Sentences with phrase «for war films»

Ahead of Memorial Day this month, we look at writing for war films with screenwriters David Broyles, Bill Broyles, Randall Wallace and Bruce C. McKenna

(This film also perfectly adheres to my rules for war films.)

Oscar voters are also notoriously easy marks for war films as well so don't be shocked if this starts getting year - end award consideration buzz

All in all, I feel that this film raises the bar for war films.

Maoz, who won the Golden Lion in 2009 for his war film «Lebanon,» has received some negative reaction in Israel because «Foxtrot» is critical of the army, the country's most respected institution.

The Search sees director Michel Hazanavicius reunite with Berenice Bejo for a war film during the second Cechen War.

Not exact matches

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.

2 is impressive having earned more than all the other films combined,» said Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, who noted that Captain America: Civil War accounted for more than half of the summer take at this point last year.

Not only did he help create a compelling back story for the «best pilot in the galaxy,» he even landed a cameo role for his uncle — the «obsessive» Star Wars fan who introduced Isaac and his brother, journalist Mike Hernandez, to the films.

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.

In addition to The Last Jedi and the as - yet - untitled Episode IX in the Star Wars saga, the franchise will also yield another spinoff film slated for 2018, featuring a younger version of the franchise's Han Solo character.

Lucasfilm used GoPro cameras for the upcoming film Red Tails, about World War II pilots, and countless Discovery Channel productions and news shows use the cameras to film wildlife, rescues, and storms.

This is more than the Cold War's simple fixation on Russian villains, however, with StudioCanal producing, for example, «The Tracking of a Russian Spy,» which sees Logan Lerman play a journalist who travels to Russia and becomes a tool of the Kremlin, in a film which sets out to tackle ideas of fake news and disinformation campaigns.

Her iconic Princess Leia is set to appear in the next two «Star Wars» films, and insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that at least two key scenes are planned for «Episode VIII» (Dec. 15) and «Episode IX» (2019): a Leia reunion with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and a confrontation with Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), her son who killed Harrison Ford's Han Solo in 2015's «The Force Awakens.»

The good news for Spielberg and Time Warner Inc.'s film division is that the next big superhero picture, Walt Disney Co.'s «Avengers: Infinity War,» doesn't open until April 27.

According to Hamill, Carrie Fisher, who played his on - screen sister in the franchise, had no problem signing on for more «Star Wars» films.

Imax screenings account for about one - third of the advanced tickets for the Star Wars film so far, and have doubled the previous pre-sales record of about $ 9 million, an Imax spokesman told the Wall Street Journal.

For that to happen, Star Wars will have to break through in a usually crowded December period for movies, a month where no film has broken past $ 100 million in its opening weekeFor that to happen, Star Wars will have to break through in a usually crowded December period for movies, a month where no film has broken past $ 100 million in its opening weekefor movies, a month where no film has broken past $ 100 million in its opening weekend.

In contrast, Industrial Light and Magic, which provides the effects for the «Star Wars» films, has upwards of 400 employees and offices in San Francisco, London, Vancouver, and Singapore.

This morning, Marvel, IMAX and Joe and Anthony Russo revealed that the studio's two - part «The Avengers: Infinity War» will be shot «in their entirety» using IMAX cameras, a first for the film industry.

The directors are going to experiment with the technology for the action scenes in «Captain America: Civil War,» which is currently filming in Atlanta.

Before creating the first Stars Wars movie in the 1970's, George Lucas planned for at least six films and started at episode four, rather than episode one.

Bay's war film uses Pearl Harbor as a catalyst for a self - indulgent love triangle involving self - indulgent, unlikable characters.

Directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed) and starring Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up) as the Black Panther, the movie is the first standalone film for the classic Marvel Comics character after Boseman previously appeared as the Black Panther in 2016's Marvel film, Captain America: Civil War.

Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas» Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.05 billion, and has planned for a new trilogy of films as well as standalone installments through 2019.

