Sentences with phrase «director after the first film»

Paddington 2 is a full - blown charm assault, adapted from the Michael Bond books by actor / writer Simon Farnaby and Paul King (TV's The Mighty Boosh, returning as director after the first film).

Not exact matches

Well, a former SNL director — who also happens to be lead writer of the David Spade comedy «Joe Dirt» — was behind it, and Stewart was recruited only after the first actress suffered a «nervous breakdown» right before filming.

By keeping the films inextricably linked through its core cast (Cruise, Rhames), while preserving its currency with self - contained plots and a constantly changing vision through the varying styles of its directors, the M: I gravy train remains unfettered 20 years after first exploding inside a tunnel.

Production has reportedly been a «nightmare» and, some sources reported that Universal considered pulling the film from overwhelmed first - time director Rinsch after the budget may have swelled by over $ 50 million more than the originally planned $ 170 million.

After making his name with three independent films in Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, director Jeff Nichols approaches his fourth feature with a bigger budget, making it his first studio production and allowing him to operate on a slightly more ambitious and grander scale.

Produced under the title Papi Chulo, Chasing Papi was the first feature film from director Linda Mendoza after an extensive resume of credits in television comedy.

In the world of live - action films, changing a director when a film is already in production is rare, though it happened this year on the independent western «Jane Got a Gun,» when Gavin O'Connor replaced director Lynne Ramsay after she failed to show up on the first day of shooting in New Mexico.

After winning an Oscar for his short film «Six Shooter», director Martin McDonagh's first feature length dares to combine a crime thriller with comedy and the results are surprisingly good.

After a successful outing in First Contact, Jonathan Frakes (Thunderbirds) takes the director's helm once again with a pleasant but uninvolving outing which seems more in tune with the style of the TV series than the film series, special effects notwithstanding.

First, the New York Film Critics Circle ousts long - time film reviewer Armond White after he reportedly heckled Steve McQueen, the director of «12 Years a Slave,» at an awards dinner earlier this year.

Modeled after Toshiro Mifune's towering performance in Akira Kurosawa's «High and Low» (the first of the film's many nods to Japan's most famous director), the villainous bureaucrat suggests relocating every single one of the dogs in Uni Prefecture to a place called Trash Island, starting with his own Short - Haired Oceanic Speckle - Eared Sport Hound, Spots.

After the premiere screening at Sundance of his wonderful debut feature «Kings Of Summer,» director Jordan Vogt - Roberts — responsible for the short «Successful Alcoholics» and a veteran of «Funny Or Die Presents...» — told the audience his influences for his first feature included early Amblin films like «The Goonies» with «elements of [Terrence] Malick,» and most surprisingly, «Bad Boys II.»

The Scottish director had never met Phoenix before the weeks of furiously prepping her first American film — needing to take advantage of a small summer opening in Phoenix's packed schedule, just one month after having secured financing at the Cannes Film Festival — but he more than confirmed her instincts that he would be perfect for the role.

Apprehensions about Peter Jackson's first instalment of The Hobbit films — a trilogy stemming from JRR Tolkien's iconic novel, and the writer / director's second stint in Middle Earth after The Lord of the Rings — are swiftly cast aside in The Desolation of Smaug, endless exposition gratefully replaced by rollicking action.

This would make Yan the second female director DC has hired, after Patty Jenkins, and it would also make her the first Asian female director to take on a superhero film.

Pirates of the Caribbean is the first film ever released under the Walt Disney Pictures brand to receive higher than a PG rating (the film is rated PG - 13), and the team assembled to make the film is a virtual Who's who of hot properties: Director Gore Verbinski had a huge hit last year with the spook fest The Ring, Writers Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott were the writing team behind Shrek, Actor Johnny Depp is so extremely selective in his roles no one would ever imagine he'd do a Disney film, Orlando Bloom is fresh off the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Geoffrey Rush has at least one Academy Award under his belt, and Keira Knightley has become a hot property after her performance in the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham.

