Sentences with phrase «films dealt in»

In fact, where Larrain's previous films dealt in darkly accented stories of violence and death, «No» is altogether breezier in tone, if never disposable, pitting Gael Garcia Bernal's advertising executive, well versed in cheery, cheesy Coca - Cola - style ads, as the David against the State «Yes» lobby's Goliath.

The film deals in stark shades of excess, featuring a cadre of Hollywood cliches — the burnouts, the up - and - comers, the desperate wannabe stars — stumbling into or out of fame.

Not exact matches

While zero - hours contracts are particularly common in fast food and retail, other sectors where workflow is unpredictable, such as the creative industries (advertising, PR, film and design), have long employed «per project contract» freelance talent to deal with the ups and downs, and the specific skill requirements of individual projects.

Nintendo is nearing a deal with production studio Illumination Entertainment on an animated film set in the world of Super Mario Brothers, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday that cited anonymous sources.

Wanda said in its statement that the deal marked its «first step» into television content to sit alongside its investments in theme parks, film production and sport.

In addition, as Spielberg's shop moves more into the family space, it could run up against part of the deal that forbids DreamWorks from making animated films for any company other than DWA.

The company's assets include the rights to some of its award - winning films it produced and distributed as well as some of the rights deals to films that are still in production, according to CNNMoney.

Disney took over the majority of the «Star Wars» universe after it purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, but that deal lacked the first «Star Wars» film from 1977, which Fox produced and owned.

Signing the Potter deal makes sense in part because NBCUniversal already has a Potter - themed attraction at its parks (it now gets access to more material from the films), and because the movies are also a huge draw with younger TV viewers.

Canadian filmmakers need distribution deals up front in order to secure financing, and veteran producer Niv Fichman, who runs Rhombus Media, says it's unclear how committed eOne is to Canadian film.

Rumoured for months, the deal for Alliance has finally been done and the Canadian film and TV distribution industry has a new kingmaker in eOne.

With sales of recorded music withering, the hot idea among record labels was to sign artists to so - called 360 deals, where a company didn't just release a band's recordings, but promoted the concerts, sold the merchandise, and shared in profits from websites, fan clubs and film deals.

Not only does the feature have a good deal of franchise history behind it, but it also has the same advantage that all family films have, in that kids going to see the film will be dragging along their parents, ensuring extra ticket sales.

In mid-2008, eOne made a blockbuster four - part deal largely engineered by Lantos: it bought three TV companies, two in Canada and one in the U.S., plus Lantos's boutique film distributor Maximum FilmIn mid-2008, eOne made a blockbuster four - part deal largely engineered by Lantos: it bought three TV companies, two in Canada and one in the U.S., plus Lantos's boutique film distributor Maximum Filmin Canada and one in the U.S., plus Lantos's boutique film distributor Maximum Filmin the U.S., plus Lantos's boutique film distributor Maximum Films.

According to the airline, the sponsorship deal means the inclusion of limited edition travel kits with slippers, headphones and other in - flight items befitting the film's theme, as well as new movie - themed menu items, dedicated travel guides to Gotham City and Metropolis, and a special edition frequent flyer card.

But the festival said on Wednesday that no such deal had been reached, and while the two films would be allowed to remain in competition this year, thereafter no film would be accepted that is not guaranteed distribution in French movie theaters.

Disney announced the $ 52.4 billion deal for Fox's film and TV assets in...

For me, I'm older and I've dealt with this whether it was in the film industry, publishing, or finance.

To deal with these wobbly videos, Facebook built a new algorithm that Kopf said can automatically improve amateur videos by removing some of the unwanted unsteadiness that is typical when non-professionals film using a camera in their untrained hands.

In that deal, PhotoPoint CEO Ed Bernstein agreed to pay Kodak a flat fee in exchange for access to the film - and digital - camera users who bring their pictures to 40,000 Kodak PhotoNet processing locations throughout the countrIn that deal, PhotoPoint CEO Ed Bernstein agreed to pay Kodak a flat fee in exchange for access to the film - and digital - camera users who bring their pictures to 40,000 Kodak PhotoNet processing locations throughout the countrin exchange for access to the film - and digital - camera users who bring their pictures to 40,000 Kodak PhotoNet processing locations throughout the country.

Seth Rogen, who co-starred in the film and has an office on Sony's lot as well as a deal with the studio, didn't fare too well this past weekend.

His $ 37 - billion deal in 2009 to combine General Electric Co's NBCUniversal business and Comcast's cable networks put him in charge of more than 20 million subscribers of video, internet and voice services, the broadcast network known for «Friends» and «Seinfeld,» plus theme parks and the film studio.

When Cruise agreed to go on «The Oprah Winfrey Show» in May 2005 to promote his next blockbuster film, «War of the Worlds,» it was a big deal.

