Original sentence: Chris Columbus — who had written the Spielberg-produced Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985) and Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) — was hired to write the script.Due to his commitment to The Last Crusade, the director had to drop out of directing Big (1988) and Rain Man (1988).Spielberg rejected the idea because of the similarity to Poltergeist (1982), which he had co-written and produced
Edited sentence: Chris Columbus—who had written the Spielberg-produced Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes—was hired to write the script.Due to his commitment to The Last Crusade, the director had to drop out of directing Big and Rain Man.Spielberg rejected the idea because of the similarity to Poltergeist, which he had co-written and produced