Sentences with phrase «budget blockbuster for»

Previous to that film gaining Uthaug the attention of the folks in Hollywood, he had made other short films such as DX13036 and The Martian Administration, with this being Roar Uthaug's first big budget blockbuster for mainstream audiences.

Just last week, we were musing whether Microsoft might abandon big - budget blockbusters for cost - effective Kinect titles.

Not exact matches

Either way, it's looking like a disappointing start to the summer for Warner Bros., which has several big - budget releases planned for the rest of 2017, none of which are total locks to be blockbusters.

Veteran producer and executive Kathryn Arnold believes it's all about low risk, high rewards: «Taking the blockbuster genre, storyline and creating low - budget versions mitigates risk — the storyline has already been tested and satisfies the audience's hunger for content.

Even The Hunger Games» US$ 80 million budget was modest for a blockbuster.

While Hope is known for making independent movies rather than big - budget Hollywood blockbusters, Amazon Studios has succeeded in the world of television in part by aligning itself with high - profile directors like Allen and Steven Soderbergh of «Ocean's Eleven» fame.

Whereas an entire generation of kids who grew up wishing for fame imagined being on an ABC sitcom or starring in a big - budget blockbuster, tomorrow's daydreaming kids will likely be imagining a very different image of super-stardom.

Maybe, maybe this large budget film can shake him up a little, but so many directors are just not cut out for blockbuster film making.

Still, After Earth is, for much of its refreshingly brief running time, a better - than - average big - budget blockbuster that marks Shyamalan's most entertaining effort since 2006's Lady in the Water.

The country's audiences have developed a taste for big - budget Hollywood blockbusters to rival any in the United States, but China's cultural traditions and the deeply - ingrained involvement of the Chinese government have proven difficult both to Hollywood studios looking the penetrate the market and U.S. filmmakers seeking collaborations.

All in all, Snowpiercer is definitive proof that there is a growing market for moderately - budgeted blockbuster films - that is, if you approach things from a global market perspective.

Though much of the action remains confined to the inner sanctum of Franco's home, the biblical implications of the film dictate that they must eventually be taken out of their comfort zone, and thanks to their reasonably sized budget, they have enough to clout to develop some eye - popping special effects, and although it intends to satirise the current trend for apoca - blockbusters, it does its level best to match them in terms of scale.

British actress EMILY BLUNT has defended her decision to swap independent movies for big budget blockbusters - insisting she doesn't need to «atone»...

Despite its blockbuster ticket sales in excess of $ 100 million dollars, the film received flak for a bloated budget that constituted financial failure.

Happy to be there: For being as narrow as three nominees, the foreign film «A Man Called Ove» pulled off what «The Hundred Year - Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared» did last year as a random film to crash the big budget field of fantasy blockbusters.

was a low budget entry into the genre that appears to have gotten him enough good will for the folks at Legendary Pictures to put him behind the helm of a $ 160 million blockbuster relaunch of the big green guy himself.

Director Roland Emmerich, who previously helmed big - budget blockbusters like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, surprisingly does a good job creating a strong atmosphere for this story.

Enter Gareth Edwards, whose 2010 film Monster was a low budget entry into the genre that appears to have gotten him enough good will for the folks at Legendary Pictures to put him behind the helm of a $ 160 million blockbuster relaunch of the big green guy himself.

While big - budget blockbusters continue to disappoint, these smaller, more intimate films are more than making up for it.

Jurassic Park hit theaters way back in 1993 at just the right time - Michael Crichton's novel, which had become an instant bestseller three years earlier, was perfect for film and big - budget blockbusters hadn't yet become over-saturated in CGI...

There are any number of possible explanations for this trend, most probable simply being the increasing split between blockbuster «entertainment» films that dominate the technical categories while low - budget (in) dependent films, driven by strong acting, directing and writing, dominate the more prestigious awards, making a 7 Oscar win relatively rare (in order to reach that number, a film has to do well in either the effects or design categories, areas which favor big - budget spectacle).

Although best known for his big budget blockbusters, Spielberg said his favourite project was his Holocaust documentary for the Shoah Foundation, which collected the testimonies of survivors of the World War Two atrocity.

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?

The brilliant Brit Gareth Edwards (MONSTERS) in currently shooting his big - budget blockbuster GODZILLA for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures and we're hoping for a first peek at the towering colossal creature born from a nuclear contamination.

