Sentences with phrase «budget studio release»

Before it was a big - budget studio release, The Martian was a book, and before that book received a proper released by Crown Publishing in 2014, it was a self - published novel.

Not exact matches

After producing mostly budget horror flicks, the studio released a low - rent version of War of the Worlds to coincide with Steven Spielberg's 2005 big studio adaptation.

Get Out was released by Jason Blum's Blumhouse productions, a studio that can easily be described as the modern - day saviour of the low - budget, major - release film, even if they most recently subjected us to the latest M. Night Shyamalan misfire, Split.

Additionally, distributor Warner Bros. shuffled the release date until later in the year to better coincide with an Oscar campaign, a sign that the studio feels the film (which co-stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Chris Pratt) is a serious awards contender and not just some low - budget doodle.

Nothing as of yet, though, has materialized, but studios with plans for mid-to-low budget action releases would be wise to hit them up because «John Wick» was one of many pleasant surprises this fall.

Blumhouse has become one of the most profitable film studios out there, regularly releasing low - budget horror films that dominate the box office.

A well - budgeted release from a major studio like Warner Bros. has no such excuses.

Warner Archive has released DVD versions of smoldering melodramas and Charlie Chan movies issued by the low - budget studio Monogram in the»40s.

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?

These elements are typically found in smaller independent films but are incredibly rare to see in bigger budget films released by a major studio.

Either a terrible A-list movie or a great B - movie, depending on your point of view, Anaconda is by all accounts one of the schlockiest large budget releases to ever come from a major studio.

Though the studio opened the film in just five theaters and conservatively expanded to a peak of 200, Wilderpeople, with a practically non-existent marketing budget, caught on in America, grossing nearly $ 5 million here and nearly five times as much as any of The Orchard's other releases.

Nearly doubling its modest budget in domestic admissions alone, The Crazies became the third highest - grossing film in the 2 1/2 - year history of Overture Films, which is somewhat expected since it is also the young studio's third widest release to date.

This is a film released through Blumhouse Productions, the low budget studio known for Insidious and Paranormal Activity, which might put off some people.

Just know it is readily apparent who the killer is not fifteen minutes into the movie, an entire subplot involving J.K. Simmons as an extremely wealthy womanizing and sex - obsessed philanthropist is unintentionally hysterical and poor Val Kilmer, not seen in a big budget major Hollywood studio release since 2006's Déjà vu, is dealt such a poor hand it's a question why he was asked to play this game in the first place.

We take a look at 14 big - budget movies releasing in 2016 to determine how much, if any, financial risk they pose for the studio producing them.

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.

For every mediocre game released by a big budget studio, there are dozens of independent gaming gems that languish in obscurity, all for want of a bigger advertising budget.

As the complexity of games increases and more time, budget, and manpower is required, Nintendo has to acquire more development studios to keep a steady release schedule.

It had a much smaller budget, a subsidiary studio, and it was released within 1.5 years of gears 3.

Whether you are an up - and - coming indie developer with a PS Mobile game or a AAA studio releasing something on the PlayStation Network, we can find something that will work with your budget.

Several of my Top 10 are indy, or smaller studio releases on the budget.

I know he's made a lot of money off his game, but to have a studio with a bigger budget and more resources pivot to create basically the same game but within their world 6 months after the release of his game feels a bit cheap.

A # 17 million budget for the title is slightly more than the studio's previous release, Heavy Rain, which cost around # 14 million to create.

Cliff Bleszinski — a studio head making his first, multiplayer only game after a long stretch working for a company that produced some of the biggest games ever released — was quoted last week as saying «Campaigns cost the most money; it's usually 75 percent of the budget.

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.

The beginning of the end most likely came in 1997, when the release of An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn gave the alias (played by Eric Idle) his first leading role in a motion picture, as «a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee [who] realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big budget action film he knows is horrible.»

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Interscope Geffen and A&M, Santa Monica • CA 2005 — Present Artists and Repertoire (A&R) Strategically represent high profile entertainment entities — The Game, Bone Thugs and Harmony and Akon, and oversee all operations for artists that include travel itinerary, studio / recording schedules, music supervision and budget management that effectively meets all release date guidelines.