Sentences with phrase «film studios around»

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On a visit to the DreamWorks studio, which produced animated films such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, Mr Obama said Hollywood was a «bright spot» in the US economy and that movies such as Star Wars were a tool for American diplomacy around the world.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Around this time, business magnate Marcus Loew and film producer Samuel Goldwyn merged companies to form Metro - Goldwyn film studios for which Mayer was asked to head.

While there's no definitive plans to remake those three films, studio CEO Jim Robinson has confirmed that all three are being toyed around with for active development.

Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, MTV and film studio Paramount, has been struggling to turn around its declining ratings and ad revenue.

Redstone's truculence is reminiscent of her father Sumner, who built his media empire around Viacom cable networks MTV and Nickelodeon, later adding CBS and Paramount film studios.

AIM Studios is the TV production unit of Warren Miller Entertainment, the original outdoor production company, and is equally adept at filming in our state - of - the - art green - screen studio and in extreme environments around the globe.

But even at a scant 90 minutes, the film manages to cover a lot of ground, hopping around from interviews to live footage, the highlights of which are a live studio take of «Higgs Bossom Blues,» a 9 minute epic whose slithering slow build plays out uninterrupted and the finale, a blistering live performance of «Jubilee Street» featuring a string section and children's choir, intercut with scenes of Cave onstage over the years.

I'm not exactly sure why Sony would want to remind moviegoers about the original «Spider - Man» trilogy when the studio is only weeks away from rebooting the lucrative superhero franchise, but if you never got around to buying the films on Blu - ray, it's as good a time as any to get them now.

While it's highly unlikely that The Emperor's New Groove will ever be ranked among Disney classics such as The Lion King and Bambi, there's no denying that the film is one of the studio's more enjoyable (if entirely forgettable) efforts to come around in a while.

For the first time in over a decade, all the major film studios including Paramount, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Disney (and their partners at DreamWorks, Marvel Entertainment and Pixar) and Universal were represented at CinemaCon 2012, the annual convention of NATO (National Association of Theater Owners) that is the largest and most important gathering of cinema owners and operators from around the world.

Variety broke the news late yesterday about Brolin's casting the film, which revolves around a Hollywood fixer in the 1950s working to keep a studio's stars in line.

Look, we get it: internet movie trailer culture is a problem for big film studios, since they'd presumably like to maintain at least a little bit of mystery around their high - profile films.

But while Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has already expressed interest in doing a comedic film centered around Black Widow, the studio should probably opt to make the movie a, pre serious espionage thriller, and it already has the perfect directorial team in Joe and Anthony Russo.

Only around twenty films (among them Showgirls, Orgazmo, Bad Lieutenant, and David Cronenberg's Crash) have ever tried to make a go of that extreme MPAA designation feared by studios and theaters alike.

films to get there, but in 2019 we will finally see a female - fronted superhero pic from the foremost superhero movie studio around.

With Black Panther right around the corner and already looking at a massive box office, now seems like the perfect time for Marvel to firmly commit to the Black Widow film the studio has been teasing for years.

For Levinson, who shot the film on the cheap in and around his own Connecticut home, it's a chance to free himself from the shackles of studio hack work.

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.

The screenwriter bought the film options for the book around the time it first came out, but it was a pass from most major studios.

The great video label Milestone has produced a great DVD set built around the half - hour documentary, adding as many surviving films (a few even restored) as possible to show just what happened, how this led to major production in Hollywood and how the truth is disappearing as the town seems to want to forget for some odd reason (speculation would require a new documentary) and we even see one of the final studios before it itself disappears.

Film festivals mostly tend to feature a wide collection of upcoming indie films, including many of which that are seeking out major studios for distribution to audiences around the world.

She's under contract to Hughes» film studio and he's the man to drive her around, with the golden rule being that no employee must have a relationship with a contract actress.

The studio reportedly wants to kick the film into gear for the first quarter of 2018, but Collet - Serra is also attached to a movie revolving around the infamous Waco events.

