Journey to El Dorado later called John Payne: Journey to El Dorado is a 2015 American action-adventure film written by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and directed by George Lucas starring Dylan O'Brien, Emma Stone, Robert DeNiro, Brad Dourif, Aaron Yoo and Rodrigo Santoro. The films charts the journey of protagonist John Payne (O'Brien), supposed descendant of Sir Ranulph Fiennes, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado, with the help of journalist Emily Williams (Stone) and friend and mentor Phil "Phil" Lovecraft (DeNiro).