Sentences with phrase «budget studio project»

Originally pitched as a big budget studio project with Eli Roth attached to direct, Tod Williams» film lacks the budget, special effects or artistry needed to render its depiction of a worldwide apocalypse convincing or interesting.

Not exact matches

Compared to major studio projects like the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin adaption of Walter Isaacson's popular biography of Jobs, this film was made on a shoestring, with an estimated budget of just $ 8.5 million.

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.

In the climate of budget conscious studios hesitant to gamble money on anything that doesn't have a «2» in the title, more and more ambitious projects are having trouble crossing the finish line.

Naturally, fans would be able to easily tell the difference between a film from a studio production and that of a low - budget film, but as you find out watching The Disaster Artist, Wiseau's The Room was hardly a micro-budgeted project.

Many movie buffs know how John Ford made a deal with low - budget «B» picture studio Republic Pictures to finance his dream project The Quiet Man in exchange for making another of his popular «Calvary» films, Rio Grande.

As the major studios have increasingly focused on predictable mass entertainment formulas, quality and imagination have migrated to what could be called Sundance films: Lower budget, innovative projects fueled by the love of their makers, and sometimes by the determination of actors trying to break out of assembly - line fodder.

The film, meant to be a big action - oriented take on the Arthurian legend, was taken off the studio's production schedule after budget concerns arose and attached actors Kit Harington and Joel Kinnaman were freed to do other projects.

Devil — The studio talked up this small - budget project as «from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan,» but don't hold that against the film.

While it happens more than is ever reported in any given year, it would seem that 2011 is not letting itself slip past without truly becoming one for big movie projects being put on hold while studios try to shave some dollars from the budget.

First of all, since Frenzy was a relatively low budget project, especially compared to the earlier critical misfire Topaz, Hitchcock was spared from any studio interference and was allowed to make a film that would be truly his own.

It represents a big jump in prestige, talent and budget, and could be seen as a risk for a studio to put such an unproven director in such a big chair on such a troubled project.

Some work on big budget tent - pole scripts only to see the studio abandon the project, and then sometimes come back to it with a new team at the helm.

Baker protégé Rob Bottin's work on that film was arguably equal to that of his mentor (who left Bottin in charge of The Howling «s effects after he exited the project for the bigger - budget American Werewolf), and yet the Academy couldn't even be bothered to nominate him (or, perhaps more likely, its members simply couldn't bring themselves to watch a low - budget horror movie not put out by a major studio).

In 2015, he said that it took nine years to finance his Jessica Chastain vehicle «Crimson Peak,» because «it was female - centric,» then clarified: «I have had projects were explicitly the studio has said, this is the limit of your budget because it's a female character.

But even outside of working with those filmmakers, Martinez has mostly scored indie or smaller - budgeted studio fare, with more blockbuster - sized projects off his résumé.

The first studio project of Snyder's, made for Universal, was the impressive remake of Dawn of the Dead, which made just over $ 100 million on a $ 26 million production budget.

Avengers: Infinity War is $ 1.5 billion project and its an incredible budget for marvel cinematic studios.

Extinction feels like a game that could have been a fun side project for a studio developed on a modest budget, instead of being sold at full price as a retail game that struggles to offer enticing content for its asking price.

Deadline reports that the studio has put the movie on hold for now as Legendary Pictures dudes Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will continue to develop the project, namely to try and whittle down the $ 120 million budget and get the script in better shape.

We can do the whole song and dance of spelling out the basic reasons for the movie's importance: what it means for Hollywood that a project of this size, with this budget, and with a nearly all - black cast, can finally seem like a worthwhile risk for a major studio and the timely impact of a movie about a mythical African kingdom, a so - called «shithole country,» to be released at this moment in our political history.

Sony would have ponied up a fair portion of that, and thusly big studios only have a certain amount of budget to throw at a very small amount of projects per console life cycle.

How can smaller studios working on a tighter budget attract voice - acting talent to their projects?

With E3 looming and a cavalcade of big noisy announcements from established studios around the corner, it's easy to lose sight of the passion projects eked out by a five - person team with a tiny budget.

The event, which is free to enter, offers studios with fewer than 15 people, funding without a publisher and working on a budget under # 1 million the opportunity to display their projects at this year's show in July.

That's because it was a budget project — it was a new studio's first full game.

Nightwar may be a relatively low - budget indie game, but its production is on par with much better - funded RPG projects from studios like Blizzard and Obsidian Entertainment.

Yes, the game has all the hallmarks of a big budget release with the backing of a renowned studio and soundtrack composed by none other than David Wise, but in reality, the game feels more like an indie project.