Sentences with phrase «film studio executives»

Summer blockbusters don't just line the pockets of film studio executives and actors working on a percentage of the gross, it looks like they help resellers of licensed games too.

The living inductees will include autism and livestock advocate Temple Grandin, philanthropist and makeup entrepreneur Victoria Jackson, film studio executive Sherry Lansing, actress Aimee Mullins, three - star Marine Gen. Carol Mutter and chef Alice Waters.

Instead, it falls on all of Hollywood, where film studio executive boards still skew male.

Not exact matches

The trigger for the latest Redstone family feud, according to several sources, was a dispute over corporate governance issues — such as Shari's effort to more closely tie executive compensation to performance — at Viacom (viab) and CBS (cbs), a media empire that encompasses MTV, the CBS broadcast network, the Paramount film studio and the pay - TV channel Showtime.

«Filmmaking and daily operations at the CNY film hub are about to enter into a new era with the hire of studio manager Huayu Xu,» said Mike Massurin, executive director of the Syracuse International Film Festival, in a prepared statement.

It fascinates me that the tendency of Hollywood is to use the locked - in audience of a franchise like cattle to a slaughter, spiting patrons with no more than they'll merely settle for because studio executives know they'll see the film anyway.

Gilliam's vision for the film was ambitious and every bit as fantastical as his work on Brazil, but the studio opted for Chris Columbus following the director's two - hour pitch to executives.

The film begins with a superfluous and clunky prologue, the audience regarded as complete morons by bigger morons known as studio executives.

With the film's release date fast approaching and various creative choices unmade, Pixar executives decided to replace director Bob Peterson this summer, according to the studio's president, Ed Catmull.

Most films that are controlled by studio executives never turn out well.

The film will be directed by Matthew Vaughn from a story idea by executive producer Bryan Singer, and though it hasn't started filming yet, a June 2011 release is planned by the studio.

Erik Olson will executive produce the film, which Universal's EVP of production Scott Bernstein will oversee for the studio.

It would seem the film fell victim to the twin vagaries of executive shifts at the studio and failing to gather enough momentum to nab that all - important greenlight.

To meet this challenge, Women In Film and Sundance Institute have come together with over 50 Hollywood leaders and influencers, including studio heads, agency partners, senior network executives, and talent and guild representatives, to further gender parity at every level in film, TV, and media.

He began his entertainment career in marketing; he was an executive with the Walt Disney Company in the mid-90s, responsible for writing and producing campaigns for studio films.

If we can set that aside for a moment and pretend we don't have hindsight, it is still incredibly easy to understand why studios and executives were hesitant to film this series.

Beyond that, a «Fox Movietone News: Cavalcade Wins First Honors is a 1 - minute, standard - def newsreel that sees a studio executive offer public, calculated praise to the film's two lead actors and someone else.

While the film remains in development, it has not moved forward as quickly as Paramount originally envisioned, though recent movement in the studio's executive suites has complicated matters.

Prevailing rumors about the film suggest the director Josh Trank turned in a version that he liked, the studio disagreed for whatever reason, and executives decided to fix it.

Meanwhile, though it was initially reported that FilmDistrict and Executive Releasing would be distributing the Jerusha Hess film «Austenland,» THR reported yesterday that Sony Pictures is actually the studio that has obtained the worldwide distribution rights, with its indie division Sony Pictures Classics distributing the film domestically.

While it seemed that King Kong's new home — outside of Skull Island, that is — would be Universal thanks to the company's deal with Legendary, it would appear that the latter studios» executives want to keep the dream of a Kong Vs. Godzilla film alive and are now in talks with Warner Bros. to move the creature there.

What is making the headlines today is ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, you are all aware of the sexual accusation around Kevin Spacey, Ridley Scott decided to reshoot all the scenes of Spacey with another actor, Christopher Plummer who was the first choice of the director but the studio executives wanted a bigger name, Plummer should shoot his scenes in the comming weeks, it looks like they want to keep the december release date, and Michelle and Mark Whalberg are expected to do some reshoots, i don't think michelle began working on Venom yet, it's crazy but i think Ridley is right to cut out Spacey of his film.

This may be a somewhat wild guess as I am not a part of this industry myself, but I'd say we have to look into systemic unwillingness of studio heads, producers and «big shot» film executives not giving women any opportunities to direct.

Put an infinite number of studio executives in a room and sooner or later, one will green - light a truly good remake of a classic film.

Paramount Pictures today named highly regarded film marketing executive David Sameth as President of Worldwide Marketing for the film studio.

The biggest fight in Warner Bros.» «Suicide Squad» didn't take place on a film set — it was waged in the editing room at the studio between director David Ayer and the executives behind his $ 175 million super villain gamble, insiders told TheWrap.

Ever since the first film hit it big in 2008, studio executives have been snapping up young adult novels in the hope of hitting the same vein, but, aside from «The Hunger Games» the handful of attempts that have hit theaters so far, like «Beastly» and «I Am Number Four,» mostly disappeared without a trace, and not just because they starred Alex Pettyfer.

Once you get past Pixar's «Coco,» it's a weak year for major - studio animated films; that's why the Globes voters will probably give two of their nominations to smaller indie works, «The Breadwinner» (it's executive produced by Angelina Jolie!)

The 1992 film's production was marred by frequent clashes between first - time feature director David Fincher and the ever - present 20th Century Fox's studio executives on set.

Marvel Studios co-president and executive producer Louis D'Esposito says the studio is too busy with its film slate to make One - Shots at the moment.

Fox Searchlight knew «The Grand Budapest Hotel» was a great film, but studio executives never imagined it would end up a top Oscar contender.

If one were to judge the intelligence of movie studio executives by the films they release, the only reasonable conclusion would be that most are dense.

The DVD extras for this film feature a documentary where producer Michael Bay says he received phone calls from rival studio executives around Hollywood praising the trailer.

The film comes off like a studio executive brainstorming session where you shout out any idea that comes into your head.

But «nobody wants the glare of an actual premiere there,» said one executive at a studio that's holding back an anticipated summer film.

Executive Producer Simon Kinberg reveals the studio hopes to finally begin production on the Channing Tatum film early next year.

The man keeping a close eye on the studio's latest productions is Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), an executive who also acts as a «fixer» for big name stars working on the newest slate of films.

«This year, some of the studio films kind of us blew away,» said Rose Kuo, executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which oversees the festival.

Whilst their independence is admirable, perhaps major studio executives may have spotted what a disaster the film is in time to salvage it.

When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead floating in his office bathtub, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate.

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.

Mary Beltrán, professor of film and television at the University of Texas at Austin, tells The Verge that the problem lays inside film studios: «There just aren't enough Latino executives.

After showing the studio's executives one of his early films, they signed him on a 7 - year contract.

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