Sentences with phrase «by the major studios hit»

As Hollywood touts great wins for diversity and inclusion with recent films like «Black Panther» and «Wonder Woman» shattering box office records, a new study from GLAAD asserts that representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in 2017 films released by the major studios hit a six - year low.

Not exact matches

There are no obvious hits in its lineup, though the studio has once again enlisted major or critically acclaimed directors, including Imitation Game helmer Morten Tyldum (for the sci - fi film Passengers), Paul Feig (for a female Ghostbusters reboot), Antoine Fuqua (a Magnificent Seven remake co-written by True Detective's Nic Pizzolatto), Ron Howard (Inferno), and Ang Lee (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk).

«Lay the Favorite» Synopsis: A ditzy thirtysomething stripper - turned - cocktail - waitress (Rebecca Hall) becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage What You Need To Know: Directed by Stephen Frears («The Grifters,» «The Queen» «Tamara Drewe «-RRB-, a filmmaker who has admittedly had a hit - and - miss career, but featuring a pretty much all - star cast of Bruce Willis (always good in the hands of a real filmmaker), Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta - Jones, Vince Vaughn, Laura Prepon and Joshua Jackson, it's hard not to be intrigued by a mid-sized dramedy that's not being made by either a major studio or a mid-sized indie.

By the end of its first weekend, it was the biggest hit in the history of distributor Lionsgate, long considered just outside the lines of the major movie studios, decimating the company's handful of modest performers, nearly all of them having the words «Tyler Perry» or «Saw» in their titles.

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