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As such, this video is a rather good primer for the intensity of Star Wars film directing in the future.

The Long and the Short and the Tall (released as Jungle Fighters in the USA and Canada) is a 1961 British war film directed by Leslie Norman, which stars «Short man syndrome» is a condition in which a person has to deal with a feeling of inadequacy which can come from a lack of height — or a perceived lack

I imagine the ultimate effect of it to be that of a new Star Wars film directed by someone with a working frontal lobe — that is, the bar has actually been raised for maybe the first time in thirty years.

Kinberg was previously attached to write a Star Wars film directed by Fantastic Four's Josh Trank, though once Trank stepped away from the project, it was delayed until 2020.

In other casting dialogue, Deadline is reporting a frontrunner has emerged in the search for an actor to play a young Han Solo in the in - development stand - alone 2018 Star Wars film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jon Kasdan.

Not exact matches

After overseeing the reboot of the Star Trek film franchise, he took the reins to steer movie goers back to that galaxy far, far away, directing and executive producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

J.J. Abrams, the director of the new Star Wars films, has shown from the beginning of the project that he himself is a big fan of the franchise and that he values and respects the responsibility that goes with directing the movie.

Coupled with Disney's already well - known properties, including «Star Wars» and Marvel's hit films, the additions create a new pipeline of content for Disney's forthcoming streaming service — a key aspect of its strategy to sell direct to consumers instead of through the pay TV ecosystem that has long fueled the media industry.

Two movies I've seen lately that were unexpectedly great: WARHORSE (I usually can't stand Spielberg — but this is a eloquent anti-war film directed against probably the most senselessly and hugely murderous war ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plowar film directed against probably the most senselessly and hugely murderous war ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plowar ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him ploWar I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plow.)

Ex veteran Oliver Stone directed two different films on the Vietnam War, Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July.

Sunset Boulevard (stylized onscreen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by After the war, the building was essentially a ruin.

This quote is the first The trailer was released this week for the upcoming war film «American Sniper,» directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper, hitting

The trailer was released this week for the upcoming war film «American Sniper,» directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper, hitting

Yvonne Strahovski and Jai Courtney appear as well in this film written and directed by Stuart Bettie (Tomorrow, When the War Began).

Better known in the last few years for directing episodes of such shows as The Wire, Treme, and the American version of The Killing, Agnieszka Holland returns to her native Poland for another film of hers concerning the plight of people during the Second World War.

During his unprecedented twenty - seven - year tenure at Warner Bros., he directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, historical dramas, horror films, melodramas, comedies, and film noir masterpieces.

Although it shares many similarities with the first film adaptation of the novel directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1959, Tsukamoto chose to bring some of his more traditional genre film experience to the project in order to create a more vivid portrait of the horror and obscenity of war.

It was just announced that Felicity is in negotiations to star in the upcoming Star Wars stand - alone film, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards, according to THR.

Not many will debate against that Woody Harrelson is one of the greatest actors of his time (this year alone he has appeared in a wide variety of films and given a pair of incredible performances in War for the Planet of the Apes and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but his portrayal of Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in the biopic about the polarizing political figure simply titled LBJ (directed by Rob Reiner of A Few Good Men fame among other widely regarded classics) is a mixed bag.

And so, while Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water leads the pack with 12 nominations, it's helped by a superb Sally Hawkins, who's up for Best Actress, and is going up against Call Me By Your Name, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — nine nominations and directed by our own Martin McDonagh — Winston Churchill drama Darkest Hour and Christopher Nolan's bold war film, Dunkirk.

Given that the Russo brothers are also directing the Infinity War films after Captain America: Civil War, look forward to a lot of Blu - ray commentary tracks by this creative team, saying things like, «Well, as anyone who saw the fleeting shot of Starfox at the 35:42 mark of the last film knows...»

Disney and Lucasfilm have tapped The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller to write and direct a young Han Solo Star Wars spin - off film.

Heading into the holiday season, executives across distribution and film finance had a strong feeling that this reboot of Jumanji directed by Jake Kasdan would serve as strong counter-programming to Disney's Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

From the moment it was announced Rian Johnson would be directing «Star Wars: Episode VIII,» fans have been excitedly wondering what kind of special sauce the director of genre - bending films like «Looper» and «Brick» (not to mention a few of the best episodes of «Breaking Bad») will bring to the universe George Lucas created.

The Simon Curtis - directed film centers on Maria Altman (Mirren) who is on a mission to retrieve her family's possessions stripped from them by the Nazis in World War II with the help of a young lawyer, Randol Schoenberg (Reynolds).

