Sentences with phrase «attract name actors»

The 21st century corollary to George Kaufman's maxim that «satire is what closes Saturday night» might well be that indie black comedies — which almost never make money but continue to attract name actors — are what play contractually mandated one - week runs at the Village East before heading off to DVD.

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Yet it attracts all kinds including a television actor named Bob Sweeney, who has enlisted newspaper columnists and others.

At the turn of the century «Sconset was discovered by theater people and soon blossomed into an actors» summer colony which eventually attracted all the brightest names on Broadway.

but I get the feeling they want some level named actor to attract at least a little box office draw.

He managed to woo big - name producers and then Murray (as ever, an involved and lengthy process involving endless voicemails and a dash to LAX to discuss the script with the actor), who then helped to attract the rest of the cast, which includes big names like Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts and Chris O'Dowd.

Still, Allen never fails to attract in - demand, big - name actors (many of whom here are reuniting with him) who more often than not prove to be comfortable with his unique rhythms and cadences.

And it's easy to argue that the awards season's amorphous «lead» and «supporting» designations have a different meaning to Hollywood insiders: An actor with a big role might still lend «support» simply by not having a big enough name to attract audiences: Whether or not a top - billed star puts in the work, it's still his or her name at the top of the poster, after all.

The Comedy Central roast of actor James Franco, which attracted such big names as Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari and Sarah Silverman, among other funny folks — also produced plenty of buzz on Twitter.

In addition to Casper's attraction to Hollywood, the Klown series has attracted its fair share of of admirers as well, including actor / comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat), who has named Klown his favorite comedy ever.

When we asked if this technology could perhaps make it likely that more high - profile actors would be attracted to games as a performance medium in a manner similar to the recent upswing of big names on TV, the creative director didn't think it unlikely.