Editing Curtis Hanson (section)

=== 2007 to 2014: later projects and retirement ===
Hanson wrote, produced and directed the 2007 film ''[[Lucky You (film)|Lucky You]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64370-LUCKY-YOU?cxt=filmography |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> He developed the film with his producing partner Carol Fenelon, who was a regular competitor in poker tournaments. Hanson said, "Part of the reason for wanting to make the movie was that the poker world was different, interesting, and we had an affinity for it. But the other part of it was the emotional thing. The skills at the table — and in the movie business — are different from the qualities that you want running your personal life. That single-mindedness, the aggression, the duplicity or bluffing or whatever you want to call it, the lack of sympathy..."<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=John |date=April 29, 2007 |title=Love and Loneliness on the Las Vegas Strip |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/movies/29ande.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The film was initially set for release on December 16, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 4, 2005 |title=Robert Duvall set to star in Lucky You |url=https://movieweb.com/robert-duvall-set-to-star-in-lucky-you/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516100654/https://movieweb.com/robert-duvall-set-to-star-in-lucky-you/ |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Movieweb}}</ref> However, the film sat on the shelf for two years and went through numerous release date changes as Warner Bros. mandated a half-dozen different cuts of the film in response to negative test screenings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horn |first=John |date=May 2, 2007 |title=With both barrels |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-02-et-pitt2-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120124747/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-02-et-pitt2-story.html |archive-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":02"/> Opening the same weekend as ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rich |first=Joshua |date=May 6, 2007 |title=Spidey 3 breaks opening day records |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/05/06/spidey-3-breaks-opening-day-records/ |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=[[EW.com]] |language=en}}</ref> the film debuted at $2.7 million in ticket sales; the lowest saturated opening week since 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Worst Wide Openings |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN25&p=.htm |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> It finished its theatrical run with $8,382,477 in total worldwide revenue. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. It holds a 28% approval rating based on 141 reviews on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucky You |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lucky_you/ |access-date=21 July 2012 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=May 4, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucky You |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lucky-you |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

In 2010, Hanson served as an executive producer for ''Win-Loss'' and episode of the television show [[Three Rivers (TV series)|''Three Rivers'']].<ref>{{Citation |title=Three Rivers: Season 1, Episode 9 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/three-rivers/s01/e09 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref>

In 2011, Hanson directed the television film ''[[Too Big to Fail (film)|Too Big to Fail]]'', based on the 2009 [[Andrew Ross Sorkin]] book [[Too Big to Fail (book)|of the same name]] about the beginnings of the [[2008 financial crisis]]. The film was produced by Hanson's production company Deuce Three Productions for [[HBO]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} The film received 11 nominations at the [[Emmy Awards]], with Hanson being nominated for "Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special" and "Outstanding Miniseries or Movie".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Too Big To Fail |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/too-big-fail |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>

Also in 2011, Hanson produced [[David Frankel]]'s film ''[[The Big Year]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/68069-THE-BIG-YEAR?cxt=filmography |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

His last film was to be ''[[Chasing Mavericks]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Curtis Hanson: Oscar-winning writer and director dies at 71|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37426657|access-date=September 21, 2016|work=BBC News|date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> [[Michael Apted]] received director credit alongside Hanson after he took over as director during the last 15 days of principal photography, while Hanson recovered from complications arising from recent heart surgery.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Michael Jr. |date=November 23, 2011 |title=Michael Apted To Finish Surf Movie For Curtis Hanson |newspaper=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/11/michael-apted-to-finish-surf-movie-for-curtis-hanson/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125042337/http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/michael-apted-to-finish-surf-movie-for-curtis-hanson/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has an approval rating of 32% based on 81 reviews, with an average rating of 4.90/10. The site's consensus states: "It's sweet, gentle, and affably modest, but ''Chasing Mavericks'' is ultimately pulled under by an unconvincing script and a puzzling lack of energy."<ref>{{cite web |title=Chasing Mavericks (2012) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chasing_mavericks |access-date=March 20, 2021 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=October 26, 2012 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>

In 2014, he served as an executive producer for the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] pilot ''Hoke'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lesnick |first=Silas |date=2014-01-11 |title=Full Cast Announced for FX's Hoke, to be Headlined by Paul Giamatti |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/113322-full-cast-announced-for-fxs-hoke-to-be-headlined-by-paul-giamatti |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More |language=en-US}}</ref> which wasn't picked up for a series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2014-06-10 |title=FX Drama Pilot 'Hoke' Not Going Forward |url=https://deadline.com/2014/06/fx-pilot-hoke-not-going-forward-787171/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

Hanson later retired from film work and was reported to have [[frontotemporal dementia]].<ref name="latobit2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bromwich |first=Jonah Engel |date=2016-09-21 |title=Curtis Hanson, Director of Wicked Noir 'L.A. Confidential,' Dies at 71 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/obituaries/curtis-hanson-director-of-wicked-noir-la-confidential-dies-at-71.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Within his career, he was an active member of the [[Directors Guild of America]], he was a member of the Creative Rights Committee, the President's Committee on Film Preservation, and the Film Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=September 21, 2016 |title=Curtis Hanson, Director of 'L.A. Confidential,' Dies at 71 |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/curtis-hanson-dead-la-confidential-1201866310/ |access-date=July 10, 2019 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref>