Sentences with phrase «budget film titled»

Most horror films are merely exercises in ritualized surprise, but a low - budget film titled «The Blair Witch Project» shook up Sundance Film Festival audiences with its gathering sense of menace.

Lowery went on to direct Pete's Dragon, one of my favorite films of 2016, and he's back at Sundance this year with a surprise low - budget film titled A Ghost Story.

Not exact matches

Outside of his Nightmare appearances, Englund's most significant credits were his one - shot directorial stint on the theatrical feature 976 - EVIL (1988); his characterization of the title role in a medium - budget film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera (1989); and his hosting chores on the Craven - produced TV anthology Nightmare Café (1992).

Rian Johnson's first feature was the well received, low - budget indie titled «Brick» (2005), which told a high - school story in a film noir style, narrated by Gordon - Levitt.

He uses techniques gleaned from exploitation and low - budget films such as whip - zooms, garish titles and bleached footage to grunge - up this $ 100 million production.

In 1937, Rawlinson returned to serials in the title role of Blake of Scotland Yard, which, though hampered by a tiny budget and utter lack of background music, was well cast with several reliable silent film veterans.

In return for participation in a Screenwriters Lab, fellows are obligated to sign an agreement stipulating that (a) they will make a contribution to Sundance Institute of 0.25 % of the portion of their film's final budget that exceeds $ 1,000,000 (this number may increase to 0.5 or 0.75 % through participation in a Directors Lab and / or Sundance - affiliated grant support exceeding $ 10,000), (b) Sundance Institute will receive 1 % of 100 % of the film's net receipts, and (c) Sundance Institute will receive a credit line and logo placement in the film's end titles.

In return for participation in a Directors Lab, fellows are obligated to sign an agreement stipulating that (a) they will make a contribution to Sundance Institute of 0.5 % of the portion of their film's final budget that exceeds $ 1,000,000 (this number may increase to 0.75 % through Sundance - affiliated grant support exceeding $ 10,000), (b) Sundance Institute will receive 1 % of 100 % of the film's net receipts, and (c) Sundance Institute will receive a credit line and logo placement in the film's end titles.

Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) is an evil Hollywood producer who steals the vaguely autobiographical writing assignment of pathological liar Jason (Frankie Muniz) and turns it into a big - budget blockbuster that shares its name with this film's title.

In March, it's been a different story, with big - budget action films London Has Fallen and Allegiant plus horror titles The Other Side of the Door and The Witch.

Upon its release in 1974 this low - budget work, the only film in Peckinpah's long career over which he was allowed final cut, tanked at the box office — and merely invoking its title has since become a kind of joke, whether in Michael Ritchie's 1985 film Fletch or BBC Radio's «I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue».

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 2, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Lorax (PG for mild epithets) Danny DeVito stars as the title character in this animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic about an idealistic 12 year - old (Zac Efron), raised in an artificial reality, who searches for a real tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams (Taylor Swift).

John Carter's underperformance was nothing compared to the film Disney released a year earlier; Mars Needs Moms (whose epic shortcomings supposedly played a part in Carter's title losing the «of Mars») grossed just $ 39 M on a $ 150 M budget.

Now Arthur & Lancelot is back amongst the living, and one change has been made to ease studio concerns over the film's budget and potential returns: rather than going with up and coming talent, the studio is now in talks with Colin Farrell to play one of the title roles.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

Sources say the film's budget will exceed $ 75 million, making it one of the priciest Cannes market titles of all time.

God Particle is another contained thriller, which like 10 Cloverfield Lane (originally came in as a spec script titled The Cellar) was set up through Bad Robot and Paramount's low budget division Insurge ($ 5 - 10 million films).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

«I can do something no one else can...» Blumhouse Tilt has released a brand new, full - length official trailer for an indie film titled Sleight, which premiered in the ultra-low budget Nexst section of the Sundance Film Festival last year.

That 1976 film, titled Eat My Dust, became one of Corman's biggest hits of the decade, with returns handily surpassing its estimated $ 300,000 budget.

The title is also one of his lowest budgeted films.

You can visit any number of other sites to get the same regurgitated Top 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018, each of them running through the big budget films in a different order, all titles you no doubt will be actively aware of precisely when the studio giants backing them want you to.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 1, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Larry Crowne (PG - 13 for brief profanity and sexuality) Tom Hanks stars in the title role of this romantic romp as a victim of downsizing who develops a crush on his jaded speech professor (Julia Roberts) when he enrolls at a community college to brush up on his job skills.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 24, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Bad Teacher (R for nudity, profanity, sexuality and drug use) Cameron Diaz stars in the title role of this romantic comedy about a trashy gold digger who schemes to land a wealthy substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) while being chased by another colleague (Jason Segel).

Marvel Comics» Fantastic Four superhero crew previously appeared on the big screen in a low - budget 1994 film titled The Fantastic Four and in a glossier 2005 offering starring Chris Evans and Jessica Alba called Fantastic Four, which spawned a sequel that arrived two years later, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.