You might think that after such a busy (and expensive) month, consumers would be eased into 2017 with a glut of indie games and the occasional triple - A release
from a big studio that missed the holidays.
PopcornFlix offers its viewers a wide array of content, ranging
from big studio pictures to independent cinema, documentaries and cult classics.
From big studio names to talented indie developers, you'll find games, apps, and 360 experiences that will take you wherever you want to go.
We had a chance to chat with Dean about this new movie and how was it shifting in scale
from big studio to independent.
That said,
from the big studio world, «Suicide Squad» was worth it, if just for Margot Robbie, while «The Martian» had a confidence throughout that converted into giant box office.
On This Week's Show: Kevin and Neil brace themselves for an onslaught of films,
from the big studio releases to some independent ones.
With all the excitement for fast cars, flying super heroes, dinosaurs and international spies each summer, some of us who enjoy our slow burn stories from the 19th century have to consider ourselves lucky if we get one western picture (
from a big studio) in a year.
Discs
from big studios often carry featurettes that are so cheesy, they become painful to watch.
Mississippi Grind concludes a run of smaller, more auteur - oriented movies — Tarsem Singh's Self / less, Atom Egoyan's The Captive, Marjane Satrapi's The Voices, and Simon Curtis's Woman in Gold — for Reynolds, who says his flight
from bigger studio films was mostly unintentional.
Big games
from big studios like to save...
Now even titles
from the big studios can be downloaded directly to your gaming system of choice via the Internet.
And while games full of attractive idiosyncrasies can and do emerge
from big studios backed by bigger publishers, Gilbert is in no doubt that had Thimbleweed Park gone down that avenue of financing, rather than receive its green light through a successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2014, it'd have seen some of its more unique content removed.
After the epic 2015 conference I was expecting this to be a quieter show with only one or two big announcements
from the big studios but what we all got was a veritable cavalcade of new games.
THQ has jumped on board with a massive pay - what - you - want sale, and although that might be directly related to their current financial situation, I think any big publisher or studio can learn a lot from what indies are doing in both commercial and creative spaces, just as indies can learn
from the big studios.»
Not exact matches
The
studio has two more
big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies
from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).
And while they highlight celebrity endorsements for
big companies (with the exception of Rebecca Minkoff, who was making clothes out of her
studio apartment at the time), the good business lessons learned
from setting up and cashing in on such high - vis endorsement deals can easily be applied to small companies.
So, the
studio's
biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes
from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.
Attila Szigeti, COO of Drukka Startup
Studio, recently crunched the numbers on 42 of the
biggest and best companies to emerge
from startup
studios and accelerators: He discovered that startups that had partnered with accelerators raised more capital and employed more people than their
studio brethren.
The conversation on women in media has been ongoing and in 2015, the L.A. Times reported striking numbers on gender diversity
from the «
big six»
studios: Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Sony, and Paramount Pictures.
«
From the start we had a
bigger vision of disrupting the digital and media industries,» says CEO Rory Armes, better known as the founder Radical Entertainment, for many years the No. 2 video game
studio in Vancouver behind Electronic Arts (it was sold to Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2005 and reduced to a software support office in 2012).
Since it enjoys support
from many of the
big studios and networks, Hulu stands out
from the pack by getting most shows the day after they air.
And if the coming
big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi»
from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning
studio at the domestic box office for the year.
Still, a management shakeup in June left Lansing the sole head of the
studio with promises of a
bigger budget and more creative freedom, a strong vote of confidence
from Viacom chief Sumner Redstone.
The 1,000 hours of originals Netflix released in 2017 is close to that of the combined TV content produced by the two
biggest TV
studios in the world
from 2016 — Sony Pictures Television and BBC.
If Kickstarter were like the media institutions that dominated the 20th century — book publishers, movie
studios, record companies — the crowdfunding site's revenue would derive mostly
from a few
big hits, like the Oculus Rift virtual - reality visor and the Pebble smartwatch.
If the movie theaters ever make a
bigger profit, even
from concessions, the
studios can just raise the price of film rental.