Much like the first Star Wars standalone film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, released in 2016, Solo has had some production issues — to the point when Lucasfilm fired the film's original directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, for «creative differences.»

Netflix triumphed in the documentary short - subject category for 40 - minute film «The White Helmets,» a look at rescue workers in war - torn Syria.

Popular movie ticket sales websites, including Fandango and Movietickets.com, crashed briefly Monday evening shortly after beginning ticket sales for the upcoming Star Wars film, The Force Awakens.

If Hulk wasn't in «Infinity War» at all, then I think people would be right in being upset about the way the character is marketed for the film.

The newest poster for the standalone «Star Wars» film was released Friday at Star Wars Celebration, an annual official Lucasfilm event celebrating all things «Star Wars.»

Best known for her role as Princess Leia in «Star Wars» and as Marie in «When Harry Met Sally,» the passport was issued soon after Fisher had finished filming «Return of the Jedi,» and the travels documented were likely for both work and leisure purposes.

World War Z. For such a small country, Malta's film credits sure are prodigious, which explains why the London Times once dubbed it, «the Mediterranean's mini-Hollywood.»

As teased in at least one of the promos for «Avengers: Infinity War,» at one point in the film, Doctor Strange uses the Time Stone to look ahead into the future of the Avengers and their fight against Thanos.

Mark Hamill arrives for the European film premiere of «Captain America: Civil War» at Vue Westfield on April 26, 2016 in London, England.

«Much like the final films in series like «The Dark Knight,» «Star Wars» and «Harry Potter,» this is billed as the payoff movie that fans have been waiting for,» he added.

Until the axe came down, I'm told British action game studio Ninja Theory had been working on material based on December's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, while Studio Gobo, a studio largely known for external Disney Infinity development, riffed on the upcoming Disney animated film Moana.

The thin - film maker topped $ 1 billion in quarterly revenue with impressive profitability and a strong war chest as it continues its retooling for Series 6.

American actor Mark Hamill became famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the epic film «Star Wars,» as well as its sequels «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Return of the Jedi» and «The Force Awakens.»

The Disney / Marvel film topped 2015's «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» for the largest haul at U.S. theaters in an opening weekend.

Coupled with Disney's already well - known properties, including «Star Wars» and Marvel's hit films, the additions create a new pipeline of content for Disney's forthcoming streaming service — a key aspect of its strategy to sell direct to consumers instead of through the pay TV ecosystem that has long fueled the media industry.

Just wait for Summer» 17, where we'll have the Beauty and the Beast live - action film, Star Wars: Episode VIII, Toy Story 4, and another Pirates of the Caribbean in a single four - month period.

Disney has one of its biggest movie slates for FY2018 with Ant Man and The Wasp, The Avengers: Infinity War, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Incredibles 2 and Mulan (live action film) around the corner.

In the Best Picture race, the biggest hits were the World War II flick «Dunkirk,» which last year grossed around $ 188 million in U.S.ticket sales, good for 14th place on the box office charts, and Jordan Peele's horror film «Get Out,» which tucked in just below «Dunkirk» with $ 176 million in domestic sales.

In 2018, dozens of superheroes from various movies over the last nine years will come together for Avengers: Infinity War, and supposedly connect the plots of all these movies together, making the MCU one of the most ambitious projects in film history.

The creative team behind The War Room are Alex and Stephen Kendrick, two Baptist minister brothers known for producing family - oriented films with Evangelical themes.

It is well acted and filmed, and it is important for Americans to learn of the Cristero War.

Characters in zombie films are willing to do terrible things to each other because of the fear of zombies and the urge for self preservation, while, in the real world, things like the use of torture (or «advanced interrogation»), preemptive war and drone strikes were being debated as options to fight a threat even scarier than zombies: terrorism.

And perhaps this is because Star Wars is a film series that seems to work for everyone.

But if you look, for example, at my most recent film, The War, you will see that issues of faith and spirituality abound in it, in very poignant moments and in humorous ones.

Instead, Stone's experiences became the formula for Vietnam War films to come (Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Causalities of War).