Sentences with phrase «as a screenwriter after»

With Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys, The Fabulous Baker Boys) returning as the screenwriter after skipping the last film, the more serious tone is interspersed with the lighter moments of teen romance, though these soap opera antics may seem tedious to those who don't care much about the dalliances of the Hogwarts students, particularly in how much screen time is given to it in place of the larger storyline that could have used a greater sense of build up.

It helps that Damien Chazelle, who wrote JK Simmons to an Academy Award for his sublime work on Whiplash, onboarded the project as a screenwriter after Campbell and Stuecken sequestered the monstrous DNA of their story into its malevolent form, lending his whip - smart sensibilities and clever eye for situational tension in spades.

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She immigrated to the U.S. in 1926 after graduating from the University of Petrograd and worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.

Imagine that, and you'll know how I felt after reading Ron Fimrite's story on The Natural (A Star with Real Clout, May 7), in which you portray Roger Towne as the sole screenwriter.

After taking some time off from directing and scriptwriting to appear in such films as Out of Sight (1998), Brooks resumed his director - screenwriter - actor hyphenate with The Muse (1999), starring opposite Andie MacDowell and Sharon Stone as a struggling Hollywood scriptwriter in search of divine inspiration; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World followed in 2005.

After spending much of his primary and secondary school education in an alternative arts school, he studied film at New York University.Louiso began his career with minor roles in such films as Stella (1989) and Billy Bathgate (1991), the latter of which provided him with an introduction to Tom Stoppard, who was the film's screenwriter.

As Danny Boyle's go - to screenwriter after they brought his first novel, The Beach to the big screen, they injected a shot of adrenaline to the shambling zombie genre in 2000s with 28 Days Later, and turned in a brilliantly sly theological inquiry in the form of a space adventure Sunshine.

The flimsy storyline ultimately exists as a springboard for a myriad of eye - rollingly quirky interludes, as screenwriters Herzog and Herbert Golder eschew anything even resembling normalcy and authenticity and instead offer up one aggressively off - the - wall sequence after another (ie two men stop in mid-conversation and stare directly into the camera, while a tuxedoed Verne Troyer lurks in the background).

A dramatic comedy from Naomi Foner (mother of Maggie Gyllenhaal and screenwriter of «Running on Empty»), «Girls» will star Olsen and Dakota Fanning as teenagers the summer after they graduate from high school.

With it previously having looked as if they'd completed their work on the Bond series after five movies, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are apparently back on board to take a pass at John Logan's screenplay.

After a decade of hustling, first in development at Charlize Theron's female - centric production company, and then as an aspiring screenwriter, she was beginning to think, «Maybe this isn't what I'm supposed to do.»

Garland's science - fiction chamber piece — his first film as director, and fifth as screenwriter, after 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and Dredd — starts from the premise that no one knows us better than our internet browsers, then turns that queasy intimacy inside out.

The results range from the sublime to the ridiculous, of course (there's no guarantee that even a great screenwriter will coincidentally come equipped with the talents to be a great director, after all), and with two others coming down the pike (Alex Garland «s «Ex-Machina «and Matthew Michael Carnahan's «Violent Talent» with Garrett Hedlund) this week sees another attempt as Geoffrey Fletcher, Oscar - winning screenwriter of «Precious» releases his directorial debut, «Violet and Daisy.»

Subsequent Career: Providing something of a template for screenwriters who want to make the jump, Steven Zaillian has continued as a high - profile screenwriter long after his directorial debut, only occasionally dipping his toe back in directorial waters, and never with the same straightforward success of his first time out.

But of all those jealously eyeing the director's megaphone (metaphorical sadly, they seem to have gone the way of the plus - four as part of the director's standard kit) perhaps those with the most reason to be covetous are the screenwriters, the hardy souls who turn in 120 - page draft after draft, only to have their baby wrested from their grasp and dressed up, maybe brilliantly but often not, in clothes they might not have chosen themselves.

The committed star pulls off the same magic trick to even more impressive effect than usual with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy's directorial debut after toiling away as a screenwriter on less pedigreed fare like Real Steel and Two for the Money as well as big brother Tony's most recent Bourne franchise effort.

The comedy from the In Bruges writer and director reunites him with actor Colin Farrell as a struggling screenwriter who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his two oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.

After undergoing a change in both directors and screenwriters, it seems that Disney - Pixar is now moving full steam ahead with Toy Story 4, with the studio posting the following teaser image to Facebook, as well as confirming that Woody, Buzz and the gang will be back in cinemas on June 21st, 2019.

After five years of relative obscurity Crowe has re-emerged as a screenwriter, and in the interim has definitely matured, and now that he is the director of his own material, he can see his personal vision unfold the way he sees fit with Say Anything.

