Sentences with phrase «by big studios»

If you're a fan of the art of Animatronics and Makeup FX, you know that this technique is overlooked by the big studios.

These are films that are not given any love by big studios and yet deserve it.

Jones» smart handling of the genre is a breath of fresh air, but his messages feel slightly hampered by the bigger studio budget as opposed to his fabulous debut, Moon (2009).

Whether independent or backed by a big studio, the possibilities are endless for gamers and future game developers.

It's easier when talking about a game made by a big studio, because then you can break it down by the amount of money taken in, and then compare it to how much was spent to make it, advertise it, and distribute it.

Not exact matches

The report looked at recent events that have demonstrated the value of content produced by the big three studios.

Albert Lai is the co-founder and CEO of Big Viking Games, a leading social and mobile game - development studio whose games have been played by 40 million users.

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

Since it enjoys support from many of the big studios and networks, Hulu stands out from the pack by getting most shows the day after they air.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

That's how it beat out bigger - spending studios for the rights to The Hunger Games, by letting author Suzanne Collins write the script.

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

Lastly control what you can; I can't MAKE someone love Pure Barre, but I can control that the client is greeted by a big smile, walks into a clean studio and is taught a high quality class.

The 1,000 hours of originals Netflix released in 2017 is close to that of the combined TV content produced by the two biggest TV studios in the world from 2016 — Sony Pictures Television and BBC.

Luckily I will be able to zip into the newly painted blog room / photo studio tomorrow and take some shots by the big patio door.

Thierry Henry in the TV studio seemed a touch baffled by Wenger's decision not to start with Xhaka, after the Switzerland international midfield star was the only big signing of the summer.

The art studio major from Olathe, Kans., is the Wildcat who seems least burdened by Big Blue Nation hysteria, or even societal norms.

Lunch would be cooked by someone else (I burn food... a lot) and the afternoon would be spent in a sun - filled studio with a big porcelain cup of Bari White Earl Grey Tea, a talking book, a sheet of silver and my trusty saw.

But my biggest dream by far would be to own my own studio / shop space where I could sell the work of upcoming and established designers alongside my own.

Many of us in the MindBodyGreen community live in big cities, where we're spoiled by an abundance of yoga studios and talented teachers.

Look as though Pumping Iron was bought by one of the big movie studios.

Taylor Swift is the debut studio album by American singer - songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 24, 2006, by Big Machine Records.

They are harangued and bothered by Bobbie (Lisa Ann Walter), a brassy bottle - blonde who practices at the studio so one day she can be a big famous dancer, and who is obnoxious to strangers and wears stretch pants everywhere in the meantime.

As an independent game developed by a little french studio, Shad» O couldn't rival the big productions that were released this last year.

And looking at the trailer, this might be a big mistake by the studio, since the films looks to have a very dark palette — an unfriendly look in 3D, if you ask me.

«THE PEACEMAKER,» the first feature release by the Katzenberg - Geffen - Spielberg studio Dreamworks, is a big, expensive extravaganza about the danger of nuclear weapons, or the danger of terrorists, or the danger of violent wars being allowed to rage unchecked anywhere in the world.

The Foreign Market Share percentages include only the big six major studios, while the Domestic Market Share percentages include all domestic box office figures, including releases by independent studios.

On some of those fronts, the film wildly misfires, but for a wide studio release headlined by one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Red Sparrow is an admirably bold effort.

Most games only offer you the illusion of choice (yes Bioware, I'm looking at ME3 and Dragon Age 2) I've been let down by a lot of big game series and it has become rather rare that game studios are willing to take risks.

Even though Sony released only one positively reviewed film in 2010 and managed to boost that total to six films in 2011 (led by best picture nominee Moneyball), its overall Metascore still dropped nearly two points last year, while the studio's average Metacritic user score was also the lowest among the big six distributors.

The film begins with a superfluous and clunky prologue, the audience regarded as complete morons by bigger morons known as studio executives.

