Veteran producer Dino De Laurentiis has died in Los Angeles, per reports. He was 91. De Laurentiis got his start over 70 years ago, climbing through the ranks of the Italian film industry before getting into producing in 1940s. He and partner Carlo Ponti collaborated on Fellini classics like Nights of Cabiria and the Oscar-winning La Strada before De Laurentiis spun off to one of the greatest big-budget genre careers in Hollywood history -- including Barbarella, King Kong, Flash Gordon and Dune -- while producing little masterpieces like Blue Velvet and Evil Dead 2 along the way. He produced more than 500 films overall. They don't make them like him anymore. More to come here today... [The Wrap]
