Sentences with phrase «as studio head»

And with James Brooksby as studio head, the firm has released two popular digital games.

With Peter Molyneux now the head of his own indie studio and out of his old position as studio head at Lionhead Studios, he has decided to open up...

With Peter Molyneux now the head of his own indie studio and out of his old position as studio head at Lionhead Studios, he has decided to open up about the possibility of a Fable MMO.

There was some mild controversy, as studio head Tim Schafer explained to Kickstarter backers that the scope of the game had grown so much that the $ 3.3 raised on Kickstarter isn't quite enough.

The full article contains more information on how the studio's departure from Microsoft ownership is faring and a little tidbit about Halo Reach as studio head Harold Ryan said, after an early look at Project Natal, «I absolutely think «Reach «could be enabled with it.»

Though greenlit under the previous leadership, «A Quiet Place» is the first major success under Jim Gianopulos, who took over as studio head a year ago.

Geena Davis has a small role as the studio head that is producing the quadrilogy.

Most of the noir detective story archetypes are here — the tough shamus (Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant), the murder suspect (Charles Fleischer as long - eared fugitive Roger Rabbit), the femme fatale (Kathleen Turner as cartoon bombshell Jessica Rabbit), the suspicious boss (Stubby Kaye as studio head Marvin Acme) and the formidable lawman (Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom).

Magazines, newspapers, and TV stations gleefully recorded the events as the studio heads and theatre owners were picketed and attackers and supporters tossed their quotable quotes at each other and the press.

Not exact matches

Contreras - Sweet, who served as head of the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama, first made an offer for the studio in November, after a sex - harassment scandal forced co-founder Harvey Weinstein from the company.

In February, Amy Pascal, the longtime head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, lost her job as chairman of the movie studio after a hacking attack late last year, which the U.S. government blamed on North Korea, led to the disclosure of a series of embarrassing emails.

My mom moved into our studio apartment for the first six months of our second son's life, enabling me to head to work without worrying about the boys (and allowing us to take our first vacation as a couple that, sadly and humorously, had to end after just one day.).

But no - one went as far as John Mann, who dramatically confronted Livingstone as he headed into a BBC studio to appear on the Daily Politics show.

We were able to register online a head of time, which a) makes me happy as a studio owner and b) meant I was committed and couldn't back out!

BUSINESS WIRE — Aug 10 — Robert Coshland, who served as Senior Producer at Disney's Buena Vista Games division, has left to head start up studio Republik Games, Inc. as CEO.

In more glamorous surroundings, Clifford and Marsh stole the limelight for a brief moment as aging saloon belles in Three Godfathers (1948) and, away from Ford, Clifford was the studio head's secretary in Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950).

If the trend continues, too, Garland should be embraced with open arms, as his directed films avoid many of the studio genre traps and confront challenging topics head on — whether by droids or cancerous, world - eating prisms.

During the 1940s, Hale showed up in such Warner Bros. productions as Larceny Inc (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1943); this was due to the largess of studio head Jack Warner, who kept such faded silent favorites as Hale, Monte Blue and Leo White on permanent call.

Perhaps the best way to understand the film is not as a romantic comedy but as a romantic tragedy, a sentiment matched by Beattie after learning that studio execs had added a happy ending and renamed the film Head Over Heels: «[It sounded] as if Fred Astaire should be dancing across the credits.»

Ironically for a director seldom regarded as an artist by American critics, Aldrich's union activism on behalf of directors» prerogatives alienated studio heads and cost him work at the end of his career.

Vulture reports that Pitt has stopped speaking altogether to director Marc Forster, as the studio and film gear up to head into three weeks of reshoots (though previous reports have put the figure at as long as seven weeks — more on that in second).

August has been a down month at the box office even as we head towards a Labor Day weekend that won't see the studios release a huge film.

As recently as this past March, head of Xbox Phil Spencer told Polygon that Microsoft still planned to remake the game, despite Phantom Dust no longer having a studio behind it or being in active developmenAs recently as this past March, head of Xbox Phil Spencer told Polygon that Microsoft still planned to remake the game, despite Phantom Dust no longer having a studio behind it or being in active developmenas this past March, head of Xbox Phil Spencer told Polygon that Microsoft still planned to remake the game, despite Phantom Dust no longer having a studio behind it or being in active development.

Real movie poster art died as the studios opted for cheap floating head photoshop jobs, but it's currently alive and kicking with companies like Mondo, Bottleneck Gallery, Hero Complex Gallery, Gray Matter Art, Dark Hall Mansion, Cyclops Print Works and many many more releasing dozens of licensed (and unlicensed) screenprints for all kinds of movie properties, new and old.

Every consultant, publicist, studio head and potential nominee is likely battling frayed nerves as you read this.

Here they set the record straight regarding their troubles with Crispin Glover, studio head Sid Sheinberg's mandated changes to the screenplay as they barrelled towards the shoot, Eric Stoltz's (mis) casting, the picture's Americana influences, and the reconceived third act.

Part of what enabled this kind of behaviour to flourish is an endemic culture of Hollywood sexism, which Ringwald exemplifies with this anecdote about an unidentified «head of a major studio» who, after she put her acting career on hold and moved to Paris, was quoted as saying «I wouldn't know [Molly Ringwald] if she sat on my face.»

