Sentences with phrase «entertainment studios as»

Previously, Apple has experimented with unscripted original series, including James Corden's Carpool Karaoke and the reality show Planet of the Apps, though the company is clearly looking to quickly expand its original programming offerings as it enters a market already stacked with competition from traditional entertainment studios as well as growing streaming players like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu.

You can hack terminals and find hidden messages scattered around the Abstergo Entertainment studio as you slowly become tangled within a corporate espionage plot.

Not exact matches

Praising the movie industry as «one of America's economic engines,» Mr Obama told studio chiefs: «Entertainment is one of the bright spots of our economy.

These studios controlled the financial and technical resources necessary to create content and, as a result, had enormous leverage over distributors: the movie theaters, television channels, video sellers, and other middlemen who delivered entertainment to consumers.

«From the start we had a bigger vision of disrupting the digital and media industries,» says CEO Rory Armes, better known as the founder Radical Entertainment, for many years the No. 2 video game studio in Vancouver behind Electronic Arts (it was sold to Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2005 and reduced to a software support office in 2012).

After the acquisition, DreamWorks Animation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movie studio.

His company, Magic Johnson Enterprises, has a reported net worth of $ 700 million based on the success of subsidiaries such as Magic Johnson Productions, a promotional company; Magic Johnson Theaters, a nationwide chain of movie theaters; and Magic Johnson Entertainment, a movie studio.

In February, Amy Pascal, the longtime head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, lost her job as chairman of the movie studio after a hacking attack late last year, which the U.S. government blamed on North Korea, led to the disclosure of a series of embarrassing emails.

Across the Nordic region, Discovery owns and operates SBS Discovery Media, a top - three portfolio of 20 television brands that feature leading nonfiction content, as well as locally produced entertainment programs, sports and the best scripted series and movies from major studios.

«New York is home to world - class entertainment talent and opportunities, and this historic commitment from Disney and Marvel Television studios underscores our position as the film and television capital of the world,» Cuomo said.

Many of the main entertainment companies have their own in - house robotics engineering teams — Disney, for instance, has its Imagineering Studio — but other studios, such as Universal, contract out their robotics needs.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staAs schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staas a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staas well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staas ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

As on Young Adult, there is the entertainment value of a diverting studio film but also the pathos of a dark, offbeat indie.

• This article was amended on 29 May 2014 to correct a reference to Marvel Entertainment, from Marvel studios as the original said.

Paramount Pictures Chairman & CEO Brad Grey had a lot to grin about, as he summed up his studio's success most eloquently in a press release from Paramount: «We produce pictures that aspire to entertain audiences around the world, while at the same time we have sought to find innovative ways to reach movie - goers in this changing entertainment environment,» he stated.

The entertainment industry is changing, and while Netflix has been applauded as a disruptor in the television industry, it's taken longer for the streaming platform to be appreciated as a film studio.

As the major studios have increasingly focused on predictable mass entertainment formulas, quality and imagination have migrated to what could be called Sundance films: Lower budget, innovative projects fueled by the love of their makers, and sometimes by the determination of actors trying to break out of assembly - line fodder.

Summit Entertainment is making a rise to the top of my favorite studio list as they've been pushing various genre pics...

Chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden congratulated the studio via Twitter, as well as Guerrilla Games.

TELL ME A STORY Ordered straight to series STUDIO: Kapital Entertainment TEAM: Kevin Williamson (w, ep,) Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Liz Friedlander (d, ep) LOGLINE: Reimagines the world's most beloved fairy tales and as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman Tom Rothman assured theater owners Monday that his studio is dedicated to appealing to a range of audiences — from global franchises such as «Spider - Man» and «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» series to family films, action pics, comedies and even Quentin Tarantino's Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt film «Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.»

IN THE SPOTLIGHT STUDIO: Kalen Productions / Nigel Lythgoe Productions / Collins Avenue Entertainment TEAM: Nigel Lythgoe (ep), Jennifer Bresnan (ep), Jeff Collins (ep), Michael Hammond (ep) LOGLINE: 12 contestants on a dark circular stage with a moving spotlight take turns ingsing as the spotlight shines on each of them for 15 - 20 seconds.

Through her LuckyChap Entertainment production company, Robbie is creating and selling many projects to major studios such as Warner Brothers.

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.»

Gerstel, then new to her beat at the Detroit Free Press, filed an early report on poor audience response to Steven Spielberg's Hook («Hook Sinks») and received a stern lesson in studio politics: she was dropped from Columbia - TriStar's and Amblin Entertainment's press lists and (because «loose cannons» are considered a communal problem) soon found herself barred from Warner Bros. and Universal functions as well.

So many animated films aspire to nothing more than being wide entertainment in the here and now, especially with the medium's boom this decade as all studios realize they can deliver sleek CGI.

Major entertainment events are often seen as the go - to place for studios to debut TV spots for films that are still several months out from seeing release.

