Sentences with phrase «hit film musical»

Reuniting the director and producing team behind Disney's hit film musical Into the Woods, the film will be directed by Oscar nominee, Emmy and Directors Guild of America Award winner Rob Marshall and produced by Marshall, Emmy winner and Golden Globe nominee John DeLuca and Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Marc Platt.

Not exact matches

«La La Land» was the runaway hit of 2016 — the film emulated classic movie musicals to sell a feeling of nostalgia.

Whether she was moving and grooving in the Disney Channels hit High School Musical TV film series, or rock n rolling through an obstacle course in VH1s 2010 season of Celebrity Fit Club, KayCee Stroh has showed that shes got some moves.

For Disney to duplicate its 2013 success, it will need films like Sleeping Beauty spin - off Maleficent, video game adaptation Need for Speed, and musical Into the Woods to be major hits, and that doesn't seem likely.

Adapting hit stage musicals for film is always a risky business, with far more getting it wrong than right (witness Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Nine, etc.), so give Mackintosh (the producer here), director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) and the cast full credit for commitment to the cause.

Upon his return from military service, Damone resumed his film career, enjoying featured or co-starring roles in major musical productions like Hit the Deck (1955) and the screen adaptation of Kismet (1955).

Postscript: While Tarantino sadly never provided any hints as to his musical selection for the film (and disregard any reports saying they do), he did select Claude King's 1962 hit, «Wolverton Mountain» as the intermission music.

After six years working on First Australians, it is not hard to imagine why, in 2009, Perkins embarked on the adaptation to film of Jimmy Chi's 1990s stage musical hit Bran Nue Dae.

In hindsight, the 1984 hit Footloose — starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Herbert Ross — along with its contemporary Flashdance, can be seen as the link between the old Hollywood model of a let's - put - on - a-show musical, based on original songs brought to life in elaborate choreographed numbers, and the later Hollywood model of youth films, perfected in the»80s by John Hughes and terminally calcified over the decades to follow, in which a contemporary pop music soundtrack serves as both a structural backbone to the film itself and an ancillary product that can outgross and outlive the film that spawned it.

Richard Attenborough's film version of the long - running Broadway musical hit A Chorus Line not only avoids the disaster that many had predicted for it, but is often surprisingly effective and enjoyable, transcending its troubled history.

Nearly a decade after it first appeared on theater stages and was subsequently staged in more than 170 cities worldwide, the film adaptation of the hit musical Mamma Mia!

Adapted from the hit stage musical, Norman Jewison's film version of Fiddler on the Roof has established itself as a classic over and over again since its release in 1971.

The film was such a hit, a sequel and a Broadway musical are both reportedly in the works.

The film proceeds as a kind of Kidz Bop jukebox musical, with the celebrity voice cast belting out peppy pop hits like Junior Senior's «Move Your Feet,» Diana Ross's «I'm Coming Out,» and «Can't Stop the Feeling!

The film — which also features the likes of Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Kathy Bates, Marion Cotillard and Adrien Brody — provided Allen with his biggest hit, banking over $ 145m at the global box office, and it will also contest the Golden Globe awards for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor — Musical or Comedy (Wilson).

The involvement of so many real musical luminaries (in particular Aerosmith's Steven Tyler in a key rôle as himself, and Outkast's André Benjamin eating up his scenes as trigger - happy gangsta Dabu) may bring a certain postmodern edge to the proceedings, but it also goes some way to explaining the film's gently - gently approach to the record industry — an industry which would be unlikely to release its stars to a project that was aiming to score any real hits against it.

Fans of zombies, Christmas and musicals rejoice — Anna and the Apocalypse is just the film for you, and it's hitting theaters this year.

Rob Marshall, who's known for directing the 2002 Oscar - winning film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, «Chicago,» also helmed the movie version of «Into the Woods.»

After YEARS of waiting, Universal Pictures has officially announced that the film adaptation of the hit musical «Wicked» will arrive in theaters December 20th, 2019!

The story itself is strong enough to carry the film, but when you throw in musical numbers from Hamilton's Lin - Manuel Miranda and some of the prettiest animation ever to come out of the mouse house, you end up with a monster hit with a huge emotional punch.

Kasi Lemmons is taking a new direction in her latest film, the inspirational musical Christmas story «Black Nativity,» which hits theaters Nov. 27.

As TCM's Oscar - celebratory month winds down, they've still got a few new ones to throw at us — the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar, The Broadway Melody, shows on Monday; an actual good Merchant - Ivory film in A Room With a View turns up on Thursday; and fantastic underrated film noir The Killers plays on Thursday; finally, one of my personal all - time favorite films, Stage Door, hits the screen late Saturday / early Sunday (trust me, picture quality is higher than the still above; couldn't find a decent cap).

The film was also reinvented for Broadway in 1982 as a musical, and a Frank Oz - directed version hit the screens in 1986 starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene.

But if you factor in a Disney film, writing an Oscar - winning song for The Muppets, a sleeper hit HBO sitcom, and the fact that this musical - comedy duo is one of the funniest and most talented acts to come along in two decades — well, an explanation begins to take shape.

A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film «Grease» and the Broadway hit «La Cage Aux Folles» until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.

The smash - hit London musical, «Billy Elliot» (opening Nov. 13), is based on the hit 2000 film about a working - class lad from England's coal mining north who'd rather learn ballet than kick a soccer ball — much to the dismay of his family, especially his macho father.

A musical version of hit British comedy film Bend It Like Beckham is to open in the West End in May (15).

Sylvester Stallone's musical adaptation of his hit film Rocky is set to close on Broadway due to declining ticket sales.The Hollywood action man...

This musical drama, a remake of the 1976 film that starred Irene Cara and Lonette McKee, features Sparks in her movie debut as a budding songwriting genius who pens all the hits for her vocal trio that includes her two sisters.

Told from a child's perspective, «The Developer» is a musical short film by Samsung featuring Lionel Messi and the hit single «Royals» by Lo...