James Park, founder and CEO of the health wearable Fitbit (FIT), stops
by the studio for a round of Fortune «s «Fast Five.»
Z Channel not only played an incredibly wide selection of great movies that were swept under the rug
by studios for what was considered disappointing box office performances, but it also helped institute what we know today as the director's cut.
Fresh off working with Warner Bros. on Her, it seems Joaquin Phoenix is being eyed
by the studio for the villain role in Zack Snyder «s Batman vs. Superman.
Revered by actors, beloved
by the studios for whom he works, and respected by his colleagues, he has quietly risen to the very peak of the directing world, sitting alongside Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
In a ten - month survey underwritten by the National Arts Journalism Program and carried out at the University of Southern California School of Journalism, we turned up accounts of everything from forcible ejection from pre-opening screenings to blackballing
by a studio for «the tone» of one's coverage or breaking a review - embargo date.
The survey concluded that manipulation of the media has never been more rampant; that Disney, Miramax, and Warner Bros. are perceived by the entertainment press as the «most manipulative» studios, and 20th Century Fox and MGM the «least manipulative»; and that many in the media — including this reporter while covering film for the San Jose Mercury News — have been blacklisted
by studios for «not playing by the rules.»
She's also won several critics group awards, but as I discovered when she stopped
by our studio for this episode of my Deadline video series The Actor's Side, she takes it all in stride, crediting writer - director Greta Gerwig and... Read
, we recently stopped
by his studio for a sneak peek at what he's been working on.
I highly recommend swinging
by her studio for a visit - in - person for this week's up - coming Open Studios.
And can I drop
by your studio for a visit sometime?
Not exact matches
NEW YORK — A private equity firm emerged Tuesday as the winning bidder
for the Weinstein Co., the
studio forced into bankruptcy
by the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The production
studio had received an offer in March from an investor group led
by Maria Contreras - Sweet
for $ 500 million, but the deal fell through after raising questions about the company's financials.
Microsoft,
for one, opened a new
studio last year that is devoted to creating Kinect games, while other, smaller game companies quickly moved to try and snap up employees laid off
by Radical.
Following a trail blazed
by brands like Intel, it's redefining its offering from being a technical curiosity
for movie
studios to being the mark of films that matter, and a feature that consumers will demand.
Co-founded
by Payal Kadakia in 2013, this New York City startup offers a $ 99 monthly membership
for fitness classes in multiple gyms and
studios.
Much of the money Rainmaker makes now comes from producing two Barbie movies a year
for Mattel, a long fall from the days this same
studio was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution, having been nominated
by Bill Gates himself.
Meanwhile, 21st Century Fox's Fox Searchlight led all
studios by winning six awards, including Best Motion Picture Drama
for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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.
The nearly 40,000 - square - foot space, which was designed
by Hyphen, is adorned in pink wallpaper, and its perks include a meditation room, photo
studio, and fitting room
for employees to change into their own rentals.
Founded in 1994
by Jim Hale and Tim Nett (both have since left the company), the Hollywood - based
studio makes promos
for movies and TV shows such as Netflix's Stranger Things 2, Power Rangers and the international trailer
for Patriots Day.
That means Metacritic scores — which can determine financial bonuses
for executives at
studios and publishers — are compiled
by trade and industry press, all of whom often depend on those same companies
for their very livelihood.
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.
Ted Turner almost destroyed Turner Broadcasting
by paying $ 1.5 billion
for the movie
studio, MGM in 1986.
We did it
for I think
by then it cost about 700,000 I think, but that was with overhead and everything else slapped in there from the
studio.
As Jerry Brown, associate partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's consulting practice, recalls, «I saw a presentation given
by one of the major
studios where they pointed out that when they sold a [game]
for a console they expected to collect $ 50 per consumer and that was it.
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.
It could be via the licensing fee Netflix pays the Warner Brothers
studio for movies or, more directly,
by signing up
for Time Warner subsidiary HBO's own $ 15 - per - month online video service, HBO Now.
