If
the early buzz on «Black Panther» ends up mirroring the reviews, then Marvel is bound to have one of its biggest critical hits with the Ryan Coogler - directed superhero movie.
To The Wonder Director / Country / Time: Terrence Malick, USA, 112 min Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams Program: Special Presentations Headline: The newer world Noel's Take: A lot of
the early buzz on Terrence Malick's To The Wonder has pegged it as a rushed, threadbare follow - up to his crazily ambitious The Tree Of Life, which isn't really accurate.
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Writer / Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Jaeden Lieberher, Joel Edgerton, Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Sam Shepard, Paul Sparks
The early buzz on this film was that it was getting compared to such Spielberg classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind or E.T..
We've heard a bit of positive
early buzz on the film and seen a couple of photos, but this is the best look we've had so far.
• David Poland takes stock 22 weeks out, and somehow thinks
early buzz on Sean Penn's «Milk» performance is «soft.»
The Toronto International Film Festival is known as the unofficial start of Oscar season, and
early buzz on a film can make or break how a studio positions it over the coming months.
Even though
the early buzz on Fantastic Four may be good, 20th Century Fox isn't resting when it comes to pushing the movie on general audiences.
Check it out, and get
the early buzz on Nichols» movie, below.
It doesn't sound like much on paper, but
the early buzz on this heartwarming series is very strong, including some «Gilmore Girls» comparisons and descriptors like charming and poignant.
Not exact matches
And if Netflix were to make streaming - only movies that generate blockbuster - style
buzz and audience interest, more studios might consider taking a chance
on earlier streaming of their own movies.
Earlier this week, we wrote about a weighted blanket generating a lot of
buzz (and money)
on the crowdfunding platform.
Last year, a number of stores, including Walmart, Macy's, Target and Toys «R» Us, caused a
buzz by opening
earlier on Thanksgiving Thursday than ever before.
Having just attended the Angel Capital Association's Annual Summit in Washington the
buzz is, Canada is further advanced than the USA
on it's initiatives for capital formation for seed and
early stage companies siteing such programs as Start - Up Visa, FEDDEV's IBI program and Province of Ontario's ANP (Angel Network Program) as examples.
Any doubts of whether the 34 - year - old was ready to handle directing solo — a role that often comes much later in the film industry — have been silenced by
early buzz around the film mixed with Lady Bird's current score of 100 percent
on Rotten Tomatoes.
The latest
buzz has the San Francisco 49ers interested in trading up from No. 31 to the No. 13 or No. 14 pick in the first round, as it was reported
early on Monday.
A message
on its website said it resumed a day
earlier because of the hysteria and
buzz by authorites and the media.
With the
buzz surrounding Mr. Jeffries's aspirations approaching a fever pitch, the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the mayor's most influential supporters, offered the congressman some sober advice in a huddle
earlier this summer,
on the sidelines of a rally for Mr. Sharpton's National Action Network.
Now he writes for Politico, and his piece
on Governor Cuomo
earlier this week picked up a lot of
buzz.
A video of one of these ambushes was a big hit with scientists attending the Third International Symposium
on the Ocean in a High - CO2 World in Monterey, California,
earlier this week, sparking laughs and a bit of
buzz.
(Enough so that Oprah wanted to know what all the
buzz was about, featuring Ms. Bernstein
on a panel of next generation of miracle workers
on OWN
earlier this year.)
Here are our key learnings from the creative process that brought online dating site Loveflutter to life
earlier this year and helped generate the industry
buzz seen
on both sides of the Atlantic.
The film has gotten some decent
buzz on the festival circuit, though it'll likelier to please retro lovers than the mainstream masses when it hits in
early October.
Flash forward to 2015 and we have the documentary The Man in the Machine (available now
on VOD and in select theaters) and also Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin «s forthcoming biopic Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender, which has gotten a lot of positive
early buzz.
We've heard some
early buzz from test screenings, including the following notes which was posted
on IMDB forums:
Usually the victory laps that play out
on the stage of the Academy Awards are kicked into motion as
early as a year prior to the ceremony, when a film, say, premieres at a festival and the media's whipped - up
buzz incentivizes a studio to get to work
on an awards campaign.
For fans of superhero cinema, that's amazing news, given that
on the strength of «Cop Car's»
early buzz and his previous film «Clown,» Watts landed the coveted job directing the next Spider - Man movie, co-produced by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures.
This has been
on my must - see list ever since it was announced, and that excitement has only grown with each new reveal, from the casting of Chris Pratt in the lead role, to landing Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper to voice the movie's CGI characters, to the strong
buzz emerging from
early screenings that have pegged it as one of the studio's best films to date.
