Sentences with phrase «from bigger studio films»

Mississippi Grind concludes a run of smaller, more auteur - oriented movies — Tarsem Singh's Self / less, Atom Egoyan's The Captive, Marjane Satrapi's The Voices, and Simon Curtis's Woman in Gold — for Reynolds, who says his flight from bigger studio films was mostly unintentional.

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

So, the studio's biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.

If the movie theaters ever make a bigger profit, even from concessions, the studios can just raise the price of film rental.

Moviegoers are finally about to get a break from all of the big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.

That film was also the year's biggest box office flop from a major studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.

It will be extremely hard for the studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.

Black Panther, the first big studio film from Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) is just such a film.

It was a time of big budget, Oscar nominated studio films like Misery and early genre work from filmmakers who would go on to become the best in the business, like Fincher's Seven, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, Tarantino and Rodriguez's From Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladfrom filmmakers who would go on to become the best in the business, like Fincher's Seven, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, Tarantino and Rodriguez's From Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's LadFrom Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder.

Two of the biggest studio films of the year in the awards race are both from Paramount, and both will be challenging for mainstream audiences — Silence and Arrival.

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The studio might easily have ignored Pym altogether: let us not forget that the comic book Thor backstory was radically adapted for the big screen, with the Norse god's human alter ego Donald Blake virtually excised from the film version.

Producers, writers and actors from the film «The Big Sick» in the L.A. Times photo studio at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday.

The video (shown above), titled 10 Years of Fandom, takes a look at the growing fan - base of the MCU, with footage from some of the studios» biggest hits — starting with Tony Stark's very first Iron Man armour shown in his first solo film and jumping to the latest Marvel release, Black Panther.

This is the biggest Marvel film ever, featuring all of the heroes from the 18 movies the studio has so far released.

It overstates the emotion of each scene, sticks out like a sore thumb where it should be subtle, and often sounds like something from a made - for - TV movie rather than a big studio film.

Most recently Akkad confirmed studio troubles had resulted in the new film's delays, so maybe this pending «divorce» from Dimension could be what is needed in order to get Michael Myers back on the big screen.

«Son Of Rambow» (2007) Arguably the best film on this section of the list, «Son Of Rambow,» the impossibly charming coming - of - age tale that marked the second film from music video veteran Garth Jennings, who made his debut with studio picture «The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy,» was the big buy at Sundance 2007, selling to Paramount Vantage for $ 7.5 million.

Slumdog Millionaire is 2008's little movie made big, a film that almost crashed before release from studio and financial roadblocks.

While Hawke's other filmmaking endeavors (Chelsea Walls, The Hottest Scene) has been similarly produced outside of the big studios and with muted commercial prospects, he has retained star power on the opposite side of the camera with performances in big wide release films, from Training Day to Daybreakers to The Purge.

LGBTQ representation in films from the seven biggest Hollywood studios fell significantly in 2017 according to a study released Tuesday, May 22, 2018, by the advocacy organization GLAAD.

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.

Aside from Manchester and Love & Friendship, none of Amazon's films has been a big earner yet, although films like Chi - Raq, Paterson, and Park Chan - wook's The Handmaiden got the kind of critical acclaim the studio was looking for.

With luck, Marvel might just be entering a «Pixar phase», in which it garners the confidence to promote talent from within rather than parachuting in fan - friendly film - makers who do not understand the studio's bigger picture.

In what's merely another recapitulation of the widely accepted notion of white superiority comes David Yates» rehash of Edgar Rice Burrough's most popular creation, The Legend of Tarzan, a big - budget studio extravaganza from the director during his break between the last four Harry Potter films and an upcoming prequel.

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

Most movies from the big U.S. studios would doubtlessly provide responses in short order, but «The American» is content to leave many things — including a clearer explanation of what unfolds in the film's opening frames — left unsaid and unanswered.

Steadily paced and bursting at the seams with humor (shout - out to Groot's «finding Yondu's fin» montage), the film works on nearly every conceivable level, from special effects sizzle reel to big studio comedy to the aforementioned family drama that Marvel hasn't yet pulled off with its Avengers films.

Overall, it's just the type of well - done sound mix that you'd expect from a new big - budget studio film, but not as active as you might expect or hope for.

Sean Baker, the award - winning director and co-writer of the great new movie, «The Florida Project,» joins Justin in studio to discuss the film, what drew him to tell this story, the juxtaposition of the hidden homeless living right outside of the most magical place on Earth, the importance of getting the details exactly right, how the movie was inspired by «The Little Rascals,» wanting to show how children make the most out of any situation no matter how dire, how desperation plays a big role in the film, the wonderful performance from Willem Dafoe, the relationship between Willem and the child actors, the challenge of working with child actors, the way Florida is portrayed in the film and what he plans to do next.

«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.

Along with a trade show floor that featured the the latest technological innovations and equipment, theatre seating, food concession goodies and more, the highlight for attendees was the opportunity to get a sneak peak at some of the most highly anticipated films from the major studios» upcoming product slate, attend special advance screenings of Universal Pictures» Pitch Perfect 2, 20th Century Fox's Spy, and Pixar Animation's Inside Out, and to catch in person appearances by some of the biggest stars and filmmakers.

Along with a trade show floor that featured the the latest technological innovations, theatre seating, food concession goodies and more that enhance the movie going experience, the annual highlight for attendees is the opportunity to get a sneak peak at some of the most highly anticipated films from the major studios» upcoming slate, attend the screenings of several full lengths films and to catch special in person appearances by big name stars and filmmakers.

Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent is in studio to review this week's big releases - Oscar - nominated civil rights film Selma, the Wachowski's sci - fi Jupiter Ascending, the latest offering from Aardman - Shaun the Sheep, and Irish director Terry McMahon's Patrick's Day.

With superhero fatigue setting in, big studios could stand to learn a lot from Fast Color, a film about not just one, but three black women with superpowers.

Disney is ramping up its marketing campaign for Maleficent, the studio's big summer tentpole of the year, and it continues with today's release of a new poster from the film.

We're still a ways off from being able to flush out a fuller picture of which films made the most money, but I suspect the studios will let the awards be their guide: what wins big at the Globes will expand and grow their box office take.

They were the last line of enticement — and sometimes the first — alongside carpet - bombing consumers with coming attractions, movie posters, marquees, publicity stunts, movie program books, and newspaper advertisements for their newest big - screen sensation.With no entertainment websites or blogs available to tease audiences with stills from their films, lobby cards served that purpose for the studio publicity machine.

I purchase both self - published and trade - published books, indie films as well as films from the big movie studios, and both indie music and music produced by large studios.

The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows was created by VFX studio Weta Digital using a combination of Unreal Engine 4 and assets from the second film in Peter Jackson's big screen adaptations of the fantasy staple, The Desolation of Smaug.

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The big bet that MoviePass — and HMNY — are making is that the company will eventually be able to sell the data and insights gained from its subscriber base to studios, who could then do targeted marketing for their films to the most active movie - goers.