Sentences with phrase «budget films coming»

For all of the big budget films coming this year, this is the most ambitious film of 2014.

Not exact matches

According to the SEC complaint, the $ 100 million investment from the New York pension fund came only after the Quadrangle executive arranged for a Quadrangle affiliate to distribute the DVD of a low - budget film called «Chooch,» which was produced by the brother of former New York state deputy comptroller David Loglisci.

Since then, she's gone on to score an independant film project as well as other big - budget films which should be coming to theaters in the near future.

In the end, Imperial Dreams doesn't break any new ground when it comes to filmmaking, but the story it's telling is just as powerful as any big budget film being released nowadays, if not more.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

The film is not without it's flaws, but with a well played role by Harry Treadaway an up and coming young Actor, low budget Independant film which has it's predictable moments but that makes the film seem natural as if a true story.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

Another underperformer was Martin Scorsese's Hugo, which hasn't come close to recouping its nearly $ 150 million budget, but even that failure is partially mitigated by the film's 11 Oscar nominations, which made it the most - nominated film of the year.

A film that should feel Shakespearean instead comes across as a high - budget soap opera.

This deal took time to coalesce — the film reportedly carries a budget in the $ 50 million range, and word is this deal comes with a P&A commitment in the $ 15 million range.

It's a tribute to stars Benson and Moorhead, who combined to direct, write, edit and shoot the film, that their micro-budget project comes off more haunting than many big - studio productions with 100 times (at least) the budget.

I don't know if Kong: Skull Island will do well enough at the box office to justify its $ 185 - million - plus production budget on top of a dedicated park attraction, but what I do know is that I went into the film pretty skeptical... and came out feeling like the Summer 2017 film season had just kicked off three months early.

As the first big - budget feature from director Julius Onah, he acquits himself well, and almost every single problem the film has comes down to a script that, by Uziel's own admission, was re-written on - the - fly during production.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, one of the reasons that the budget on «John Carter» went so high is that director Andrew Stanton, used to reworking films while at Pixar, «embarked on extensive and costly reshoots» (something fervently denied by the helmer, who called it «a complete and utter lie,» saying that Disney had let him go for longer reshoots because his principal photography had come in on time and on budget).

«Boyhood,» director Richard Linklater's experimental coming - of - age film that was shot over 12 years on a shoestring budget, followed with three nominations for its ensemble cast and for Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.

A new version of the project comes together, this time with a comeback - minded Nicolas Cage as Lake and Schrader himself directing on a $ 5 million budget (of which $ 1 million is Cage's salary) and a location shoot in Romania (where much of the film is set) and Australia (doubling for Kenya).

While none of the films beyond Craven's ever really stand out of the usual grind of horror sequels, it did give a number of up and coming directors a chance to flex their creative muscles: Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors), Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) and Stephen Hopkins (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child) all leapt from this series directly into big budget action cinema.

I appreciate that the film had a tiny budget of $ 15 million, but that simply means they should have been more choosy when it came to visual effects shots.

Honestly, although Whedon's screenplay will probably be one of the best of the year, the film's limited budget, exposure and early release make it highly likely to be forgotten come awards season.

His exorbitant fee did come at a heavy price for the film, as his salary cut into the budget for sets, costumes and special effects, and it does occasionally show.

Among other things, the filmmaker spoke about where he came up with the inspiration for «Citadel,» how having a limited budget and short shooting schedule place restrictions on what he could shoot for the film and how he reacted when he heard he won the Midnighter Audience Award at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival.

This news comes after Dwayne Johnson filmed nearly all of his big - budget movies in Atlanta including Rampage, Jungle Book, Fast 8, and Baywatch.

Interestingly, this came out before the bigger budgeted films which this is similar to, Final Destination and Lost Souls.

The film comes from director John Curran, who has previously impressed with low - budget dramas Tracks and The Painted Veil.

Tom Bezucha, who directed The Family Stone commended her decision and termed it as a show of wisdom given all that comes with working in high budget films.

But considering the budget was only half a million dollars (well under most films you see nowadays), it really puts in perspective where Swanberg came from.

Co - writer / director Jenn Wexler knows her shit when it comes to the horror genre, having produced films like Darling and Psychopaths, with The Ranger feeling like an opportunity to make her directing debut for a minimal budget with a relatively thin story.

Of course, Verhoeven's US big - budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever made.

Like The Blair Witch Project ten years before it, the shoestring - budgeted 2009 found footage horror film came just at the right time, captured the public's attention, and delivered an ungodly profit - to - cost ratio.

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.

While low budget, «They All Come Out» is an interesting film that does offer a different point of view and look at the prison system, as well as an intersting blend of documentary and narrative filmmaking.

It is very rare for a low - budget film like this to come with a track like this but these guys did not want to disappoint.

Reading the Wyndham source novel would also be a better option because this low budget film version comes across as very silly mostly because of said killer plants (called Triffids in the movie, although it is never properly explained quite why).

When the action does hit it is as clean and fun as any film with a $ 175 million budget and the Marvel brand slapped on it can expect to be, and is all the more impressive coming from a director who had only made small indie dramas (see Wattsâ $ ™ Cop Car if you havenâ $ ™ t).

Disney was not, however, willing to come to the table with a $ 100 million per - film budget on par with the ambitious franchises New Line and Warner were working on;

After serving as a camera operator for a couple of years, he got his first American credit for cinematography on John Sayles» lovely coming - of - age story «Baby, It's You» (1983), giving the film a look that belied the film's relatively small budget.

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).

He came from out of nowhere, made his film on a shoestring budget using crowdsourcing, mainly, to get it made.

The meditative pacing and dialogue and low - budget but lovely look could've come straight out of any New Wave film, though Varda's film predates the New Wave by a good five years.

We then deducted the estimated production budget from the global box office for each film (using numbers from Box Office Mojo and other sources) to come up with a limited definition of each movie's operating income.

It might come as a surprise to most but the film was made for a shockingly low budget for a Marvel superhero film ($ 60 million) and earned over $ 360 million in the US alone.

Publicly exhibited nudity on film was harder to come by after the Hays Code, but glimpses of flesh were available in ultra-low budget exploitation movies and documentaries, which used the pretense of education to show nudity.

The number came down to $ 215 million and the Lone Ranger team got the go - ahead again, but now THR reports that the film, which started shooting on February 28th in New Mexico, is days or maybe even weeks behind schedule and is running over budget, nearing that $ 250 million mark yet again.

First time feature film director Tim Miller also deserves credit for his handling of the films action scenes and with a budget that would barely cover costs of catering on an Avengers film, Miller gives Deadpool a unique feel when it comes to dispatching of the cookie cutter bad guys.

Marvel went all out with the budget when it came to the special effects of the film.

The sophomore film from Damien Chazelle, whose forthcoming ode to the Hollywood studio musical La La Land is already the early - buzz frontrunner for 2017's Oscar race, Whiplash comes after 2009's jazz - infused micro budget musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, and doubles as a courageous confessional, of sorts.

«Krisha» — Gems don't come much smaller in scale and budget than this film.

The film came in 37th place in its opening weekend, grossing just $ 122,834 — less than 1 percent of its production budget.

The script came from Alex Garland, who wrote the novel on which The Beach was based, and while those two films are miles apart in terms of budgets and genres, they have surprisingly similar themes.

By ROBERT W. WELKOS When you ask indie producer Luillo Ruiz how his recent low - budget action - comedy film Welcome to the Jungle featuring veteran martial arts star Jean - Claude Van Damme could come with 31 producer credits, his answer is simple and straightforward.