Sentences with phrase «casting got the movie made»

Yes, that casting got the movie made.

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Movies like Black Panther and Get Out are celebrated, the new Star Wars made a point to have a diverse cast and a female lead, and cultural products are criticized for being too white and too male.

Moonlight, which was adapted from the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue proves that with a compelling story, a visionary filmmaker (in this case, director Barry Jenkins) and talented cast, it's still possible to make movies that get recognition in modern Hollywood.

This actor also directed the movies «Poolside Ecstacy», «Housewives: The Making of the Cast Album», and «The TravelingThis now famous actor, who is the son of former actor Bob Elliott, got his start as a writer on David Letterman's NBC program, «Late Night with David Letterman.»

And perhaps they can get away with making this kind of movie because of that cast they've assembled.

During this 1 - on - 1 phone interview with Collider, actress and filmmaker Heather Graham talked about wanting to make a movie celebrating women and friendship, the biggest challenges in getting this film going, having her voice heard, as a female filmmaker, what she most enjoyed about playing Honey, putting together this cast, funny moments on set, what she enjoyed about the experience of directing, her hope to do it again, juggling three different writing projects, and doing the British TV series Bliss, from David Cross.

That's still pushing it for her to even make Major (averaging at 10 years of service), and we're still in this place of demoting the character to cast a younger actress when a character who is her peer in the comics gets to keep his rank in the movies (For the sake of reference, Terrence Howard was ~ 38/39 for Iron Man 1; Cheadle is about 4/5 years older than he is.

To get away from the idea of gritty low - budget Noir or any B - movie sense (and because the spy films from James bond on down were making so much money), Warner and Newman went the big time Hollywood route with an all - star cast for the first Harper film including Lauren Bacall, Shelley Winters, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Strother Martin and made it a point it was Hollywood getting gritty on its own big time terms.

The additional casting that this movie got still makes me wonder and I can't wait to see the Seagal vs. Trejo machete fight scene.

«I will say is that the casting of this movie during the six years it took to get made went through lots of permutations, and it's true there was a moment where Emma Watson and Miles Teller were doing it,» Chazelle originally revealed to Uproxx.

Jackass 3 Rated R for male nudity, extremely crude and dangerous stunts throughout, and for language Available on DVD and Blu - ray I still can't believe that no one from the cast has died or been too injured to keep on making these movies, but each one is getting funnier than the last, with the proof coming out on DVD and Blu - ray this week.

That he did so while bullying, ignoring and generally abusing the cast and crew who stepped up to get the movie made is inexcusable.

He also discusses his working relationship with actor Jack Nicholson, casting the future movie star in many of his early roles, making his first major studio film for Columbia Pictures Getting Straight starring Elliott Gould and Candice Bergen.

With director Asger Leth's (Ghosts of Cité Soleil) Man on a Ledge opening this weekend, I recently got to speak with most of the cast about making the movie.

There's an often - true stereotype about directorial debuts by actors: they've got great performances and plenty of moments for a talented cast to make an impact, but such movies don't yet necessarily reveal any visual flair or cinematic storytelling style.

Raised by his grandmother in Knoxville, Tennessee, and discovered by a casting director at age ten, Renfro made his movie debut in The Client (1994) and appeared in another 20 - some films before his addiction got the better of him.

Now, the cast of the upcoming Black Panther movie has made a Get Out challenge video that will be near impossible to beat.

The package gets bonus points not only for including a chapter insert, but making it part of a worthwhile 4 - page booklet that talks at length about the movie's production, reception, makers, and cast connections.

Or, as I asked him, based on his Comic Con presentation, is this the sort of movie a lot of devotees of»70s genre film always talks about wanting to make, where you've got a pulpy story, but a cast that's really devoted to it?

Jacobson said making the movie was a blast, an experience where she got to work with old friends like Fred Armisen — but with Ninjago being an animated film in which the actors do voice work, she did not meet the film's entire cast until the movie's press tour.

Though Daniel Kaluuya and the rest of the cast are all great in their roles, the movie's true star is Peele himself, whose singular vision makes «Get Out» one film that you won't soon forget.

If Iannucci only made movies about idiotic pols for the rest of his days, I would be completely fine with that, especially when he's got a terrific cast like this one at this disposal.