Iger crowed about «the quality of the assets» Disney is picking up in the deal, which includes Fox's film and TV studio, along with various cable networks and regional sports networks as well as Fox's stake in Hulu (giving Disney majority control of the streaming service).

The streaming service says Murphy signed a deal to produce new series and films exclusively for it starting in July.

In 1998, Rowling signed a rights deal with Warner Bros that encompassed both film and merchandising rights for only $ 500,000.

An Orange spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday that the company denies a recent unsourced report by French magazine Challenges that Orange had reached a deal with Vivendi that would include Orange buying a stake in Telecom Italia — the Rome - based telecom in which Vivendi has a 24.9 % stake — and buying up to 20 % of the film and television production studio Canal Plus Group.

Unlike other festivals that screen films in the hopes of getting a bigger distribution deal, Ellison's crew plans to use social media and other tech to turn these films into year round events, it says.

So Paramount, in the wake of a disappointing 2017 that saw big budget films like Transformers: The Last Knight and Ghost in the Shell underperform while the studio's would - be Oscar hopefuls Suburbicon and Downsizing were DOA at awards season, is looking to make some changes in 2018 and selling God Particle off to Netflix may be a cushy deal.

In the works since early September, the UA deal has left Wagner and Cruise «completely open right now» to all varieties of film projects, Wagner told TIME, «ranging from high concept to smaller, character - driven films.»

«Despite Starz content from Disney and Sony representing some of the highest quality film content on Netflix's streaming service, we believe Netflix has seen little overall pushback from subscribers since Sony content was pulled from the service more than 2 months ago in the related, but separate dispute between Sony and Starz... Our current 2012 estimates factor in a ~ $ 300M / yr Starz deal.

In recent months, it has struck content licensing deals with the likes of Paramount, Lionsgate and NBCUniversal and reached a multi-year extension of an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to bring even more of the company's feature films to its users.

This news comes in the wake of a deal that Paramount struck with the streaming service for international rights to Alex Garland's upcoming sci - fi film Annihilation, which reportedly had some heated disagreements over the film's commercial appeal between producers.

Wang Jianlin, the Chinese tycoon who just agreed to acquire the co-producer of «Jurassic World» for $ 3.5 billion in cash, signaled bigger deals may be in the works as he builds Dalian Wanda Group Co.'s influence in the global film industry.

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Under the terms of the deal, iQIYI, which is an independent subsidiary of search giant Baidu, will be the first online platform in China to stream the Fox films.

The many causes of the housing crisis in Vancouver and how people are dealing with it are explored in the documentary, Vancouver: No Fixed Address, which had its world premiere at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto.

Braid's producers aim to wrap the film in time to screen it at next year's South by Southwest festival in Austin as part of the process of getting a distribution deal.

So, imagine my surprise to find that this holiday movie season has offered up not one but two Oscar - worthy, thoughtful films that deal with matters of faith in an intelligent and exciting way: Gran Torino and Doubt.

I think a discussion about affairs and monogamy and about how we deal with that longing both individually and as a society is warranted but I don't think you try to tackle two extremely difficult subjects like that (religion and monogamy) in one film.

From the Cabaret Voltaire to Andy Warhol's Factory, from the silent film comedians to the Beatles, from the first comic - strip artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media than any grouping of the Left.

The movie deals with faith, grief and doubt in a way that continues the «Jesus themes in other genres» trend that's been sliding into mainstream films over the past few years.

The Legion would expand its ratings to make them more responsive to the range of film content and viewership, but its effectiveness diminished in the 1960s (the era's various «liberation» movements saw to that), and it merged into the American bishops» office dealing with movies.

In future films, Woody says, he wants to deal with faith and spiritual values as Ingmar Bergman does — maybe through a drama but also again through the (more difficult, he feels) serious - comical film.

Editor's Note: The following interview with Noah screenwriter Ari Handel contains some minor spoilers and discussions of items that deal with major plot points in the film.

We never learn much about her history, save for a few significant bombshells down the road, yet she feels a good deal more dimensional than about 95 % of characters in film history.

Be prepared for the fact that this is a long film, clocking in at nearly two and a half hours, with virtually no moments of levity or comic relief, dealing with brutally difficult subject matter throughout.

A project of A Wrinkle in Time's scope would be a big deal for any film director, but DuVernay is feeling the spotlight in a unique way.

In the history of film, some of this latter group might include films like The Pawnbroker (1964), which deals with the restoration of feeling in a death camp survivor who had decided that he could survive only by suppressing all feelinIn the history of film, some of this latter group might include films like The Pawnbroker (1964), which deals with the restoration of feeling in a death camp survivor who had decided that he could survive only by suppressing all feelinin a death camp survivor who had decided that he could survive only by suppressing all feeling.

In dealing with the complexities of Hollywood the company had made some very expensive mistakes in film projects with high costs and poor box office resultIn dealing with the complexities of Hollywood the company had made some very expensive mistakes in film projects with high costs and poor box office resultin film projects with high costs and poor box office results.