An attempt by director Philip Kaufman to fashion a big - screen reboot — entitled «Planet of the Titans» — had just fallen apart in the face of studio disinterest, leading to the development of «Star Trek: Phase 2», a TV series featuring the original cast with the exception of Leonard Nimoy, who didn't want to be typecast as Spock.

In ways Sundance became a victim of its own success: unworthy films started getting bought up speculatively at vastly inflated prices by Hollywood studios, and big - name filmmakers began using the Sundance brand to lend credibility to their work.

If all this weren't enough, Mannix also has to contend with twin gossip columnists (played by Tilda Swinton) who are circling the studio in search of scandal; a near - fatal accident involving a film editor (Frances McDormand); an accountant (Jonah Hill) enlisted to see whether the pregnant ingénue can legally adopt her own child; and a song - and - dance star (Channing Tatum) harboring more than one Big Secret.

So many indie directors brush against big - studio Hollywood and get shattered by it — Justin Lin with «Annapolis,» Kevin Smith with «Mallrats.»

Picked up by Fox Searchlight following its Sundance premiere, «I Origins» is likely to perform well in limited release due to its genre hook, particularly if it's released as a form of counter-programming to bigger studio efforts in heat of the summer blockbuster season.

What separates «Black Panther» from the Batmans, Spidermans and Iron Mans of the creaky, big studio superhero genre is that it looks and, more important, feels nothing like the usual bloated franchise movie that takes no chances and plays by genre rules.

For attendees, highlights of this annual 4 day event, which celebrates the movie going experience and brings together theater owners and managers with movie studios, distributors and vendors and the latest technological innovations, was getting to experience live, in person, appearances by some of the biggest stars and filmmakers in the business.

Winstead has had a bit of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent performance in Smashed a few years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.

The big studios have abdicated power by focusing solely on superhero movies.

There are a lot of films that could make it in the ensemble race if you go by big casts with lots of respectable actors in them and studio marketeers pushing those movies.

That, combined with a marketing campaign aimed towards Derbez's fans, «Overboard» has earned Pantelion its biggest opening weekend in studio history, beating the $ 12.2 million earned by «How to Be a Latin Lover,» also starring Derbez.

At the top of the list, the billion - dollar big guns: franchises, superhero movies, animated kid - flicks and single - serving comedies — the whole high - calorie / low nutritional monoculture diet the studios would prefer us to subsist on, like docile teenage boys easily distracted by big bangs and shiny objects.

«The Vow,» starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $ 41.7 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday.

«From the studio known for confusing length with depth, complexity with intelligence, and self - absorbed downers with heroism, the DCEU pulls off its biggest success by... not doing those things.»

In the film, written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith, Disney is faced with one of the biggest challenges of his career, when P.L. Travers (Thompson), the Australian author of the «Mary Poppins» series, is resistant to the studio's attempts to adapt her books.

The behind - the - scenes action of Living in Oblivion is no exception, and although we've seen many films just like it in recent years, such as Mistress and The Big Picture, Tom DiCillo's (Double Whammy, Box of Moon Light) creation distinguishes itself by being about a independent filmmaking, not greatly influenced by the dictation of a major studio or bigwig producer, but by conflicts within the filmmaker himself.

This is what big Hollywood studio movies are supposed to be: impressive set pieces, fortune cookie philosophy bordering on the profound (i. e. anger destroys as embodied by an intense amazing Adam Driver), and the best western this side of Budd Boetticher.

RAISED BY WOLVES (single camera) STUDIO: Warner Bros TV / Berlanti Productions / Big Talk Productions TEAM: Diablo Cody (w, ep), Greg Berlani (ep), Sarah Schechter (ep), Caitlin Moran (ep), Caroline Moran (ep), Kenton Allen (ep), Matthew Justice (ep), Caroline Leddy (ep) LOGLINE: Sheila Gable is one tough mother struggling to support her five opinionated, eccentric kids on a shoestring budget in a Midwestern town.

There's a wit and crackle to proceedings that make this pixelated world feel more alive than any release in recent memory, including any offerings by big - name studios.