An in - demand destination for film lovers, drawn by unmatched locale and a diverse program of mainstream studio features and new visions from independent voices from around the world, MVFF also hosts an exciting array of filmmaker and industry conversations, panels, parties, and live music performances, featuring the most acclaimed emerging and veteran actors, filmmakers, and musicians of our time.

Chinese audiences obviously want to see Hollywood films and are paying to see them, no matter if the studio take is around 25 % compared to other countries.

I think it's evident that the studio knew that there was no way it could compete with the other films released around that time.

Featuring never - before - seen Coltrane family home movies, footage of John Coltrane and band in the studio — discovered in a California garage during production of this film — along with hundreds of never - before - seen photographs and rare television appearances from around the world, Coltrane's story is told by the musicians that worked with him including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Reggie Workman, musicians that have been inspired by his fearless artistry and creative vision like Common, John Densmore, Wynton Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Kamasi Washington, along with Coltrane's children and biographers, in addition to well - known admirers such as President Bill Clinton and philosopher Dr. Cornel West.

This year will be off around 5 percent from 2013's record - breaker, but most studios have made money on their films

«The Breadwinner» is a pretty terrific film that may not get the attention that it might have even a year ago because of certain changes to Academy Award voting rules expected to favor big - studio blockbusters over more adventurous, individual films from around the globe.

The studio is hoping to expand Top Five as the weeks roll on, so the film could hang around for a while.

Right around the new millennium, the major studios were releasing 200 - plus films a year combined.

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.

I have yet to see her Spirit - nominated performance in the tiny indie «That Evening Sun,» but on the opposite end of the studio scale, I must give her respect for holding her own in Tim Burton's lumbering «Alice in Wonderland,» even as the film falls apart around her.

Jonathan Kaplan's 1979 film finished production around the time teenage gangs were fighting in theaters over The Warriors; the studio, worried that this new teen movie would cause more violence, shelved it.

After discussing Scott's viewpoint on his film and the kind of music he had in mind, Nitzsche went off to his studio to compose the music, creating a predominantly synth - based score, centered around a beautiful love theme.

Once the studio comes up with an absurd way to revive all of its newer superheroes, the older ones will retire and the MCU will continue making successful movies for the rest of eternity, while the film industry smolders around it.

She's under contract to Hughes» film studio and he's the man to shuttle her around, with the golden rule being that no employee must have a relationship with a contract actress.

Today's Marvel Cinematic Universe «Phase 3» unveiling resembled an Apple product launch, with the studio's honcho Kevin Feige stalking around on stage in front of a black background, naming the titles of nine upcoming films stretching to 2019 to oohs and aahs from the audience.

Selma, the first studio film to center around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is the big winner among the critics representing the African - American Film... Read More

The word around town involved the studio pressuring Wright to integrate the film more heavily into the fabric of their shared universe and he walked.

The Long Beach International Film Festival (LBIFF) will celebrate its 6th anniversary with an action - packed line up of independent and studio films from around the globe.

Chickens have invaded a movie studio starting a hilariously messy rampage around the film sets and properties!

Each year, MoMA's Department of Film combs through major studio releases and the top film festivals around the world, selecting influential, innovative films made in the last 12 months that they believe will stand the test of time.

Fred Cuming RA reflects on his long career as a painter, his influences and sources of inspiration in this short film, shot in and around his home and studio at East Sussex.

In the studio talk Karina Griffith, District Studio Grant holder 2018 gives insight into her research on Black German film production around 1968,...

Art21 traveled around the world in Season 5, filming the creation of new art on every continent except Antarctica, and in museums, studios, galleries and homes in nine countries.

Filmed in her Syracuse studio, artist Carrie Mae Weems discusses the impetus for her work The Kitchen Table Series (1990), a photographic investigation of a single domestic space in which the artist staged scenes of «the battle around the family» between women and men, friends and lovers, parents and children.

Our lawyers have also represented studios and production companies in licensing copyrighted film and television content and characters for distribution and merchandising opportunities in markets around the world.

It's possible that just a few years from now, the excitement around movies like Wonder Woman and Black Panther will seem quaint, as films from Marvel, DC and other studios increasingly reflect the growing diversity of comics characters and creators.