Sentences with phrase «biggest indie hit»

A few days ago, a Kickstarter was launched for a title that has the potential to be the next biggest indie hit for this generation.

But a slowly expanding release in May made it the biggest indie hit of 2016; it ended up grossing $ 14 million, the most for any movie that never reached more than 800 screens nationwide.

New on Blu - ray: «The Big Sick» (Lionsgate DVD, $ 29.95; Blu - ray, $ 39.99 also available on VOD) Comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon have turned their own one - of - a-kind love story into one of the year's biggest indie hits: a funny,...

When I first started dating my girlfriend in high school, Xbox Live Arcade provided a great platform for the first big indie hits, which is how I found out about Castle Crashers.

While there are plenty of freely available game engines out there that allow budding game designers to create and self - publish the next big indie hit, there's a decidedly huge gap if you're looking to do that on retro consoles.

The big indie hits and co-developed titles they've amassed over the years is truly impressive, and it looks like the best is yet to come.

Indie developers can run the gamut from artists, to academic researchers, to students, to emerging development studios striving to make the next big indie hit.

In fact, by next Tuesday, 10 new games will be available on the eShop, including some other big indie hits.

Not exact matches

The movie was a big hit at this year's Venice Film Festival, and between its «Life of Pi» - like survival story and Redford's reportedly triumphant performance, this is one you'll want to hunt down at your local indie theater.

One of the biggest Sundance hits of 2015 was a small - budget indie comedy about an aspiring high school filmmaker and his friendship with a sick classmate entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

My Life as a Dog: Criterion Collection Unrated Available on DVD and Blu - ray Swedish with English Subtitles Before cranking out hit films like The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, Swedish director Lasse Holstrom hit the scene big - time with this little indie about a boy who goes on a journey of discovery when he is sent away to give his dying mother some rest.

Two big hits in 2014 (the franchise - starter, Divergent; YA phenomenon The Fault in Our Stars), a hotly - anticipated indie (Gregg Araki's White Bird in a Blizzard) about to roll - out, and the lead in the new Oliver Stone film locked in, Woodley is on track for super-stardom.

Nanjiani is coming off the hit indie The Big Sick, which he co-wrote, executive produced and starred in, earning an Oscar nomination for his writing efforts along with wife Emily V. Gordon.

HOLLYWOOD LIFE — Zoey Deutch, 22, is hitting the big screen in a major way with her new indie drama, Flower, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 20, in New York City.

CHEF Writer / Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Sedaris Jon Favreau got his big break when he wrote and starred in 1996's indie hit Swingers.

«I don't know if it's something in the zeitgeist that's manifesting itself in these powerful portrayals of female characters in these really big hit movies as well as smaller indie movies.

But before he hits the big screen in those unavoidably huge tent - pole films, he'll be seen — if maybe not identified — in another indie, Ex Machina, out April 10.

Before both of those, though, another one of her indie films will be hitting the big screen.

Before hitting it big with his smash hit Three Kings, writer - director David O. Russell made his mark with small indie comedies like Spanking the Monkey and this cult gem, Flirting with Disaster.

Unlike many directors we've listed previously who use the profile that an indie hit bestows to break into the bigger - budget bracket or even into Hollywood, Baker seems like a bona fide independent filmmaker, with a plucky, old - school lemons / lemonade attitude to moviemaking.

After a string of indie movies, the star is set to hit the big time with «Maleficent» and was enthralled by the novelty of working on a big - budget production.

I'm sometimes wary about unreservedly recommending indie films that have hit it big because there's the inevitable backlash of «Do people only like this because it seems cool to like an indie movie?»

It also continues Amazon's conscious move away from niche, indie - style projects (as well as its public pilot system) to develop big - budget hits that can garner more mainstream success.

Here's the timeline: the Sundance Film Festival broke out brainy genre - bender «Get Out,» the sleeper of 2017, as well as Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's husband - and - wife true romance «The Big Sick» (Amazon Studios / Lionsgate), which became an summer indie hit and scored a WGA nomination.

Then there's director Ryan Coogler, who was already a critical darling with his indie debut film «Fruitvale Station» and his «Rocky» spinoff «Creed,» but now has his blockbuster calling card as the director of one of the biggest hits Hollywood has ever seen.

That's right, despite releasing in October, Chucklefish and ConcernedApe's indie farming life simulator Stardew Valley is the overseas best selling eShop game of 2017, beating out big name games like Sonic Mania and Snipperclips, not to mention indie mega hits such as Shovel Knight.

As his big - budget / big expectations Warcraft hits the screens worldwide, director Duncan Jones plans a return to his indie...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a knockout indie hit from 2002.