I admit I really didn't enjoy this one upon a first viewing, but after watching the director's cut of the film, which is far superior, I really got into this one.

Only the third film that the acclaimed actor has made as a director (after 2002's Antwone Fisher and his last, 2007's The Great Debaters), Washington certainly had familiarity with August Wilson's beloved Pulitzer Prize - winning material when he decided to bring it to the big screen; the actor won a Tony Award of his own for starring in the 2010 revival of the production, to go along with the play's Tony for Best Revival (and the many that it won during its first run on stage in 1987).

Director Michael Apted is handed the reins to guide Dawn Treader into murky waters, replacing Peter Jackson protege Andrew Adamson, who directed the first two films — and Apted definitely brings a fresher take on the subject matter, especially after Prince Caspian, a LOTR: The Two Towers imitation.

Now after 13 long years away see's director «Robert Zemeckis» return to the physical world for his first live - action film since 2000's Cast Away, so as you can imagine excitement and expectations are at an all time high.

Garland's science - fiction chamber piece — his first film as director, and fifth as screenwriter, after 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and Dredd — starts from the premise that no one knows us better than our internet browsers, then turns that queasy intimacy inside out.

After being away for ten years, director Jonathan Glazer returns with his first film since 2004's Birth, his followup to debut Sexy Beast in 2000.

In concert, the film burrows in ever tighter, dramatically reflecting Dickinson's journey into shadows, a progression that feels especially perturbing after Davies's atypically breezy first half, which offers a rare showcase for the trademark wit («Going to church is like going to Boston; you only enjoy it after you've gone home») the writer - director usually flashes only behind the camera.

The sources for Collider stated that Vaughn is Warner Brothers first choice at director which is good news because the last time they mentioned their top director for their superhero film, it was Matt Reeves for Batman, and they ended up signing him after a few shouting matches.

After all, he's a certified director now after being at the helm of his first feature film, The Hollars, a family drama that we loved at Sundance and is coming to limited theaters starting this weeAfter all, he's a certified director now after being at the helm of his first feature film, The Hollars, a family drama that we loved at Sundance and is coming to limited theaters starting this weeafter being at the helm of his first feature film, The Hollars, a family drama that we loved at Sundance and is coming to limited theaters starting this weekend.

A couple of hours after announcing that Terrence Malick's long - awaited Knight Of Cups will premiere at next month's Berlin Film Festival, FilmNation Entertainment has released the first trailer for the film, which showcases the reclusive director's unparalleled talent for getting actors to jump around, then stand really close to each other without making eye contact.

His first film as writer - director was 1990's «Joe Versus the Volcano,» starring Tom Hanks as an ex-firefighter who goes on a picaresque journey after a scary medical diagnosis, and Meg Ryan as three different women he meets along the way.

Two separate commentary tracks, the first and best with director Ben Wheatley and co-writer Amy Jump and the second with actors Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, and Michael Smiley, bring some of the film's more obscure passages into better focus, while a slew of formal interviews with the filmmakers, actors, and producers help illuminate the extent of the work that went into developing the project (Wheatley, for his part, comes across as surprisingly earnest and well - intentioned, which isn't quite what one expects after watching his film).

The first official image has arrived online from Life on the Road, the upcoming feature film from writer - director Ricky Gervais, which sees him reprising his role as David Brent from The Office... Set some 15 years after The Office, Life on the Road sees David Brent delving into his pension to head out on tour -LSB-...]

It's the only time the film stops in tracks to provide a showcase for the ability of one of its characters, but the sequence is so cleverly choreographed by director Bryan Singer (who returns to the franchise after directing its first two installments) that we hardly notice.

After the grandeur of «The Wrath of Khan,» director Leonard Nimoy's first Trek feature feels cheap, even though it is the first «Star Trek» film to destroy the Enterprise.

When underground director Ryuhei Kitamura announced that he'd be making Azumi, his first film inside the Japanese studio system after a successful run of independent films (Versus, Aragami), fans may have had just cause to...