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.

Those awaiting Legendary Pictures re-imagining of Japan's iconic creature GODZILLA still have a year to wait for the release of the big - budget blockbuster directed...

Written and directed by the godfather of «mumblecore» cinema - a genre known for nonprofessional actors and naturalistic dialogue - Andrew Bujalski's latest film is practically a Hollywood blockbuster compared with his no - budget early films.

His feature directorial debut Moon put him on the map back in 2009, then he stepped up to the mid-range budgeted Source Code for Summit Entertainment, and after that it was going full - blown studio blockbuster with Warcraft.

British actress EMILY BLUNT has defended her decision to swap independent movies for big budget blockbusters - insisting she doesn't need to «atone» for her career choices.After a supporting role in hit fashion film The...

For a film with a $ 200 million budget and with talent in all departments it's a real shame that it turned out to be the movie that it is, although with 5 separate Spider - Man films now done and dusted, one must wonder if there is anything that could make this blockbuster staple truly jaw dropping again.

More than the flawless visuals, nuanced performances and consistent laughs — watch out for one cheeky Lord of the Rings reference — it's a treat to see a big budget blockbuster that celebrates intelligence over explosions.

Despite a big summer blockbuster budget of $ 130 million and a prime early May release date — exactly the same spot that worked for Gladiator five years earlier - Heaven failed to find an audience.

A superstar - making movie for Bruce Willis (Hudson Hawk, Pulp Fiction), and a hell of an action flick on its own terms, Die Hard set a standard for high - concept, high - octane action blockbusters that few could touch on the silver screen — even its higher budgeted sequels.

As the smaller films vie for recognition at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards, big - budget blockbusters dominated the weekend's box office charts.

While he's now graduated to directing big budget blockbusters like the DCEU entry Aquaman, James Wan has for many years been primarily known for his work in the horror genre, and for good reason.

And as Raimi's budget has soared from the rumoured twenty grand for The Evil Dead to somewhere in the neighbourhood of Ireland's GNP for Spider - Man 2, his foundation in economical thrills anchors his blockbusters in humanity.

Tolerable enough as a cotton - candy diversion, but quite mediocre for a big - budget Hollywood blockbuster.

A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m from a budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a big budget superhero blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.

But as the budgets for blockbuster tentpoles have gotten larger and the projects more risk - averse (with Marvel Studios and its parent company, Walt Disney Pictures, as Exhibit A overlords of the trend) it's become much too easy to acclaim fleeting inspiration and shallow gesturing toward diversity and goodwill as some kind of apogee.

These days, even the biggest publishers do not have the staff or budgets to invest in marketing for any book but the potential blockbuster.

What all this has translated into is less risk being taken on original properties, and more budget funneled into «sure - fire blockbusters,» i.e. sequels for movies, shallow teen flavors of the week for music.

Sort of the difference between a low - budget made - for - tv movie (e-book), v. a Hollywood blockbuster (printed book).

Already famous as the backdrop to several famous big - budget international blockbusters including Lord of the Rings, Queenstown is currently the location for new film, Tracker.

Modern Warfare was a loud, bombastic spectacle with visual and auditory sensations typically reserved for big budget Michael Bay blockbusters.

A budget for a blockbuster game in the United States can approach $ 50 million, a figure few Japanese developers can now match.

Games Industry veteran and marketing & PR guru Brian Baglow presents to Scotland's buzzing games development sector the ins and outs of good marketing for games; revealing that it doesn't necessarily require a budget of millions to tell the world about your next (or first) big blockbuster title.

While Sony and Microsoft have put a huge amount of resources towards releasing these bigger riskier blockbusters for gamers, iOS and Android mobile devices have carved out a gigantic gaming market of their own with low priced games that more often than not don't require a big team or a huge budget.

Casual moviegoers may not be too familiar with Uncharted, but they will be — the video game is currently being adapted by Sony Pictures as a big - budget blockbuster starring Tom Holland as a teenage version of Nathan Drake, a globe - trotting adventurer with a knack for finding lost treasures and ancient cities.

But for every big budget blockbuster like your Battlefield, Call of Duty or Titanfall, there will also be that odd and just down right unnecessary low budget one too.

Though the company is perhaps best known for the Nexus 7, the Google - branded budget tablet, its first blockbuster brand catered almost exclusively to spec enthusiasts, packing then high - end internals into a 10 - inch form factor.