On This Week's Show: Kevin and Neil brace themselves for an onslaught of films, from
the big studio releases to some independent ones.
And it's true — if you're looking at
the big studio releases.
With her name appearing in the credits of two
big studio releases in such quick succession, it might seem like Nyong» o has managed to pass the velvet rope and successfully nab a spot in Hollywood's VIP room.
While it is getting a huge screen count and
a big studio release, the film is essentially an art film in disguise.
Woody's next
big studio release will be playing a human villain in Matt Reeves» War For The Planet of The Apes.
This week,
the big studios release their fare on Wednesday, so you can pick from a dark, funny, probing look at race and grief; Denzel Washington proving, once again why he's one of the best in the game; a return to form for Pixar; and another variation on A Christmas Carol, this time starring Dickens himself, not to mention the other movies already in theaters.
Not exact matches
The
studio has two more
big Marvel
releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).
The
studio does have a pair of
big spring
releases in Ghost in the Shell, the controversial adaptation of the popular manga comic that stars Scarlett Johansson, as well as the action - comedy adaptation of the 1990s lifeguard TV show Baywatch.
After producing mostly budget horror flicks, the
studio released a low - rent version of War of the Worlds to coincide with Steven Spielberg's 2005
big studio adaptation.
Film
studios have learned which films to
release in 3D, and evidently those movies are the
big action blockbusters.
And if the coming
big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning
studio at the domestic box office for the year.
The 1,000 hours of originals Netflix
released in 2017 is close to that of the combined TV content produced by the two
biggest TV
studios in the world from 2016 — Sony Pictures Television and BBC.
Cosmic Hallelujah, his 17th
studio album, will be
released October 28 — and follows 2015's The
Big Revival which produced four consecutive hits including the GRAMMY - nominated «American Kids.»
Taylor Swift is the debut
studio album by American singer - songwriter Taylor Swift,
released on October 24, 2006, by
Big Machine Records.
I think if the
studio realized the film had the potential to be this
big, it would have been
released in lots more markets simultaneously — in the U.K. they have to wait till October!
As an independent game developed by a little french
studio, Shad» O couldn't rival the
big productions that were
released this last year.
«THE PEACEMAKER,» the first feature
release by the Katzenberg - Geffen - Spielberg
studio Dreamworks, is a
big, expensive extravaganza about the danger of nuclear weapons, or the danger of terrorists, or the danger of violent wars being allowed to rage unchecked anywhere in the world.
That film was also the year's
biggest box office flop from a major
studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide
release.
They were also better than those of any other major
studio, leaving Disney the only one of the seven majors to receive a grade higher than a C. Interestingly, Disney's three Marvel - related films (including
Big Hero 6, which is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) were not just the
studio's highest - grossing
releases, but were also the highest - scoring Disney films with critics.
The
studio does not appear to have any
releases on tap that will match The
Big Short's best picture nomination (with the possible — if unlikely — exception of Richard Linklater's upcoming spring
release Everybody Wants Some), while its box office fortunes ride in large part on the success of upcoming Star Trek and TMNT sequels.
The Foreign Market Share percentages include only the
big six major
studios, while the Domestic Market Share percentages include all domestic box office figures, including
releases by independent
studios.
On some of those fronts, the film wildly misfires, but for a wide
studio release headlined by one of Hollywood's
biggest stars, Red Sparrow is an admirably bold effort.
When Shrek was
released, it was a
big gamble for a
studio that was still finding its feet in a marketplace that was still in its infancy.
The
studio chose to
release the film slowly on a regional basis — but when the box - offices began to bulge, Warners gave the film a major
big - city push.
Even though Sony
released only one positively reviewed film in 2010 and managed to boost that total to six films in 2011 (led by best picture nominee Moneyball), its overall Metascore still dropped nearly two points last year, while the
studio's average Metacritic user score was also the lowest among the
big six distributors.
Seventeen years after The Shaggy Dog became one of Disney's
biggest live action hits, the
studio ushered into theaters a sequel, titled The Shaggy D.A., as its major Christmas 1976
release.
The video (shown above), titled 10 Years of Fandom, takes a look at the growing fan - base of the MCU, with footage from some of the
studios»
biggest hits — starting with Tony Stark's very first Iron Man armour shown in his first solo film and jumping to the latest Marvel
release, Black Panther.
The film is the
studio's second
big release of the year following the summer's Cars 3, and the new trailer comes just days after Pixar
released the new poster for the upcoming motion picture.