Holly Hunter already has Oscars, Emmys and a whole slew of other awards for movies like The Piano, Broadcast News over her long and successful career, but now last summer's indie hit The Big Sick has sparked a new round of honors for the star including two SAG nominations, a Critics» Choice nom, and tonight a Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival's awards gala.

Doug Liman Indie Work: After debuting with the entirely forgotten straight - to - video college comedy «Getting In» in 1994, Liman broke through thanks to his work on Jon Favreau's comedy «Swingers,» a big hit in the mid 1990s, with his stylish helming of Favreau's eminently quotable script certainly made the director one to watch.

Fassbender has both indie cred (Frank) and Oscar heat (12 Years a Slave), but needs to drive a hit film; Aussie acting might in the form of next - big - thing Kodi Smit McPhee (The Road; The Young Ones) and Ben Mendehlsohn (Animal Kingdom; Killing Me Softly).

There's plenty of potential indie darlings hitting theaters this summer among the normal blockbuster fare, and one film coming from the 2015 Sundance Film Festival to the big screen is Results.

Indie hit Rocket League has gotten back to the top spot as the best selling game on the Switch eShop after a big recent update.

And for the remaining two slots, one should probably look to two of the surprise indie hits of the year so far: Jon Favreau «s «Chef» (which has made nearly $ 20 million to date), and John Turturro «s «Fading Gigolo «-- not quite as big, but still remarkably popular with older crowds.

In the wake of Josh Trank's Fantastic Four, Matthew Lee looks at ten filmmakers who went from Indie Darling to Big Budget Blunder... Josh Trank's debut, Chronicle, was a surprise hit of 2012.

Either is completely legitimate, and yes, some indie authors hit upon the right combination of fabulous writing, great design and savvy book marketing and make it to the big leagues.

Self - published authors are expanding into conferences throughout the world, with some indie - centric events hitting the big time like Author Marketing Live, PubSense Summit, and IndieRecon.

It Has Officially Hit Myth Status When some of the biggest supporters of indie publishing and indie writers start going on about how they are giving up paper books to New York, I finally just shook my head and assigned all the silliness to myth status.

Some of the biggest indie authors first got their start in trad pub, while others never sent out a single query letter before hitting it big.

And the biggest myth to hit indie writers (because traditional publishers repeat this over and over) is that indie writers can't get their books into bookstores.

But with indie publishing running so much of the industry now, the playing field is really evened out and a lot of the big mojo that used to hit the bestseller lists is being seen in fiction — which often doesn't report to these lists, or authors are selling lots of copies of all of their books, as opposed to one, singular title.

Luckily a small press convinced him to start publishing again, and they've given him the freedom he needs to be the artist (this was before the big indie movement hit, or I think he might've gone indie).

For our first season we'll be hitting big ticket topics such as a commentary on the current publishing landscape, how to optimize your book metadata for sales, how to sell your book to indie bookstores, ebooks vs. print books, and how much it costs to self - publish.

This week I experienced the Indie Bestseller group of authors, made up of Bella Andre, Hugh Howey, Jasinda Wilder, Barbara Freethy, Liliana Hart, Candice Hern and Stephanie Bond, all of whom are incredibly successful as indie authors, both in terms of hitting the big lists, satisfying readers, and making a very good liIndie Bestseller group of authors, made up of Bella Andre, Hugh Howey, Jasinda Wilder, Barbara Freethy, Liliana Hart, Candice Hern and Stephanie Bond, all of whom are incredibly successful as indie authors, both in terms of hitting the big lists, satisfying readers, and making a very good liindie authors, both in terms of hitting the big lists, satisfying readers, and making a very good living.

I disagree with Andrew Franklin that mostly non-fiction indie authors hit the big time.

Certainly, there are more indie than Big Five authors earning above minimum wage in this daily snapshot (486 vs. 302), but to know the probability of hitting the right place on the list, we would need to know the distribution of publisher types across all of the ebooks in the selected genres.

Okay, maybe it's a slight exaggeration, but getting one hundred times the normal website hits and being championed by such indie author giants as Hugh Howey, The Passive Guy, Courtney Milan, the Indie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish likindie author giants as Hugh Howey, The Passive Guy, Courtney Milan, the Indie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish likIndie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish like me.

Recruitment of talent from the top indies has been the best thing to come out of the digital revolution for publishers — so why not extend that pioneering activity to promising individuals before they tread the indie path, or before they hit the big time?

Indie comics anthology Frontier hit the (indie) big time this year with contributions from comics stars Michael DeForge and Jillian TaIndie comics anthology Frontier hit the (indie) big time this year with contributions from comics stars Michael DeForge and Jillian Taindie) big time this year with contributions from comics stars Michael DeForge and Jillian Tamaki.

«We're seeing big growth in indie publishing and believe it's really hitting its stride.»