The HBO series gets the big - screen treatment in this shallow but entertaining glimpse of life in Hollywood, with Adrian Grenier as a movie star, Jeremy Piven as his friend and studio head, and three other guys along for the ride.

CONVICTION Picked up to series STUDIO: ABC Studios / The Mark Gordon Company TEAM: Liz Friedman (w, ep), Liz Friedlander (d, ep), Mark Gordon (ep) LOGLINE: Carter Morrison, the brilliant but ne'er - do - well daughter of a former president, is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of Los Angeles» newly created Conviction Integrity Unit.

Redrafted as a prequel to the storyline in the game, the movie will be directed by Shawn Levy («Night at the Museum») in a starring vehicle for Holland that's said to have come together after studio head Tom Rothman saw the latest «Spider - Man» film, in which the young actor plays the title role.

Catherine Keener's characteristically caustic turn as Viktor's ex-wife and studio head has its been - there, done - that quality, but it works well here, plus she has a winning rapport with Pacino and Evan Rachel Wood, who plays their daughter.

Burlingame's current biography (still in the works) on the Newman family — which includes current composers David Newman, Randy Newman, and Thomas Newman — pays off with some insight into the composer's role within the old studio system, and in Alfred Newman's case, as the head of Fox» illustrious» music department.

This may be a somewhat wild guess as I am not a part of this industry myself, but I'd say we have to look into systemic unwillingness of studio heads, producers and «big shot» film executives not giving women any opportunities to direct.

Pixar has two original films heading to theaters next year — Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur — making 2015 a truly exciting time for fans of the studio's work, as it will be the first time Pixar has released two feature films in the same year.

In fact, an earlier script draft co-written for the project by Roberto Orci - who was in line to direct the film before Lin was hired - was dropped because it was, as Pegg put it, «too Star Trek - y» for Paramount studio heads.

«First, we will release Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z for PS3 and Xbox 360, which we joint - developed with the Inafune - led company Comcept,» Team Ninja studio head Yosuke Hayashi said as translated by Gematsu.

And yet it's also proof that capital - C comedy doesn't have to be as disposable as its studio counterparts; it spins the trend of the last few years on its head, and rather than following adults caught in arrested development, it's about kids who are racing prematurely to an adulthood that they're not quite ready for yet.

James McAvoy shows off his shaved head as he arrives at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert studios - New York, United States - Wednesday 19th July 2017

Bogart's face actually isn't seen until the movie is half over (a fact that reportedly distressed studio head Jack Warner as he envisioned box office losses), but the picture never loses its edge, with Vincent's plight (his run - ins with various suspicious characters never hurt for suspense), Bacall's anchoring performance, and the San Francisco location shooting overcoming a rather slender mystery.

As a young man in the 1960s, Brian Wilson (Dano) is a prodigious genius, preferring to stay in the studio while his brothers Dennis and Carl (Kenny Wormald and Brett Davern) and their bandmate Mike Love (Jake Abel) head out to meet girls on tour.

I'm sure the studio would have liked to cast that wide net and have a shot in three acting categories, but as it is, Farmiga and Kendrick will be going head - to - head in supporting.

The Coens present us with a rich panoply of studio life as seen through the eyes of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), the Head of Physical Production for Capitol Pictures.

However, the idea to switch from Cranston's character to Taylor - Johnson's as the lead is not only miscalculated, but has a vague odor of studio heads wanting to place a 30 - something, good looking white male as the lead of their movie.

Built as either a shot to attain a loftier reputation or as penance for afflicting four goddamned «Shrek» movies upon the populace (perhaps both), Dreamworks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 finds the red - headed stepchild studio attempting to go full Pixar and widen the emotional scope of what has been, to date, probably their...

Built as either a shot to attain a loftier reputation or as penance for afflicting four goddamned «Shrek» movies upon the populace (perhaps both), Dreamworks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 finds the red - headed stepchild studio attempting to go full Pixar and widen the emotional scope of what has been, to date, probably their strongest effort, but also biting off more than it can chew, turning out a finished product that implies a creative team that knows the music, but nonetheless struggles to nail the rhythm.

Bogart proved his mettle as a lead actor in The Maltese Falcon and High Sierra but here he showed he could play the romantic lead, something studio heads were more than skeptical of considering he'd spent nearly a decade as a heavy in gangster pictures.

The studio was founded in 2005 by Warren Spector, a well - known veteran of the industry who headed up such titles as Deus Ex and Thief in the past.

Though many had written him off for dead, greasy antihero Snake Plissken is finally headed back to the big screen as a new studio...

The first TV spot did not boast any additional footage from that shown in the officialDeathly Hallows: Part 2 trailer, but studio heads know this is a movie event that sells itself to devoted fans of the titular boy wizard, as well as casual moviegoers who just want to see an epic payoff to a franchise that began ten years ago.

Michael McKean and Bob Balaban play the screenwriters, who have to sit by and watch as their vision is slowly compromised to accommodate the actors, director, producer, and the studio head.