Sentences with phrase «screenplay come»

He made a documentary of the mission, and hired two screenwriters to follow him as he did it, so they could write a fictional version of the making of the documentary while themselves factoring into the documentary — and then, eventually, he would film the screenplay they come up with.

But with it, the deeper elements of the screenplay come to the forefront and let us engage in TRON Legacy as something other than a fireworks display.

Rather than real life, the film feels like a screenplay come to life: never a good sign.

Get Out is getting a lot of positive buzz, so maybe Jordan Peele will get a nod for best original screenplay come next January.

Which is not disqualifying, exactly, though elements of Finley's screenplay come in hindsight to feel underdeveloped — most specifically, the character of Mark.

The validity of Jonathan Asser's screenplay comes through in every scene.

Yet the screenplay comes together with a poignancy and charm that is enhanced by the engaging and colorful sets.

This is the place where screenplays come to die.

The screenplay comes from director Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish.

That's fitting since the screenplay comes from Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who seem to have an ample supply of bon mots for the actor.

The screenplay coming from British biopic specialist Peter Morgan, who previously worked with Howard in adapting his riveting stage - play FROST / NIXON for the big - screen.

Not exact matches

«Moonlight,» the coming of age tale of a young black boy in Miami, also won the best adapted screenplay statuette, while grief - driven independent drama «Manchester by the Sea» took home original screenplay.

Part of that likely has to do with the absence of many truly great movies this year, and the fact key contenders — like «The Shape of Water» (the pick by the directors and producers guilds) and «Get Out» (the WGA's original screenplay winner)-- come from genres that seldom receive top awards recognition.

And now the movie adaptation comes out tomorrow, for which she also wrote the screenplay.

Bell admits she wasn't coming from an open - minded place when she started writing the screenplay (she chose a contract of seven years is because she heard about German politician Gabriele Pauli's call for a renewable seven - year contract in 2007).

When the armored rhinos came charging, it hit me how silly the screenplay was when it wasn't being preachy.

But unlike so many other recent (or upcoming) Hollywood products, it was made from an original screenplay (Faber and Fisher previously wrote for TV sitcoms); it didn't come from a source that audiences are already familiar with, like an old television show or a previous movie.

The eye - rolling predictability of Nancy Sackett's screenplay exacerbates the movie's less - than - watchable atmosphere, as there's virtually nothing that occurs within Ron Howard's Skyward that one doesn't see coming from miles away (eg Julie's parents forbid her from flying, Julie fights with Scott, etc, etc)- which ultimately prevents the finale from packing the uplifting, emotional punch that Howard is obviously striving for.

Kurtzman & Orci & Pinkner will write the screenplay for The Amazing Spider - Man 3 (coming to theaters July 10, 2016), and Kurtzman, Orci, and Solomon will write the screenplay for Venom, which Kurtzman will direct.

The prisoners» stories come straight from Mr. Keneally's factual account, which is beautifully recapitulated by Steven Zaillian's screenplay.

Resuming his movie career with 1962's Taras Bulba, Salt went on to win an Academy Award for his screenplay for 1969's Midnight Cowboy; nine years later, Salt, Robert C. Jones, and Nancy Dowd shared an Oscar for Coming Home (1978), his final film.

And while the movie's obvious highlight comes with Roma's brutal dressing - down of Kevin Spacey's officious manager, Mamet's screenplay affords virtually all of the actors their moment in the sun - with Lemmon's sad - sack of a character ultimately standing as the film's emotional center (ie despite his exceedingly slimy actions, Levene becomes a figure worthy of the viewer's sympathy).

By the time the screenplay provides its «reveal», we know what's coming, having been trained by other films to expect this sort of thing.

It comes from a screenplay by the Oscar - winner Diablo Cody, who wrote Juno and Young Adult; it's her third time working with Reitman and her second time working with star Charlize Theron, who starred in Young Adult.

I don't think I've come across a screenplay of his («28 Days Later...,» «Sunshine») that didn't have third act troubles.

Ryan Coogler was hired as director and Robert Cole came on board to co-write the screenplay.

As a result, the plot of the screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (both of whom also wrote the original) comes across as a series of false starts and ends, as the extent of Shen's plan unfolds in chunks along with the facts about Po's past, and since the details of both are foregone conclusions from the beginning, the simple story feels drawn out for little effect.