A couple of hours after announcing that Terrence Malick's long - awaited Knight Of Cups will premiere at next month's Berlin Film Festival, FilmNation Entertainment has released the first trailer for the film, which showcases the reclusive director's unparalleled talent for getting actors to jump around, then stand...

Directed by Ron Howard, who stepped in after the original directors, Chris Miller and Phil Lord, were fired midway through production, the film is a cross between a heist movie and a space western, chronicling Solo's first encounters with his Wookiee sidekick, Chewbacca, the Millennium Falcon and his stalwart frenemy, the smooth - talking gambler Lando Calrissian, who was introduced in 1980's «The Empire Strikes Back» by Billy Dee Williams and who is played in «Solo» by actor - writer - musician Donald Glover.

First up was Ant - Man, and he brought out Peyton Reed, the film's new director (after Edgar Wright's drama - filled exit).

Through an arduous process of development — first with original «Deadpool» helmer Tim Miller and then, after he left the project due to creative differences, director David Leitch («John Wick»)-- the film's storyline went through various radically different iterations.

Vera Farmiga's upcoming movie, «The Commuter «marks her second film with director Jaume Collet - Serra after «Orphan «and her first opposite Liam Neeson.

As the AV Club reports, «Moonlight» director Barry Jenkins was one of the first to receive a doll after seeing the film at a recent midnight screening.

It opens with Michael Fassbender and Penelope Cruz in bed together after what is supposed to be a marathon lovemaking session, but director Ridley Scott films the first part of this scene so that they are totally covered by white sheets, as if they were mummies.

Gifted is an original drama from sporadic screenwriter Tom Flynn (picking up his first credit in 15 years) and (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb, who returns to indies after helming the two Andrew Garfield Spider - Man films.

We were seeing the talented Chilean director's new film, his first in the English language, for the first time after we acquired it earlier this year for the Curzon 2018 slate.

Veteran director Daihachi Yoshida, whose offbeat drama «The Scythian Lamb» also screened in competition, later emailed his congratulations to first - time feature director Ueda, adding that he had walked home alone after the «One Cut» screening «feeling envious of your success» and «determined to make a film Udine audiences will like.»

After flirting with type one in the first «Amazing Spider - Man» director Marc Webb has pulled a near 180 to aim at type two for the sequel, causing his film to bounce and bob like an improperly secured passenger.

His first two Potter films (Order of the Phoenix and Half - Blood Prince) became the highest - grossing entries in the series after the first instalment, which was later surpassed by Yates» Deathly Hallows, making him the most commercially successful British director in recent years.

Any new Paul Thomas Anderson film is guaranteed to create excitement, but «Phantom Thread» has generated more buzz than usual for two reasons: The drama marks a reunion between Anderson and Daniel Day - Lewis ten years after «There Will Be Blood» and the movie finds the director serving as his own cinematographer on a feature film for the first time.

Scott, who's coordinated but also done stunts himself on films like American Beauty and The Shawshank Redemption, got the Community job after running into former collaborators — Community director Adam Davidson and first assistant director Bob Roe — while working on the Paramount studio lot.

With film leads Wes Bentley and Jason Isaacs on hand to support him, first time director Saar Klein happily introduced his film After the Fall Saturday night, immediately telling the audience he wanted them to feel they could laugh, even if it seemed uncomfortable.

At the time, all we knew was that it would pick up shortly after the events of the first film and the series would be executive produced by Kim Possible creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley along with another Kim Possible vet, Nicholas Filippi, who'll serve as supervising director.

This first feature film from director and co-writer Jeremy Garelick has an interesting premise... a much better premise than HITCH... and benefits from an on screen connection between Hart and Josh Gad, despite scene after scene taking the cheap laugh rather than the smart one.

The Jay Scott Award for best feature film (honour named after the late Toronto Globe and Mail film critic) went to «The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada» by first - time director, Tommy Lee Jones.