Sentences with phrase «for independent studios»

The quantity and quality of these games has already started forcing paradigm shift with console manufacturers, causing policy changes that make the publishing process easier for independent studios.

«The availability of different rental models and the fact that we can set the prices on our own makes this partnership very interesting for independent studios like us, and we look forward to bringing more titles to this platform in the near future»

Emmanuel Carraud, CEO and Co-founder of appChocolate also shared practical tips on how to launch successfully mobile games for independent studios and indie developers including KPIs, localization, ASO, analytics, PR, monetization, user acquisition, App Store ranking on iOS and Android.

Sony Worldwide Studios SVP insists Jonathan Blow is just the start for independent studios on Sony's new console

With Source 2 and Unreal Engine 4 now freely available to aspiring and experienced developers alike, the climate is looking up for independent studios.

Developers behind Limbo, Thomas Was Alone, Jack Lumber, and Halo discuss impact of Microsoft's new stance for independent studios and creators.

It seems like the only foolproof way for independent studios to keep full ownership at a Big 4 network these days is to have a hot revival, like Roseanne (Carsey - Werner) and Murphy Brown (Warner Bros TV).

Not bad for an independent studio, but peanuts compared to what The Hunger Games franchise could bring in.

While we understand that online co-op is an expensive feature to add for an independent studio, it's still hard not to think about how fun it would be to play a game like this online with my buddy Boyce.

With multiple expansions and two more full Van Helsing games since, Neocore has made a solid showing in the past four years, especially for an independent studio.

Hideo Kojima has pulled back a little more of the curtain on his plans for his independent studio, Kojima Productions.

Not exact matches

But A24, a small independent studio founded in 2012, won the most prestigious award of the night with its best picture Oscar for «Moonlight,» a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighborhood.

Independent of Lucasfilm and its parent company, Disney, ILM provides visual effects services for films from all the major movie studios.

Those principles have never wavered and have always been to build a movie studio led by a board of directors made up of a majority of independent women, save about 150 jobs, protect the small businesses who are owed money and create a victims» compensation fund that would supplement existing insurance coverage for those who have been harmed.

The ever - colorful former NYC Mayor Ed Koch stopped by the «Capital Tonight» studio this morning to kick off what will be a full day of stumping for his push to reform Albany through creation of an independent redistricting commission.

BORN: Passionate CURRENT TOWN: Paradise OCCUPATION: Action Man Follow on Facebook Eric and his wife Denise are the owners and co-founders of You and the Mat, independent yoga studios and fine art galleries for yoga inspired art located in Orange County and the East Bay of San Francisco, California.

Amanita Design, small independent game developing studio based in Czech Republic I'm all about courting and chivalry, but sometime's men just don't have any game, and it gets a little old waiting for them.

John Ford had several bitter disputes with RKO Pictures while making The Plough and the Stars, especially after the studio re-shot several scenes with another director to tone down the film's politics; while he distributed several independent productions through the studio, he never shot another picture for RKO.

He went on to starring and supporting roles the independent films BLACK CLOUD and BLIND DATING with Chris Pine for director James Keach; and larger studio films like STOMP THE YARD 2: HOMECOMING, and the hit film JUMPING THE BROOM.

Rudolph, a gifted stylist who operates mainly as an independent, can be regarded as a child of Hollywood: he was the son of studio director Oscar Rudolph, and his style is predicated largely on a nostalgia for classic Hollywood tropes.

Every year around this time it seems fitting to give thanks to horror - movie fans, whose willingness to support their genre of choice by actually laying cash on the line is substantially responsible for keeping a lot of studio library divisions and independent video companies in operation.

Although the Kojima drama was put an end this month, with the creation of the independent studio Kojima Productions and the partnership with Sony for a PS4 / PC brand new IP, there's still much more to be told about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, in particular about the cut content.

Los Angeles / November 28, 2016 — The International Press Academy (IPA) announces its nominations for the 21st Annual Satellite ™ Awards and for the first time the IPA is awarding a separate independent film and major studio film as Best Picture.

Chinese publisher Tencent has purchased majority stock in Grinding Gear Games, the independent studio responsible for Path of Exile.

An independent production for the short - lived studio International Pictures, the film fell into the public domain when its copyright was not renewed.

The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood films), and / or documentary films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent distributor (including STX Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).

And while the true Oscar - eager prestige films are still mostly reserved for the colder months, independent distributors and some smaller studio sister companies have become aware of the arthouse gap that exists while sequels dominate.

