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...ZACH ZISKIN...
...experiencing remarkable success, making them a dominant force in Hollywood at a time when the movie industry is enjoying perhaps its most impressive winning streak ever. "Three women are running companies that make a product that has a huge influence on the culture," says Spider-Man producer Laura Ziskin. "That's historic, because they're going to do it differently than men, and it's going to have an impact." It already has. Here are the women who are determining how you spend your Saturday nights...
...have played a role in enticing moviegoers beyond the film's core audience of young males. The very qualities that until now have kept Maguire from becoming a bigger star are integral to his portrayal of the unassuming student Peter Parker. "Tobey's an Everyman," says producer Laura Ziskin. "He's adorable, but he's not the classic hunk. He's not a model. He looks like an ordinary kid." Somehow, Maguire's quiet ordinariness gives a glimpse of his character's roiling inner life. "He doesn't really act," says Raimi. "He just is. I think...
Star power also helped get Soul Food into production. Kenny ("Babyface") Edmonds, one of the most powerful figures in the music industry--he has penned hits for Madonna, Toni Braxton and others--produced it with his wife Tracey. Fox 2000 head Laura Ziskin gave the project the green light just days after reading the screenplay. The film was a labor of love for Tracey Edmonds, who was pregnant throughout preproduction and gave birth to a son, Brandon, shortly before shooting began. Says she: "Kenny and I had the same vision and the same tastes. Most people expect that...
...reporters' questions, which inevitably boil down to more polite versions of, Isn't he a bit, well, loony? "He's very mysterious, very private, but it's not like he's crazy. He's a lovely and charming man who just wants to keep things to himself," says Laura Ziskin, president of Fox 2000, the division of 20th Century Fox that is financing The Thin Red Line's $50 million to $60 million budget. "He's fun. He's not reclusive or dark. He just has a strong sense of privacy," says George Stevens Jr., the film's executive producer...