The Accenture Gala is the European premiere of TRUMBO, directed by Jay Roach and starring Bryan Cranston in a cracking performance as Dalton Trumbo, the Hollywood screenwriter who was blacklisted after refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947.

His first brush with this controversy came as a screenwriter, with the uproar surrounding Midnight Express, forwhich he took home his first Academy Award ®, and again shortly after with Scarface.

In retrospect, Zack Snyder's Watchmen movie has a lot to answer for — the graphic novel includes lots of images of dead bodies littering New York as a result of Ozymandias» plan, but Snyder and screenwriter David Hayter made a conscious decision to show no carnage whatsoever — because they thought showing dead bodies would be too much, after 9/11.

As the widowed Marnie discovers after moving from New Jersey to California to be near her screenwriter daughter.

Screenwriters Rogen and longtime friend Evan Goldberg (they penned Superbad) have brought the property into the 21st century as notorious L.A party boy Britt Reid (Rogen) realizes the emptiness of his playboy ways after the death of his overbearing media magnate father (Batman Begins» Tom Wilkinson).

, it comes out that Con Air screenwriter Scott Rosenberg, who just might be worse than George Lucas at making up names (one of the two main cops in Gone in Sixty Seconds is christened Detective Drycoff), begged onto the project after getting wind of the premise, though no one so much as alludes to the Halicki film.

I did enjoy the long reverie Feig gets into after observing that many of the film's gags were improvised by the cast — doing a bit of back - pedalling as soon as he remembers that he's sitting in the same room as the screenwriters, whose work the cast has just buried beneath their own improvisation.

As for screenwriter Whitta, his movie credits are After Earth and The Book of Eli, which is... not exactly promising.

The lack of action and suspense within the proceedings becomes increasingly problematic as the film progresses, as the viewer is never entirely given a reason to care about Tom's plight - as screenwriter Matthew Aldrich disguises such deficiencies by piling on one complication after another.

The third collaboration between esteemed director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody after Juno and Young Adult, it's about Marlo, a woman with two children and nine months pregnant with a third one on the way, married to a handsome but worthless jerk named Drew (Ron Livingston) who does nothing to help her maintain her fake status as dream wife and perfect mother.

Zero Dark Thirty 2012, 157 minutes, R / Director: Kathryn Bigelow / Writer: Mark Boal / Stars: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Chris Pratt Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video The search for Osama bin Laden seemed as appropriate as any story for director Kathryn Bigelow and producer - screenwriter Mark Boal to tackle after their little Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker held on to win the Best Picture Oscar, defeating among other movies the behemothic blockbuster directed by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron.

It's a great hook, but neither Nakata nor returning screenwriter Ehren Kruger never quite figure out what to do with it — not even how to build up to it, as Aidan's increasingly odd (or, should I say, even odder than usual) behavior is treated and played as some sort of mystery when Samara quite clearly takes possession of him not long after Rachel burns the tape.

After scoring as the screenwriter of Animal House and Meatballs, Harold Ramis made his directorial debut with this hilarious comedy set at an exclusive golf course.

Thank You for Your Service is directed by filmmaker Jason Hall, making his directorial debut after working as a screenwriter / actor for years previously.

I must admit to not having read any of J.K. Rowling's insanely popular children's books about the 11 - year - old wizard (here played by Daniel Radcliffe), but it doesn't take a fan to see that director Chris Columbus and screenwriter Steve Kloves took great pains to remain as faithful as possible to their source material — after all, not for nothing does a kid flick like Harry Potter end up clocking in at two - and - a-half hours.

«Trumbo» (November 6): After years of playing supporting parts on the silver screen, or as a lead in «Breaking Bad,» Bryan Cranston gets his moment with this biopic from director Jay Roach about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Director Scott and screenwriter Bian Helgelaland suppress a good deal of the merriment that most Robin Hood stories inject (they were called the «Merry Men», after all), to present more grit and violent action, where Robin is just as comfortable slashing men with swords or a punch to the gut as he is utilizing his archery skills and ability to gain the upper hand through trickery.

Nearly six years after the first Screenwriters Lab in India, the Institute views the coming year as an opportunity to craft support for independent filmmakers in a way that suits a landscape changing as rapidly as the country itself.

Trumbo (R for profanity and sexual references) Historical drama, set in the late Forties, recounting the blacklisting of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and some colleagues after being branded as Communists because of their progressive political views.

He then trained as a screenwriter at the German Film and Television Academy and after many years writing screenplays and plays, Robert Lohr decided to try his hand at a novel.

I was at that debate, Don, and Mike Crichton «s performance prevailed not just because he could act — he was a screenwriter after all, but because besides practicing his act before a critical CalTech audience, he was studying environmental law as part of his due diligence for State of Fear — John Gresham made for serious hardcover competition in those days.