Sentences with phrase «film for years and years»

Wright had been developing an Ant - Man film for years and years, predating even Iron Man, only to be summarily dropped from the film early last year mid-production due to the infamous Creative Differences that seem to show up with disconcerting regularity (see also: Whedon, Joss and Jenkins, Patty).

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

The Wall Street Journal report said that while the agreement includes the potential for multiple Mario - themed movies, only one film is planned, and it won't debut for several years.

When legendary film director Martin Scorsese expressed interest in executive producing Verdi and Kraft's biopic about world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, called Bleed for This, Verdi was out of town, but sent the then 22 - year - old Kraft to Scorsese's house to take the meeting.

That figure drops by about 50 % in a non-movie year, Hasbro said, underscoring just how important film and television content can be to drive sales for toys.

This year, the studios are poised to release several films that should boost sales and profits for Hasbro, Mattel (MAT), Lego, and their smaller competitors.

Over the years, it has created standards for food safety, film sensitivity and much more.

And cutting its plan to four films per month will probably make new customer acquisition a lot harder for MoviePass, which has grown massively since dropping its price last year.

Cast Martin Short as the Canadian ambassador, Molly Parker as his tart - tongued aide and Christopher Plummer as the entire nation of Iceland — you've got the opening - night film for next year's Toronto International Film Festival.

's release a year ago, 30 - year - old Lamar curated, produced and co-wrote the soundtrack for the Marvel Studios film Black Panther.

Murphy's business, which provides accounting services for creative businesses, such as architecture and film production companies, has been around for 11 years.

12 years after «Barbershop 2: Back in Business,» Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer reunited for a third film in the series but not even Nicki Minaj's presence could help the sequel.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

None of the upcoming movies listed over the next two years will have women behind the director's chair and, as Casey Cipriani and Melissa Silverstein of IndieWire have noted, no woman has directed a live - action film for the studio since 2010.

For years he held private screenings of the movie (it's also been shown at a few film festivals), and there was even a moment when he and Stern thought of remaking it with Hopper directing once more and a younger actor in the lead.

For over a year, the «Fast and Furious» social media pages (YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) have all shared news, videos, and behind - the - scenes photos for the forthcoming seventh film and have taken looks back at the previous installmenFor over a year, the «Fast and Furious» social media pages (YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) have all shared news, videos, and behind - the - scenes photos for the forthcoming seventh film and have taken looks back at the previous installmenfor the forthcoming seventh film and have taken looks back at the previous installments.

After praising the DreamWorks brand, he said the main goal was the company's «deep library of intellectual property,» which would help NBCUniversal «grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come.»

«(Cannes) wants to reiterate its support to the traditional mode of exhibition of cinema in France and in the world,» it continued, adding that from next year its rules would explicitly state any film entered for competition would have to «commit itself to being distributed in French movie theatres».

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

Though the Best Actor category is often brutally crowded, Spall is likely one of the year's first legitimate Oscar contenders - and, the actor admitted at the same lunch, he's also a candidate for an unlikelier honor if the film catches on after Sony Pictures Classics releases it in December.

The 40 - year - old entertainer said in a court filing late Tuesday that the stacks of cash in the photos are actually prop money, which is specially made for the studio lighting used in filming music videos and photo shoots.

It's proving to be an exceptionally busy day for the 40 - year - old: He's already attended four fashion shows; later, he'll give a talk at NYU's Stern School of Business, and attend another show and a swanky after - party, all while a film crew from New York magazine buzzes around him for an online video piece.

Still, while Guardians of the Galaxy has vaulted past its summer of 2014 competition, the movie is still barely inside the top 20 grossing Disney films of all - time and it entered Labor Day weekend slightly behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the company's (and the industry's) best - performing film of the year.

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

Netflix has expanded in recent years becoming not only a streaming service for television and film, but also a developer of new movies and TV shows.