As the story and screen writer, he came up first with a good structure, then with good dialogue to back it up (Jeremy Pikser co-wrote the screenplay).

Still, the character - driven screenplay co-written by Braff and his brother Adam features some ambitious if calculated ideas that don't achieve either a consistent tone or a satisfying emotional resonance, especially when it comes to the plight of its protagonist torn between personal dreams and family obligations.

It's hard to believe the screenplay ever got beyond the outline stage when you see such clumsy storytelling and to think three people couldn't come together to write something any more compelling is astonishing.

Moreover, the screenplay sets up a few sturdy ideas that could have been turned into something if anyone had paid attention to them, such as a 90 - minute time limit before the police come to investigate the disrupted alarm, or automatic lights or a drone camera, established in the early scenes.

Obviously such great acting results come from the experienced direction of David O. Russell, who received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director and noms for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Editing.

From the Oscar - award winning writers of The Descendants (Best Adapted Screenplay, 2012) comes a feel good summer movie, with plenty of sensitive emotional punch.

«One of the things I really loved about the screenplay was the obliqueness of it,» says Campbell Moore, adding drily that «the phrase spoon - fed comes into my head» at such complaints.

She also threatens to wake Michael out of his emotional coma but in a Charlie Kaufman screenplay, even the most simple acts come with strings attached.

Coming from a screenplay by his EXPENDABLES co-star Sylvester Stallone, HOMEFRONT sees Jason Statham as former drug enforcement agent, Phil Broker, who, following the death of his wife, moves off the grid with his daughter, to a seemingly tranquil backwoods bayou.

The screenplay, by Chris Weitz, who's come a long way since writing 2007's «The Golden Compass», is packed with emotional storylines and serious themes.

When dealing with a blockbuster that comes complete with an uninspiring, unoriginal screenplay, and a collection of poor acting performances, when those two things are not going your way, at the very least you need to rely on the visual experience and the use of CGI.

Most recently, Gerwig co-wrote two screenplays with director Noah Baumbach («Frances Ha» and «Mistress America»), and the sense that came from those films was of visions in collision: Baumbach's pinched, insulated vision versus Gerwig's generous, expansive vision.

Working from a brilliant screenplay by Steven Zaillian, Fincher's take on the story focuses more on what I've come to understand is really a classic locked room mystery in the Agatha Christie mode — in the case of the murder / disappearance of Harriet Vanger, the locked room is an island whose sole entry point is blocked by an overturned tanker truck — that is concealed within a study of unlimited misogyny and sidetracked into the discovery of a serial killer.

One of the top moments from the gala came when Jordan Peele won Best Original Screenplay for Get Out

Strong support will also come from Guillaume Canet and Breaking Bad «s brilliant Jesse Plemons in the adaptation of John Hodge's screenplay which charts Armstrong's rise through the 1990s and early 2000s as the sports dominant force, his battle with cancer and his downfall.

Greta Gerwig won the best screenplay award for her Oscar - nominated coming - of - age comedy - drama Lady Bird.

In the standoff between «Boy...» and ``... man,» the «Birdman» came out on top last night at the 87th annual Academy Awards, winning four awards including best picture, best director for Alejandro González Iñárritu, best original screenplay, and best cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki.

If that comes to pass this afternoon, it would be Woody Allen's 8th 19th WGA nod, and lay the groundwork for his 15th Best Screenplay Oscar nomination.

Along Came Polly is written and directed by John Hamburg, who co-wrote the screenplays of two recent Ben Stiller hits, Meet the Parents and Zoolander.

Gareth Edwards, who directed Godzilla, will direct the film, with the script coming from Chris Weitz, who wrote the screenplay for About A Boy.

Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for several Academy Awards, and came home with Best Original Screenplay for Michael Ardnt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin.

But in these results there is a notable echo of last season, where the only roadblock for «La La Land» came at the WGA Awards when «Moonlight» — categorized as an original screenplay by the guild, yet adapted by the Academy's writers branch — upset the perceived best - picture frontrunner.

The coming - of - age film also earned the coveted Best Screenplay honor along with the Special Gotham Jury award and IFP Gotham Audience award.