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Jordan Peele's Universal Pictures horror hit «Get Out» (a recent Gotham Award winner and Independent Spirit Award favorite with 5 nominations) was honored with both Best Directorial Debut and Best Ensemble.
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In the Best Picture race, the biggest hits were the World War II flick «Dunkirk,» which last year grossed around $ 188 million in U.S.ticket sales, good for 14th place on the box office charts, and Jordan Peele's horror film «Get Out,» which tucked in just below «Dunkirk» with $ 176 million in domestic sales.
Before the first episode of the series even aired, he also won a small role in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror picture Carrie, and at the early peak of his Kotter success he even recorded a series of pop music LPs — Can't Let Go, John Travolta, and Travolta Fever — scoring a major hit with the single «Let Her In.»
With backing from QC Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions (the company behind horror hits «Paranormal Activity» and most recently «Split») and distribution from Universal Pictures, Peele turned the pitch into a script filled with scares, laughs and searing social commentary about race and racism in America.
When news broke that Get Out, Jordan Peele's runaway hit horror movie, would be in the «best motion picture» Golden Globes category for musicals and comedies, the backlash was swift — due in no small part to the movie being an important expression of racial themes.
Paramount Pictures confirmed at CinemaCon last month it is developing a sequel to Krasinski's 2018 horror smash hit.
Douglas Pipes is a film and television music composer based in Los Angeles, whose feature films include the Academy Award - nominated and Sony animated feature MONSTER HOUSE, the Warner Bros / Legendary Films cult hit TRICK «R TREAT, and the Legendary / Universal Pictures Christmas horror comedy KRAMPUS.
Other films meriting mention include Robert Altman «s final picture, «A Prairie Home Companion ``; Mel Gibson «s Aztec - thriller, «Apocalypto ``; Tom Tykwer «s kinetic (perhaps too kinetic) «Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ``; John Cameron Mitchell «s low - budget erotica,» Shortbus ``; Richard Linklater's live - action rotoscoped Philip K. Dick adaptation «A Scanner Darkly ``; Spike Lee «s biggest commercial hit, the entertaining heist film, «Inside Man ``; Michael Mann «s flawed, but interesting «Miami Vice ``; Bryan Singer «s unfairly maligned «Superman Returns; «Nicole Holofcener «s wryly observational «Friends with Money,» the over-estimated, but enlivening horror «The Descent,» and «13 Tzameti.»
Universal Pictures Universal's deal with Blumhouse Productions was expected to yield horror hits, but now it's produced a major Oscar contender.
It also manages to hit the bull's eye as a splatter horror film, an ode to Romero, a buddy picture, and an authentic romantic comedy.
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions are rushing a sequel to their hit horror film into...
Paramount Pictures» breakout horror hit «A Quiet Place» may return to the top of the box office charts in its third weekend of release, unseating the big - budget Dwayne Johnson arcade game adaptation «Rampage.»
Other contenders for Best Picture include Jordan Peele's horror hit Get Out, Christoper Nolan's war drama Dunkirk, Phantom Thread, Darkest Hour, The Post, and the acclaimed Call Me By Your Name.
Paramount Pictures» horror hit A Quiet Place takes third place in its fifth weekend at the box office.
Jordan Peele picked up multiple awards, sweeping best screenplay, breakthrough director and the audience award for his hit horror drama released by Universal Pictures.
When news broke that Get Out, Jordan Peele's runaway hit horror movie, would be in the «best motion picture» Golden Globes category for musicals and comedies, rather than drama, the backlash was swift — due in no small part to the movie being an important expression of racial issues.