the year 2054 as opposed to a more traditional "science fiction" setting. Dubbed the "think tank summit", the experts included architect Peter Calthorpe, author Douglas Coupland, urbanist and journalist Joel Garreau,
The Ring (2002 film) "B-" on an A+ to F scale. A sequel, "The Ring Two", was released in 2005. A short film titled "Rings" was also released in 2005, and is set between "The Ring" and "The Ring Two". Another sequel, also titled "Rings", was released in 2017. The Ring (2002 film) The Ring (stylized as the ring) is a 2002 American supernatural horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, and Brian Cox. It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film "Ring" based on the novel of the same name by Koji Suzuki. "The