An offer
for the
studio from a group of investors led
by former Obama administration official Maria Contreras - Sweet failed to produce a deal earlier this year, after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil lawsuit against the company and demanded more compensation
for Harvey Weinstein's victims.
All this tech wizardry was orchestrated
by Toronto's Helios Design Labs, a multi-discipline design
studio that has done client work
for RIM, Nokia and MTV, among others.
By the time the character made it back home to Marvel, the
studio considered Colin Farrell and Patrick Dempsey
for the part, but both director Jon Favreau and producer Kevin Feige believed Robert Downey Jr. was the right man
for the role.
Behind the scenes, Hollywood film
studios, which had never been keen on Netflix, began raising the fees to license movies
for Internet streaming, or Netflix was prevented from acquiring certain titles because the Internet rights were already locked up
by other outlets.
For as long as anyone can remember the Oscars have been the dominated
by iconic Los Angeles
studios.
New Form Incubator, the
studio's name
for the creative venture, will develop and fund 14 short films, three to 10 minutes in length, produced
by YouTube stars such as Joey Graceffa, Joe Penna of MysteryGuitarMan and Sawyer Hartman, who have 3.6 million, 2.8 million and 1.7 million subscribers, respectively.
By 2020, this could mean an additional $ 2 billion
for the film
studio industry.
After numerous classes, Amy decided to combine her passion
for Pure Barre and business
by opening her own
studio in Kennesaw
«We are making a phenomenal Skylanders game in 2016 that's being led
by Toys
For Bob, the development
studio that pioneered the toys - to - life category.
The next - gen
studio — founded
by Avnet (Black Swan), Rodrigo Garcia (In Treatment), and Jake Avnet — focuses on producing premium, original video content
for a variety of platforms.
More than 100
studios are in the works
for markets across the country with a goal of having them open
by Dec. 31, 2016.
Just briefly: The Weinstein Co.: The film
studio co-founded
by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, says it will file
for bankruptcy protection after talks on a potential sale collapsed, The Los Angeles Times reports.
, treat yourself to a new water bottle, and keep your eye out
for fall workout wear, including Pure Barre's brand new line, Pure Barre ®
by Splits59, coming soon to a
studio near you!
Revenue at Warner Bros, the company's movie
studio, also fell 13 percent, hurt
by a lack of hit movie releases and a strong dollar, overshadowing a quarterly profit beat and an increased profit forecast
for the year.
The 39 - year - old native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who started as a nightclub stripper there at 17, has appeared in more than 250 X-rated films, beginning in 2000; was signed as an exclusive with major porn
studio Wicked Pictures in 2002 (she's still a contract player
for them); and has been inducted into multiple industry halls of fame, including the one run
by leading industry trade publication Adult Video News.
How I hope I am wrong about this, misled
by a two - minute trailer, but more bad signs are present in the
studio's promotional blurb: «Coriolanus is a drama
for the ages, a commentary on the precarious draw of war...»
19 Dr. Bill Bright, of Campus Crusade
for Christ, said «Universal Pictures will always be remembered as the
studio that launched an attack on the sanctity of all religions
by making a film which blasphemes and demeans our Lord Jesus Christ.
Saturday 25th November is a yoga market, hosted
by our friends at Indaba yoga
studio in Marylebone, featuring yoga clothing & equipment, plus jewellery, books & more — great
for some early festive shopping!
A stylish bar, fit
for a lavish cocktail party before being recycled, has been produced
by British design
studio, Flow Creation using luxury papers from British manufacturer, James Cropper
Jason Sudeikis is back as Ted Lasso in a hilarious new promotional video
for NBCSN, this time as a
studio analyst after being fired
by Tottenham.
The watershed moment
for a college fan realizing that every game is recorded inside a poorly constructed, non-climate-controlled
studio is Marvin McNutt of Iowa nearly getting blindsided
by a falling Skycam in the 2011 Insight Bowl.
In Walton's case, they aim straight
for the stereotyped themes that have been hung on him
by the press and public
for years, and each one evokes the hoped -
for giggles from the garden - club and tea - group ladies in the
studio audience.