I get it: Casting De Niro probably helped the movie get made.

So it makes perfect sense that, in a movie featuring the likes of Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Luke Wilson, Christian Slater, Ed Harris and a host of other well - known leading men among its cast, the ever - expressionless Dylster gets top billing.

Smartly shot for a very modest budget of $ 30 million (lots of strings were certainly pulled to get such a cast of famous personalities onboard), Rogen and Goldberg know where and when it's most effective to go for special effects (this does not feel like a low budget Hollywood film), and they do so without letting visuals or star egos get in the way of making a very funny movie.

Get Carter might have been made into an interesting movie, if only it had a cast and crew interested in making one.

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Coming into any sequel blindly can make that experience tough to sit through without getting too confused or losing interest; fortunately because this is a feel - good movie and the ensemble cast has strong chemistry — it wouldn't surprise me one bit if half the time Terrence Howard isn't even in character while cameras are rolling — the story actually moves along at a comfortable pace, enough to make certain loose ends easy to ignore (again, if you're coming in without seeing the original).

As he's done in his previous movies, Payne and his casting director, John Jackson, also make liberal use of nonprofessionals in key roles, especially when the film gets to Nebraska.

Even the above - average cast — with Paul Giamatti livening things up as the requisite concerned - scientist / exposition - delivery - machine — can't seem to make it work as anything more than a series of reasons to get from point A to point B. Which should be fine, given that it's how disaster movies generally play, but Peyton can't sustain suspense past the first earthquake scene, set at Hoover Dam.

(introducing the sorority sisters), Meet the Seven Dorks (get to know the geeks), Welcome to the Vortex (tour the set), The Skooze (all about the mascot) and The Original Dork (a look at the making of the movie, with director Joe Nussbaum and the cast).

Sean Wilson explores the difficulties writers face when their opinion flies in the face of the popular consensus... Film journalists such as myself frequently get slammed for daring to criticise a movie we hated: we didn't make it, we had no idea of the stress involved in organising a small army of cast and technicians -LSB-...]

The appealing cast gets away with dialogue and plotting that seems more appopriate for weak made - for - TV movies.

Just last year, Get Out ($ 255 million) and the aforementioned Girls Trip were two of the biggest box - office hits relative to their budgets; 2015's Straight Outta Compton made over $ 200 million thanks a strong showing overseas; and the diversely cast Fast & Furious franchise is eight movies deep and showing no signs of slowing down.

«Pulp Fiction» finally gets the Blu - ray treatment thanks to Lionsgate, and it's every bit as good as the movie deserves, with a director - approved high definition transfer that looks amazing, a 5.1 DTS - HD Lossless Audio track, and two brand new special features: a 43 - minute retrospective titled «Not the Usual Boring Getting to Know You Chit Chat» that includes interviews from several key cast members about making the movie, and a film critic roundtable («Here Are Some Facts on the Fiction») moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

It's a good thing first - time director Tom Ford — yes, the fashion designer — cast someone with the chops of Colin Firth as his leading man, because it meant that Firth could be left to carry the movie while Ford got on with what was clearly his primary intention: making the cinematic equivalent of a fashion magazine spread or a perfume commercial.

It was time for the panel to start where PGA President and discussion moderator Gary Lucchesi, Sean McKittrick (Get Out), Graham Broadbent (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water), Mark Gordon (Molly's Game), Barry Mendel (The Big Sick), Evelyn O'Neill (Lady Bird), Amy Pascal (The Post), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman), Peter Spears (Call Me By Your Name), and Emma Thomas (Dunkirk) talked about casting, and how they got their movies made.

After all, this is the cast of at least seven different movie franchises struggling for screentime; it makes sense that some will get short shrift.

Lissa's Review: If you watched the Golden Globes at all this year, you probably got pretty sick of the theme music to Angels in America, as all of the acting for a miniseries or made - for - TV movie awards got swept up by the cast of this one.

We start with Casting, where you can draw a combined total of five cards from the script and character decks, letting you get your hands on new movies to produce and the directors and actors required to make them.

Some classic characters from the original movies make an appearance, though you'll be impressed with how deep the developers have managed to get into The Force Awakens» lore to provide such a strong modern cast of characters.