Surprise: Laura Dern's performance in «Wild» generated some Oscar
buzz very
early on, but when she didn't get nominated by the Golden Globes or Screen Actors Guild, her Oscar chances appeared to be shot.
Of course, based
on the
early buzz, it seems to have paid off, because even if the film doesn't dominate in the major award categories, it's sure to land a few technical awards for the stunning visuals and incredible animal effects.
The sophomore film from Damien Chazelle, whose forthcoming ode to the Hollywood studio musical La La Land is already the
early -
buzz frontrunner for 2017's Oscar race, Whiplash comes after 2009's jazz - infused micro budget musical Guy and Madeline
on a Park Bench, and doubles as a courageous confessional, of sorts.
I saw Something Wild
on its opening weekend in a vast, empty theater in Westwood (I waited an hour in line to see Blue Velvet at a packed theater nearby
earlier that fall) and after it was over, the screenwriter I was with and I looked at each other elated and
buzzed yet in shared disbelief that this movie was clearly not going to be a smash.
The franchise now sits at the amount of 48 million copies globally, which means it can reach quite easily the milestone of 50 million units when it releases
on PC this fall, or even
earlier if the
buzz keeps working as it's done until now.
Worst - case scenario: Much of the
early buzz surrounding The Hateful Eight focuses
on its cinematography, and with the extensive re-writes that have occurred since the first draft of the script leaked online last year, The Hateful Eight could end up as an unfocused example of style over substance.
The movie, based
on the gender reassignment of artist Einar Wegener in the
early 1900s, is already generating Oscar
buzz.
On the other hand,
buzz is all about perception, and perception is what is often shaped in the
early stage of the Oscar race.
Rooney has her classic «aloof» resting face
on, while Emma seems to be soaking up her Best Actress frontrunner
buzz that Lainey wrote about
earlier.
Early buzz from those screenings is that the second Deadpool succeeds in being more ambitious while doubling down
on the original movie's fan service and R - rated violence, courtesy of director David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde).
And if the Steve Jobs
early buzz from reviews and reactions following the film are any indicator, this team of talent has delivered an intense, powerful, home run of a biopic that finally paints a portrait of Steve Jobs that's worth hanging
on the wall.
A surprise screening of Steven Spielberg's «Lincoln» at the 50th New York Film Festival
on Monday has helped to build
early buzz for the ostensibly award - friendly biopic.
But securing a spot in the competition — and providing an
early screener to critics — helped build
buzz,, and the thriller about the Border Patrol went
on to win the audience award — which means festival attendees thought it to be the best of the bunch.
I had the chance to speak one -
on - one with Beau Knapp
on Tuesday, about the moody, low - budget sci - fi flick The Signal, which worked up a
buzz at the Sundance Film Festival
earlier this year and hits theaters
on June 13 from Focus Features.
Early buzz has already pegged Shameik Moore as a star in the making, while it's great to see Tony Revolori continuing to build
on his breakthrough performance in Wes Anderson's «The Grand Budapest Hotel.»
The
early buzz: The PlayStation 4 version of the game is currently holding down a 77 out of 100 average
on Metacritic, while the PC version sits at 83.
Perhaps the most crucial moment in the thrilling, Oscar -
buzzed, and almost universally acclaimed new movie Whiplash comes
early on, when the drill sergeant - like conductor Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) asks his driven young student Andrew (Miles Teller) to play the Hank Levy composition that gives the movie its title.
Earlier in the fest, TWC picked up Sarah's Key and Dirty Girl, but I haven't heard much
buzz on those.
And the
buzz started to build in the geek community as basically everyone
on earth saw an
early screening but me.
To kick off Comic - Con 2012 with some great
buzz on preview night, Lionsgate held an
early preview screening of Dredd 3D, the brand new remake / re-adaptation of the 2000 AD comic Judge Dredd.
Director James Marsh's first narrative feature, «Shadow Dancer,» may not have received the same attention as his documentaries («Man
on Wire» and «Project Nim»), but his follow - up is guaranteed to be in the awards mix thanks to some
early buzz following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Earlier rumors suggested the delay was due to Disney waiting for the hype of The Last Jedi to wear off, but considering we live in an age where studios are promoting films several installments down the line (Disney's already releasing trailers for the Marvel films to come after Black Panther, which doesn't open until later this week), many fans believed Solo should have been capitalizing
on the critical and financial success of Rian Johnson's movie in order to increase its own
buzz.
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