Though it did premiere at Cannes, Thief isn't an obvious selection for Criterion, who tends to release vintage, foreign and independent cinema much more frequently than modern American studio fare.

The Best Picture winner of that year — one that heralded for many the ascendance of the «indie» and predicted, if one were cynical enough to predict such a gloriously retarded thing at the time, the major studios scampering to erect boutique «major - minis» and hence create their very own independent movies — was of course Sam Mendes's grimoire of suburban gothic archetypes, American Beauty.

Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Universal — all studios that have major films this year have decided to eschew the world's biggest film festival for whatever reason, giving us a much more esoteric and independent lineup.

Producer Jeremy Thomas managed to raise the $ 25 million budget for this independent production, with no help from major studios.

Kent Mackenzie's independently produced 1961 drama (when independent cinema was the realm of mavericks and dreamers working in the margins, rather than studio subsidiaries and major actors looking for a challenge) chronicled the lives of urban American Indians (all of them non-actors drawing from their own lives) on the Bunker Hill area of Los Angeles over one long, alcohol - lubricated night.

But then, the Big studios buy out independent film and well, independent filmmaking for shoestring filmmmakers was a fairytale.

Gifted may be an independent film, but it still has the backing of a major studio in Fox Searchlight Pictures» parent company, so it's no surprise that the movie looks terrific on Blu - ray, its 2.40:1 picture and 5.1 DTS - HD master audio sound both meeting one's high expectations for the format in 2017.

Elite's transfer is very nice, and along with deleted scenes and trailers, the commentary track (which includes two of the film's lead actors) also provides a rather vivid portrait of the horror genre at the time, which, for many burgeoning filmmakers, was the only way to enter the film business before the larger studios devoured the remaining independents.

2017 might not have been a banner year for independent cinema (you have to get to # 27 in the box office chart before you avoid studio product) yet I still struggled to narrow this down to ten.

As the year comes to a close and moviegoers start thinking of awards, there is no clear favorite for the Best Picture Oscar, but a general acknowledgement that 2013 has seen several first - rate films, from major studio releases (Gravity) to small independent movies (Nebraska).

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.

«The takeaway for me from Exclusive is realizing that independent films can be made as good as studio films»

He'd done more work than a lot of the other independent directors that made the leap, having made three features (Brick, The Brothers Bloom and Looper) and directed some very well received episodes of Breaking Bad, but it's hard to imagine any of that adequately prepared him for directing the middle chapter of the new trilogy in biggest franchise in movie history for the biggest studio on the planet.

While the indie world is known to be more hospitable territory for female directors than the studio system, do recall that a recent survey Women and Hollywood conducted revealed that women helmed only 10 percent of independent features between 2009 and 2013 — just 90 movies out of 879.

There's been a trend in Hollywood of hiring young, up and coming talent bred in independent pictures to helm huge tent pole blockbusters for the big six studios.

On This Week's Show: Kevin and Neil brace themselves for an onslaught of films, from the big studio releases to some independent ones.

From this first round of voting, the film critics group has compiled a pair of «10 Best» lists for 2017, one for independent film defined as a budget under $ 20 million and one for studio films defined as movies with budgets over $ 20 million:

Working with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers in both independent and studio films, Gyllenhaal starred in Ang Lee's classic «Brokeback Mountain,» for which he received an Oscar ® nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor; Bong Joon - ho's «Okja;» David Ayer's «End of Watch;» Antoine Fuqua's boxing drama «Southpaw;» Dennis Villeneuve's highly acclaimed films «Prisoners» and «Enemy;» Richard Kelly's cult hit «Donnie Darko;» David Fincher's «Zodiac;» Sam Mendes» «Jarhead;» Nicole Holofcener's «Lovely and Amazing;» Ed Zwick's «Love and Other Drugs,» for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» for which he earned a BAFTA nomination.

Since the independent entertainment studio A24 launched in 2012, its films have been nominated for an impressive 24 Academy Awards.

The Ross has become the Lincoln theater for a majority of the prestige releases, especially those released by independent companies or specialty branches of major studios, like Sony Pictures Classics and Fox Searchlight.

With the rise of digital filmmaking, which allows producers and financiers to be more directly involved in the creative process, did you feel more independent in the past working on a studio film like «Barcelona» (for Warner Brothers) as compared to «Love & Friendship»?

Maria Full of Grace was second with five nominations for the awards, which honor movies whose financing comes at least partly from independent sources outside the Hollywood studio system.

Having just made one smaller feature and independent shorts prior, how different of an experience was it for you to make your first big budget studio film?