Sentences with phrase «given screenplay credit»

Not exact matches

Van Dyke was director of the Friends Church media department when he wrote the screenplay, but his boss, Creative Arts Pastor Brent Martz (you met him earlier in this story) threatened to fire him if he didn't give him 50 % co-writer credit, the lawsuit said.

The screenplay by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Reynolds simultaneously want us to take this development seriously — giving us multiple scenes of Wade trying to reunite with Vanessa in the afterlife — and to laugh at it — giving us a James Bond - like credit sequence that calls the screenwriters «the real villains,» after offering a series of tongue - in - cheek statements of disbelief about what has transpired.

Thankfully, as his fortunes improve and Brown becomes more and more demanding, the screenplay from Jez and John - Henry Butterworth inserts some actual discussion of his songwriting and groove technique, giving the man credit for virtually inventing the funk.

Also, if the title itself doesn't give it away, then certainly the opening credits — which inform us that LeMarque is one of the movie's producers and that the screenplay is based on a book that he wrote (with Davin Seay) about his experience — do the rest of the job for us.

Returning from the reboot (which they made after a 14 - year industry hiatus) and credited alongside Mark Bomback, husband - wife Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver give us a screenplay that is rich with tension and examination of human nature.

Coppola noted that his adapted classics always gave possessive credit to the original writer, including the beloved «Godfather» films, which were always marketed as «Mario Puzo's «The Godfather» instead of «Francis Ford Coppola's «The Godfather» because, as he explained, «Anyone who's adapted screenplays knows the author did the heavy lifting.»

Give Breaking In this much credit: Once the action gets going, Ryan Engle's screenplay continuously finds ways to keep it going.

The starkness of that division is evidence of a screenplay with six credited authors, expectations of a franchise that went astray when it abandoned Bryan Singer (as all potentially great franchises seem to abandon Bryan Singer, to their detriment), and a director who's capable of giving good genre (Kick - Ass) saddled with material that's at least fifty - percent garbage.

Given the permissiveness of TV these days, there's not much here in the screenplay by Niall Leonard (aka the husband of the novelist E.L. James, aka Erika Leonard), leaving the credit for whatever is worthy about this sequel to production designer Nelson Coats and costume designers Shay Cunliffe and Karin Nosella.

Lively's performance is key, and she gives Nancy plenty of fight underneath her weariness and clever resourcefulness under pressure (It's a credit to Jaswinski's screenplay that we're never entirely certain about the specifics of some of Nancy's plans and to Lively that we're confident the character has a good one, nonetheless).

Credit should also be given to Oscar winners Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) who adapted the screenplay from the book by Collins, which many consider the best in the series.