Moviegoers are finally about to get a break
from all of the
big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as
studios move away
from large - scale spectacles...
Moviegoers are finally about to get a break
from all of the
big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as
studios move away
from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.
The art
studio major
from Olathe, Kans., is the Wildcat who seems least burdened by
Big Blue Nation hysteria, or even societal norms.
While walking down the hall
from the
studio I can hear someone saying, «Ugh... I look so
big today» or «Do these pants cover up my cellulite?»
After reading the 10 Year Anniversary letter
from our Co-Founders, NYC
studio client Amanda G. felt compelled to share with us how Physique 57 helped her lose 53 lbs and 4 dress sizes before her
big day!
Fitness balls are available nearly anywhere exercise equipment is sold,
from all the
big discount stores to fitness stores to gyms and
studios.
Checking in again this week
from The
Big Lake
studio, this time to share with you some of my favorite sticker designs I've created as well as sharing a sneak peek (or two!)
The
biggest reason for this is because of
big - name
studios pumping out sequels and spinoffs that are uninspired, poorly coded, unplayable disasters that they know people will buy just because it's got their favorite character
from their childhood in it.
Skydance's Steps
Big Into Animation: «Split» And «Luck» Coming
From Top Notch Ani Filmmakers The
studio system quickly became so powerful that some filmmakers once again sought independence.
And while it was a little exciting to see the Delorean
from Back to the Future again, this particular subplot eventually leads into a Pee - Wee's
Big Adventure ripoff - as the two characters are chased throughout the
studio.
That film was also the year's
biggest box office flop
from a major
studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.
It will be extremely hard for the
studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its
biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside
from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.
Black Panther, the first
big studio film
from Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) is just such a film.
Of course, superfans of the fourth wall - breaking Marvel Comics character will be delighted to see Ryan Reynolds» Merc with a Mouth back on the
big screen, slicing up baddies and roasting everyone
from his enemies (this time around it's futuristic soldier Cable) to his frenemies (Hugh Jackman's Wolverine) to his own
studio, 20th Century Fox, just as he did in 2016's surprise smash «Deadpool.»
Farnsworth's
studio years were fairly lucrative; in addition to working with directors ranging
from Cecil B. De Mille and Sam Peckinpah, it was not unusual for the stunt man to receive a
bigger paycheck than the actors for whom he doubled.
It was a time of
big budget, Oscar nominated
studio films like Misery and early genre work
from filmmakers who would go on to become the best in the business, like Fincher's Seven, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, Tarantino and Rodriguez's From Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Lad
from filmmakers who would go on to become the best in the business, like Fincher's Seven, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, Tarantino and Rodriguez's
From Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Lad
From Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder.
Two of the
biggest studio films of the year in the awards race are both
from Paramount, and both will be challenging for mainstream audiences — Silence and Arrival.
From major studios to independents, from big budget to small, the quality of films this year was excellent and the entertainment, artistic and substantive value h
From major
studios to independents,
from big budget to small, the quality of films this year was excellent and the entertainment, artistic and substantive value h
from big budget to small, the quality of films this year was excellent and the entertainment, artistic and substantive value high.
It was a time of
big budget, Oscar nominated
studio films like Misery and early genre work
from filmmakers who... read more →
The
studio might easily have ignored Pym altogether: let us not forget that the comic book Thor backstory was radically adapted for the
big screen, with the Norse god's human alter ego Donald Blake virtually excised
from the film version.
In the making of «The
Big Short,» which is essentially about educating, what made you personally believe that people can learn
from a
studio movie?
Producers, writers and actors
from the film «The
Big Sick» in the L.A. Times photo
studio at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday.
Reactions
from test screenings have been genuinely dismal, which was surely the
biggest reason that the
studio decided to delay.
The video (shown above), titled 10 Years of Fandom, takes a look at the growing fan - base of the MCU, with footage
from some of the
studios»
biggest hits — starting with Tony Stark's very first Iron Man armour shown in his first solo film and jumping to the latest Marvel release, Black Panther.