Sentences with phrase «big studio tentpoles»

Of the big studio tentpoles, «Rise of the Planet of the Apes» was easily the best, showing Rupert Wyatt to be a rare talent, and Andy Serkis an even rarer one, even if the film flatlines whenever an ape isn't on screen.

He could have easily been leading big studio tentpoles at multiple points in his career, but time and time again he's opted instead to take challenging roles...

Not exact matches

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

He had been cast late last year as King Arthur in the big - budget «Arthur & Lancelot» at the studio, opposite Joel Kinnaman, but the studio got nervous about a $ 130 million tentpole led by cable TV actors, and pulled the plug.

Still, it's a fine send - off for a series that redefined the look and feel and ambition of the super-hero genre, the summer blockbuster and the big - budget studio tentpole all in one go.

The Ryan Coogler - directed movie — unprecedented in being a big - budget studio tentpole featuring a virtually all - black cast — secured the fifth - biggest domestic opening of all time after blasting past all expectations.

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther is the first big - budget studio tentpole to feature virtually an all - black cast.

December is always a big month for movies, a time when studios release tentpole pictures and Oscar hopefuls before the «dump months,» a.k.a. January and February, when commercial and critical expectations are much lower.

Now, a number of the major studios dabble primarily or even exclusively in tentpoles, costly films expected to perform big.

Budgetary Leap: «The Escapist» cost a mere $ 2 million, while in contrast, «Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes» was said by the studio to cost $ 93 million — low by tentpole standards, but thought at the time to be the biggest - ever jump in budget for a second - time director (though Marc Webb took the crown soon after, and Gareth Edwards will likely break the record again with «Godzilla»).

Disney is ramping up its marketing campaign for Maleficent, the studio's big summer tentpole of the year, and it continues with today's release of a new poster from the film.

The studios aren't rolling out their tentpole pictures yet — that's for May, June, and July — but generally speaking, there's enough of a thaw on the big screen to make you forgive the faceless greenlighters for cinematic offal like «Code Name: The Cleaner.»