The Ryan Coogler - directed film becomes only the fourth film ever to cross $ 100 million mark its second weekend along with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, and The Avengers.

The film was penned by Cottrell Boyce (Millions) and Simon Vaughan (War and Peace) and directed by Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn).

Those are just some of the numbers the Marvel Cinematic Universe (aka the «MCU») is working with going into its 19th and latest film, Avengers: Infinity War, directed by Anthony & Joe Russo.

One more trailer for the indie sci - fi film Anon, written and directed by sci - fi storyteller Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, S1m0ne, Lord of War, In Time, The Host).

As it turns out, Real Steel, directed by Night at the Museum's Shawn Levy, borrows so much from other films that it might better be titled Reel Steal: not only from The Champ, but from Rocky, the Transformers movies and even some Star Wars.

The as - yet untitled Star Wars standalone movie, heavily rumoured to follow a group of bounty hunters around the galaxy, has been gaining traction of late; Gary Whitta, the movie's original writer, left the project, while Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Star Wars Rebels) has joined The Empire Strikes Back scribe Lawrence Kasdan for the second standalone film, which will be directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle).

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

Deadpool 2 sees David Leitch (John Wick) directing a cast that includes returning stars Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), T.J. Miller (Weasel), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), Stefan Kapicic (Colossus), Leslie Uggams (Blind Al) and Karan Soni (Dopinder) alongside new additions Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) as Domino, Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War) as Cable, Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine - Nine) as Bedlam, Lewis Tan (Iron Fist) as Shatterstar, Bill Skarsgard (It) as Zeitgeist, Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) as Russell, Jack Kesy (The Strain) as the film's villain, and Shioli Kutsuna (The Outsider) and Eddie Marsan (Atomic Blonde) in as - yet - unrevealed roles.

Johnson is writing and directing the second of the new Star Wars trilogy films, and Benicio Del Toro has been the subject of some other, villain - centric casting speculation.

It's clear that Masters of the Universe is a derivative film, from the very Superman - like opening credits and theme song, to the Star Wars type confrontations, and some even cite Jack Kirby's «New Gods» comic books as a primary source, although my belief is that the film's creators merely ripped - off other sources that were influenced Kirby's creations rather than a direct lifting of characters and themes.

Neil Calloway looks at the rise in British World War II movies... This week brought the news that Ridley Scott would be directing a film set during the Battle of Britain.

After a brief, unfulfilling Hollywood stint during World War II, Renoir traveled to India to make his first Technicolor film, The River, and then returned to Europe in the early fifties to direct three visually dazzling explorations of theater, The Golden Coach, French Cancan, and Elena and Her Men.

Clint Eastwood has directed a sly war film that, on the surface, is a laudatory biography of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in American history, but is, in fact, a shrewd critique of the warrior mentality.

Of the 24 people hired to write, direct, or otherwise lead a Star Wars film, including upcoming projects, 23 were white men.

The film is being directed by Chinese director Feng Mushui, and, according to Joe Russo — who was also in the country to promote Civil War's premiere — will be «wholly Chinese.»

However, «The Monuments Men,» also directed by Clooney, looks tonally very different from those relatively serious - minded political thrillers, with the rather fine trailer showcasing an unusually gentle, humorous tone for a film about World War II.

The film is directed by Stuart Beattie who recently directed «Tomorrow When the War Began» and has writing credits on big blockbusters including «Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl», «Collateral», «and «G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra».

He will also star in Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos, which will close the Toronto film festival in September; romantic war drama Suite Francaise; and novel adaptation Far from the Madding Crowd, directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Juno Temple, Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan.

The film is being directed by Tom Harper (War & Peace) from a script by Jack Thorne (How I Live Now), and would see Redmayne and Jones as «balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher who, in 1862, embarked on an extraordinary journey to discover the secrets of the heavens.

When I heard Todd Phillips was directing War Dogs, I became uneasy, even though I'm a huge fan of Old School and the first Hangover film (his other movies... not so much).

The film is being directed by Tom Harper (War & Peace) from a script by Jack Thorne (How I Live Now), and would -LSB-...]

After a decade - long absence, Mel Gibson returns to directing with a brutal war film that has a rousing tale of God - inspired heroism at its heart.

Lucas directed the original Star Wars film, as well as the less well - regarded prequel trilogy.

«Star Wars» alum Hayden Christensen has inked a two - film deal with Emmett / Furla / Oasis, the [mostly] direct - to - vid action label that's also managed to coax Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and John Cusack to it's product listing in recent years.

J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode VII, the first of a new series of Star Wars films to come from Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy.