FILE – Richard Donner arrives at a tribute event in his honor on June 7, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The filmmaker, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978’s “Superman” and mastered the buddy comedy with the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has died. He was 91. Lauren Shuler Donner, his wife and producing partner, told the Hollywood trade “Deadline” that Donner died Monday, July 5, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)