Eerie Adventures Abound as tarsier studio's nightmarish game Invites — Nintendo Switch Players into The Maw Leading interactive entertainment media...

One such fringe production is Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer, a film released straight to DVD today as a Walmart exclusive by small indie studio ARC Entertainment.

The writer / director has partnered up with A24 (possibly the most reliable studio working in the entertainment industry today) to release the film - and that, in combination with a reportedly stunning performance by Ronan as the film's lead, has helped the film to emerge as one of the more promising, wild card end - of - year awards contenders.

Fast forward to Little Miss Sunshine, which played last year to a festival audience that now numbers 50,000, including «industry» denizens from studio - indie divisions, giant stand - alone indies such as Lionsgate, and a scattering of valiant unaffiliated independent companies, plus assorted lawyers, agents, producers, pr people, journalists and gossip - peddlers, fashionistas and bottom - feeders — every one of them attuned to the synergy among movies, TV, and the Web (it's all entertainment) and how that synergy serves the bottom line.

While one can't in good faith celebrate Mr. Popper's Penguins as meeting any definition of high quality entertainment, it shouldn't be dismissed as harshly as the many feebler family comedies that have always held significance to studio business.

Which makes you a full - service entertainment company, and as you say, the first African - American owned indie studio?

In fact, the only performances even worth noting are Fred Willard (donning a faux - hawk) and Jane Lynch (nailing every pose and stare), who are pitch - perfect as a pair of hosts on an entertainment news show, and Ricky Gervais in a small cameo as a studio exec.

«zuuka's partnership with CFP & Founders Investments earlier this year allowed us to expand our in - house studio in order to react to the extreme demand for our award - winning digital children's storybooks as well as launch our iTalk entertainment app label,» said Graham Farrar, founder of zuuka.

We have also assisted many clients with locating suitable literary agents, as well as entertainment industry TV and theatrical motion picture agents to attorneys who can negotiate a studio and / or network contract for them.

The new five - star Courtyard by Marriott Bali Seminyak is strategically located in the heart of the famous dining, shopping and entertainment scenes in Seminyak.Each of the hotelâ $ ™ s 264 designer guestrooms, 24 suites and extravagant two - bedroom apartments, feature complete room amenities, rain shower and an outdoor balcony overlooking bustling Seminyak or the hotel breathtaking lagoon swimming pool.Guests will receive complimentary Wi - Fi, access to its 24 - hour fitness center, yoga studio and its very own Zanti Retreat complete with couple treatment rooms, as well as the Kids Club for the kids.

Firewatch is the first game from Campo Santo, a studio founded by Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman, the creative leads from Telltale Games» award - winning The Walking Dead, as well as Nels Anderson of Klei Entertainment's Mark of the Ninja and graphic designer Olly Moss of these awesome gaming prints.

He later ended up as an artist on Sabrina the Teenage Witch: A Twitch in Time by Asylum Entertainment, followed by his first job as a lead designer on a canceled prehistoric action - adventure game at Lionhead studios.

As you've just read above, Karpyshyn will now be working with Fogbank Entertainment, a newly formed studio based in San Francisco, California and founded by FoxNext Games (which recently made the news for the upcoming Alien game in development at Cold Iron Studios).

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Kojima Productions, a newly formed studio by the acclaimed game designer Hideo Kojima, to develop its first software title as a console exclusive to the PlayStation 4.

Executives from both MTV Games and Bruckheimer's gaming studio will work together on all phases of development - from concept to platform - as well as on the production, distribution deals and marketing elements, with the potential that some of the game concepts could migrate to other entertainment media including film and TV.

Kevin has secured partnerships with leading game platforms, as well as with Hollywood studio giants such as Disney, Lionsgate, MGM, NBC Universal, Paramount and Warner Brothers for games based on some of the world's most beloved entertainment franchises.

Bad news for the Sony Online Entertainment family as they've decided to close some of their studios confirms George Broussard, co-founder of 3D Realms.

Microsoft will be partnering with Relic Entertainment to bring Age of Empires IV exclusively to Windows 10; luckily Relic is no stranger to RTS games as the studio is mostly know for their Warhammer and Company of Heroes series.

John joined Relic Entertainment as the first producer of a single - team studio, and spent seven years helping grow the company into a successful triple A studio.

In a livestream, the company revealed the game and confirmed it's being developed by the same primary studios as the first entry, including Massive Entertainment, Red Storm, and Ubisoft Reflections.

«His addition to our leadership team will impact our global business in innumerable ways, as he aligns our studio development and growing portfolio of entertainment experiences in Europe to drive our continued growth worldwide.»

There are signs of life from Respawn Entertainment, the studio founded by ousted Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella, as the developer's web site has gone live, including two teasers that will tell you next to nothing about its still unannounced game.

Given that equates to roughly two - hundred - and - ten - million people, that's a huge chunk of the potential gaming market to alienate, especially in a day and age where this genre of entertainment is more popular than ever, and studios are becoming increasingly keen to get as many less hardcore players hooked as possible.