"Like 'E.T.' and 'Lost' in one"
The host shocked the industry last summer by announcing that the show had been cancelled after 33 years
He won as a producer on the documentary film 'Music By John Williams'
The 1981 film is considered an all-time classic
The sequel will be directed by Chris Columbus, who wrote the 1984 original
A birthday celebration led to a scene that required "46 takes"
The news was revealed during an event celebrating the legendary composer earlier this week
Among the countless iconic posters he created were 'The Empire Strikes Back', 'Back To The Future', 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone', 'E.T.' and more
"I really believe that when you see 'Hamnet', you’ll be able to feel the seismic heartbeat of the earth because of Chloé Zhao"
The 1995 epic would become one of the biggest box office disasters of all time