Sentences with phrase «film book of»

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China's ruling Communist Party recently announced it would take direct control of major broadcasters and assume regulatory power over everything from film and TV to books and news.

My colleague, Kirsten, had to sign an NDA promising she wouldn't reveal anything about Smith's character ahead of the film release in order to receive a making - of book on the film.

Among the top five films of 2016 was The Jungle Book, a remake of a 49 - year - old movie.

Though Putin was a key figure in the original book, he's been quietly cut out of the film adaptation.

(The name appears to reference the 1970s cult film Soylent Green, in which humans ate a strange food that turned out to be other humans, but Rhinehart says that in the book version, soylent was made of soya and lentils.)

Famous alumni include pop artist Andy Warhol, author Kurt Vonnegut and the Nobel Prize winner, and subject of the book and film «A Beautiful Mind, John Nash.»

Movie booking site Fandango told Variety that the film has become the biggest pre-seller in the history of the ticketing company, besting the inaugural installment of The Hunger Games.

As Disney was wrapping up production on A Wrinkle in Time, the latest film from lauded director Ava DuVernay and an adaptation of the beloved children's book, out Friday, the production team reached out to Rodeo FX to add finishing touches on a selected scene.

As has become standard for bankable intellectual property (see the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises), the book is being split into two films, the first of which, An Unexpected Journey, will arrive in time for Christmas.

It may be early in the show's run, but Colbert is already setting a precedent for booking guests beyond the traditional circle of Hollywood elite pitching their film and television projects.

According to 2009's «The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions for Everyday Use,» by Dawn Rae Downton, the actor who played Superman as an infant in the 1978 film, Lee Quigley, died at age 14 from inhalant abuse.

Analysts knew the film version of the book would do well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked in US$ 152.5 million on its opening weekend, the third - best for any movie, ever.

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

The book was a best - seller, and Harrison worked on the script for an Oscar - nominated 1994 film of the same name starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn.

From the moment it was announced, fans of the books had high expectations for the «Fifty Shades» film adaptations.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

Though Hawking's life has filled many books and a feature - length film, we've summarized some of the most memorable and notable moments in the graphical timeline below.

In his book «The Films of Steven Spielberg,» author Douglas Brode wrote that Spielberg actually performed more of a directorial role than the film's credited director Tobe Hooper («The Texas Chainsaw Massacre»).

The little vulgar newsshoprint freebie that started in Montreal back in 1994 now has more than 800 full - time employees in 34 countries making books, films, video, magazines, events and music, all funded through partnerships with some of the globe's biggest brands.

The reason he was the driving force behind the films creation and promotion was not because of the artistic merit he imparted to the work (not to say the movie and book weren't excellent), but because of the cult of personality surrounding his own personal brand.

Jeffrey Ma was a key player toward the end of the team's run, and is the basis for the lead characters in both Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House and the 2008 film adaptation, 21.

A 207 seat theatre capable of screening 16 mm and 35 mm films is available for private bookings at the Alexander Library Building.

Author and film producer Eric Schlosser, writing in his book «Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety», captures the raw power of the blast through the perspective of scientist Bernard O'Keefe:

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

Freakonomics: The Movie (available on Netflix and Hulu) is Chad Troutwine's documentary film adaptation of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives - based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.

Nearly $ 40 billion was invested in risky leveraged buyouts in the USA, including 40 % of the amount used in the buyout of RJR Nabisco, which ended in the biggest corporate scandal in the USA at the time and became the topic of the book (and the film), «Barbarians at the Gate» (Watkins, 1994).

One of the traditions during the Christmas holidays is to read Charles Dickens» famous book «A Christmas Carol,» or to watch one of the many film productions about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who turned his life around and became a generous soul on Christmas Day.

In that polemical film, based on the book he wrote of the same title, Navarro argues in racially tinged language that China is bent on global domination and is a threat to the US akin to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

MoneyWeek's film theatre and book reviews — A look at some of the best financial books on the shelves at the moment, plus film and theatre reviews.

Throughout the years, films, books, songs, games and more have told the story of the men who heroically died there defending the mission against the -LSB-...]

The Ontario Media Development Corporation offers a range of tax credits and funding programs applicable to businesses in book and magazine publishing, film and video, interactive media, and music.

I use the Wizard of Oz — that great book, that classic American film — as one of the sort of parables that helps us sort of know how to work with the enneagram.

I took this from a discussion of Jesus» bloodline that is in wikipedia - «Differing and contradictory versions of a Jesus bloodline hypothesis have been promoted by numerous books, websites and films of non-fiction and fiction in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, which have almost all been dismissed as works of pseudohistory and conspiracy theory.

Well known due to its early days being chronicled in the book and film The Cross and the Switchblade, Teen Challenge is where Nicky Cruz first found faith and broke out of his gangland lifestyle.

So that's our interest and getting the communication that comes out of that, whether it's the book or the films hopefully it's coming out of a real thing that's actually being lived and not just talking about some stuff.»

In his book and film series Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, Bishop Robert Barron tells how this unity of «rich and the poor, both the educated and the uneducated, both the housekeeper and the grande dame... kneeling side by side» impressed Dorothy Day when she was considering her conversion.

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson's adaptation of the Doctor Strange comic book has an interesting combination of elements: a starring role from Benedict Cumberbatch, one of Marvel's creepiest characters and Derrickson's penchant for bringing elements of Christianity into his films.

In this obscure indie film, two little read - comic books come together in a subtle, dialogue - heavy character study that plays out like a slow - burning portrait of good and evil in the modern world.

Obviously, it's not the first time the book has been adapted for the big - screen: At the time, the 1927 version was one of the most acclaimed films ever made.

So let's say this movie is about a woman whose life was shaped by love of her father; the making of the film Mary Poppins (as well as the writing of the book) is about her coming to terms with the truth about personal love and death and all that.

In what appears to be the series» most overtly religious movie, the new X-Men film takes cues from the book of Revelation, focusing on one of the comic's most notorious villains: Apocalypse.

E. L. James's novel Fifty Shades of Grey is now the best selling book in British history, has sold more than 100 million copies globally, and has spawned two sequels, along with an upcoming film adaptation.

Based on the best - selling book of the same name, the film tells the real - life story of Colton Burpo, a 4 - year - old boy who awakens from surgery with eye - popping tales of the great beyond.

According to reports, he's consulting the book as he prepares to play a Jesuit in a film adaptation of «Silence,» a novel about Catholic missionaries in Japan.

The book and film are part of a larger trend.

Then there's the book / film Dead Man Walking — which describes many of us spiritually.

Fans of Madeleine L'Engle's novel are wondering whether the film will do justice to the «cosmic questions» the book raises.

Following the release of Hollywood blockbuster Silence, John Dougill tells Sam Hailes about his book In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians (SPCK) which unpacks the history behind the film

Regarding the former, the conclusions drawn in his book (and the film) are not consistent with the results of the study it is based on.