It is a wintry December day in Montreal, and a film crew in tattoos and toques is waiting patiently for a three - year - old tropical parrot named Isa to fly.

DreamWorks will help us grow our film, television, theme parks, and consumer products businesses for years to come.»

For several years, the MPAA has tracked what it calls the «piracy - free window,» the time elapsed between a film's release and the first appearance of illegal copies.

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.

For example, earlier this year organizers of the South by Southwest music, film and technology conference used Telemetry to monitor foot traffic and see in real time where bodies were aggregating and which venues were most popular.

Musk and Riley were together for a year after they remarried, but they have lived apart the past five months while Riley wrote and directed her first feature film, «Scottish Mussel,» in the United Kingdom.

But of course, at the end, that film could go on and make money for the next 20 years [through streaming] and we'll never see a statement.

For years he'd been dreaming up publicity stunts — such as offering Amanda Knox a large sum to appear in an adult film — and then enticing the likes of Gawker or TMZ to treat that stunt offer like news.

It's all about the unpredictable at the MTV Movie Awards, hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and action star Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, where fans vote for their favorite films and performances from the year.

I had just completed a previous film which I'd filmed in Afghanistan for two - and - a half years and I was interested in going back to a female story.

AFTER eighteen years of writing, producing, directing and filming more than 5,000 commercials for Channel 7, Ron Reddingius has formed his own production company, Dingo Is Talent.

The president and CEO of Cineplex Entertainment has been in the film business for more than 25 years.

There Will Be No Stay, a documentary film released last year, profiles two former majors in South Carolina's department of corrections Swat team who sued the state for allegedly pressuring them into assisting in multiple executions with minimal training and no counselling (the case was eventually dismissed by a judge).

The partnership will officially launch at the 5th Annual ARRAY Soiree at this year's Sundance Film Festival where DuVernay and Indiegogo co-founder, Danae Ringlemann, will host 50 industry influencers, executives and creatives for a discussion on the present state of diversity in film as well as brainstorming ideas for the future.

Cruise will star in and produce films for the revamped company, which plans to deliver about four movies a year to start.

Under the terms of the agreement, said to be worth $ 1 billion to Disney, McDonald's paid $ 100 million in royalties and conducted 11 promotions a year for Disney films, videos and TV shows, with seven aimed specifically toward the young Happy Meal consumers.

Citizens United lost a suit that year against the Federal Election Commission, and scuttled plans to show the film on a cable video - on - demand service and to broadcast television advertisements for it.

«After two years of developing global interest in B.C.'s LNG potential, this year's budget has selected four or five other key industries for strategic investment and growth — from the film industry to mining, aerospace, and a Maritime Centre of Excellence.»

The 71 - year - old later came to the gift lounge sponsored by her adult film company, Wicked Pictures; there, they posed for pictures and he invited her out to dinner.

The most recent film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, grossed $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the second - highest grossing film of the year.

Already the media industry is turning fast to streaming as a way to combat cord - cutting trends and find additional revenues - Disney (DIS) launched ESPN + earlier this month, and plans to follow up with a streaming service for its feature films sometime in the coming year.

The film's merchandise lifted last year's U.S. retail toy sales and contributed to a strong quarter for Disney, which also saw steady growth from its television and cable networks including ABC and ESPN.

Though she's appeared in some mainstream shows and movies (like The 40 - Year - Old Virgin), the blonde bombshell is obviously best known for her adult film career and accomplishments, though she'll probably be best remembered for her affair with Trump.

Miramax has secured a $ 300 million multi-bank revolving loan that will fund film and TV productions for the next five years, the company announced Thursday.

The 39 - year - old native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who started as a nightclub stripper there at 17, has appeared in more than 250 X-rated films, beginning in 2000; was signed as an exclusive with major porn studio Wicked Pictures in 2002 (she's still a contract player for them); and has been inducted into multiple industry halls of fame, including the one run by leading industry trade publication Adult Video News.