Picked up by Fox Searchlight following its Sundance premiere, «I Origins» is likely to perform well in limited
release due to its genre hook, particularly if it's
released as a form of counter-programming to
bigger studio efforts in heat of the summer blockbuster season.
The Switch eShop was quite active throughout the majority of 2017, but one of the
biggest releases came from an incredibly tiny indie developer: a one - man
studio, ConcernedApe.
This is the
biggest Marvel film ever, featuring all of the heroes from the 18 movies the
studio has so far
released.
The newspapers assign platoons of reporters and critics to cover it, and the
big studios use the festival's two weekends to premiere the fall
releases they have the highest hopes for.
2017 is gearing up to be a
big year for Warner Bros. and their (if you will) LEGO cinematic universe, as the
studio is
releasing not one, but two theatrical movies in the coming months.
The Universal Monsters make their return to the
big screen today as the
studio launches its shared Dark Universe with the
release of The Mummy.
To do it once is understandable to a degree, the
studio may be trying to hit a holiday or avoid competition with another
big release.
Marvel may have had little involvement with Disney's
Big Hero 6, but that didn't stop comic book legend Stan Lee from making his customary cameo in the animated movie, and the
studio has now
released a new featurette which sees Stan discussing his appearance.
Slumdog Millionaire is 2008's little movie made
big, a film that almost crashed before
release from
studio and financial roadblocks.
While Hawke's other filmmaking endeavors (Chelsea Walls, The Hottest Scene) has been similarly produced outside of the
big studios and with muted commercial prospects, he has retained star power on the opposite side of the camera with performances in
big wide
release films, from Training Day to Daybreakers to The Purge.
There's a wit and crackle to proceedings that make this pixelated world feel more alive than any
release in recent memory, including any offerings by
big - name
studios.
While the
studios haven't yet
released what
big films...
THE DVD by Bill Chambers Sort of inevitable that Warner / Morgan Creek's DVD
release of Exorcist: The Beginning doesn't, despite rumours promising the contrary, contain the Paul Schrader incarnation of the film (which will premiere at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (click here for a link to the trailer)-RRB-, so perhaps the
bigger letdown of this disc is the coyness of its supplementary material, which alludes to Schrader's version only in terms of the unusual duress that replacement director Renny Harlin was under in helming a prequel to one of the
biggest breadwinners in the
studio stable.
What is making the headlines today is ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, you are all aware of the sexual accusation around Kevin Spacey, Ridley Scott decided to reshoot all the scenes of Spacey with another actor, Christopher Plummer who was the first choice of the director but the
studio executives wanted a
bigger name, Plummer should shoot his scenes in the comming weeks, it looks like they want to keep the december
release date, and Michelle and Mark Whalberg are expected to do some reshoots, i don't think michelle began working on Venom yet, it's crazy but i think Ridley is right to cut out Spacey of his film.
Though March wasn't always known as a month where you could score
big at the box office, Zack Snyder's «300» changed all that, and since then, the
studios have been more open to
releasing some of their higher profile films in an attempt to cash in on the pre-summer excitement.
LGBTQ representation in films from the seven
biggest Hollywood
studios fell significantly in 2017 according to a study
released Tuesday, May 22, 2018, by the advocacy organization GLAAD.
The documentary made a
big impression on audiences and
studio exeutives as well; Fox Searchlight acquired remake rights shortly after its
release, and plans to turn it into a narrative feature.
The
studio released the trailer and some cool posters for their first
big 2016
release Captain America: Civil War this morning, and Doctor Strange is to complete their
release slate for next year in November.
Naturally, we have your back when it comes to breaking down the
big - budget blockbusters and
big - name
studio releases that will be taking over your multiplexes from Memorial Day until Labor Day — but what if you're looking for something besides the latest pop - franchise installment or A-list star vehicle to see?
That might not seem like major news in this franchise - happy era, but it's in fact rare; usually a «Mad Max» or «Inside Out» makes its way on to the lineup, as a
studio looks to ride good reviews to a
big international
release.
It may not have enjoyed quite the box office success that a wide Christmas Day
release could have brought, but Sony's controversial comedy The Interview has become the
studio's
biggest VOD
release of all time following its arrival on YouTube, Google Play and Microsoft Xbox on Tuesday evening, with the film pulling in over $ 15 -LSB-...]
These elements are typically found in smaller independent films but are incredibly rare to see in
bigger budget films
released by a major
studio.