Sentences with phrase «into film production»

It's crazy to think that, of $ 750 million, only 20 % of that investor money ever made it into any film production.

Worse, this is a game by someone with a proven track record, who only got sidetracked into film production instead of, say, losing all credibility within the game developing profession (John Romero, probably the closest equivalent to Michael Cimino in filmmaking) or earning a reputation as a has - been (Garriott).

Who's playing who hasn't been revealed at this point, but the set - up, like Joe Carnahan's Five Against A Bullet, comes courtesy of former Geffen Records president Jordan Schur, as he makes a new thrust into film production with his Suretone Pictures banner.

From there, he moved into video distribution, forming Videovision Entertainment and then progressed into film production in 1984 with PALACE OF WEEPIING, the first anti-apartheid film to be made entirely in South Africa.

Come for the occasional sneak peeks behind the scenes on the new Star Wars, stay for the inspirational stories of young people getting into film production!

Not exact matches

Wanda said in its statement that the deal marked its «first step» into television content to sit alongside its investments in theme parks, film production and sport.

What began as a film - production company blossomed into a full - fledged media organization, with a news platform, RYOT Films and RYOT Creative, which makes videos for paying clients as well as pro bono clients like Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit that builds schools.

QINGDAO, China, April 28 (Reuters)- Wang Jianlin, the billionaire boss of China's Dalian Wanda Group, said on Saturday he will turn the northern port city of Qingdao into a global film production hub as he launched a sprawling studio complex in a ceremony attended by hundreds.

If we talk to a prospective client and they only want to work on television, they're probably not the best match for me because I look for people who also want to extend into film, or digital, or possibly start their own production company... I love building an enterprise.

In 2000, a film production company called PYP turned it into a theater and co-working space for companies that focus on the arts.

The 248 film and television productions filmed in Georgia represent $ 1.7 billion in state spending, and more than 100 new businesses have relocated or expanded in Georgia, ensuring the state's place in the industry well into the future.

Like Netflix, Amazon (AMZN) is looking to get into the movie production game, promising earlier this year to eventually churn out around a dozen independent films — with budgets between $ 5 million and $ 25 million — every year.

The report suggests that the major VR and AR areas that will be generating revenue fall into one of three categories: Content (gaming, film and TV, health care, education, and social); hardware and distribution (headsets, input devices like handheld controllers, graphics cards, video capture technologies, and online marketplaces); and software platforms and delivery services (content creation tools, capture, production, and delivery software, video game engines, analytics, file hosting and compression tools, and B2B and enterprise uses).

«We believe that God led us into making this film, and he's ultimately responsible for it, and so every bit of this journey has been covered through this prayer team, and they've been so faithful to pray for all us during the writing and during the production and during the post-production and now during the marketing and PR.»

It comes right out of Disney's film productions, a place where we meet animated «real - life» versions of goodness personified (Snow White, the third Little Pig, Dumbo, Pollyanna) and the essence of evil (the Wicked Queen, the Big Bad Wolf)-- and thus learn to divide the world into good and evil, watching goodness triumph with a smile and a song.

the program would afford an unparalleled opportunity to dramatize the interest of the Christian Church in the creative process in the arts, would encourage the production of films and programs of the highest standards, would give public support to those individuals in the film and broadcast industries who are striving to lift the general level of production, would present the Church in a positive rather than a negative stance in relation to these media, and would provide the opportunity for the Church in general and the B.F.C. and its members in particular to enter into significant conversations with the entertainment industry on standards, values, and goals.

Considering the film is deep into production, it isn't a big surprise that they brought in a seasoned pro like Howard, with tons of blockbuster experience under his belt.

She is too occupied with her announcing duties for HBO, coaching Navratilova and Mayotte, speaking engagements, a fancy to get into television and film production, a new chain of play schools called the Discovery Zone that promote and study exercise for children under 12, and her longest - standing project, Team Tennis, which represents her most fervid interest: to take the sport out of elite clubs and bring it to the masses.

A large building designed as a film studio, built some years ago on town land at the industrial park in Wainscott, received a go - ahead specifically because the board at the time sought to bring film productions into the town as an economic stimulus.

Building such efforts into our tourism economy, I have assisted in the introduction and expansion of creative, low - impact forms of development, such as support for film production and agricultural tourism and the construction of the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center.

In Kingston, where film and TV (and increasingly new media) production has been identified as a core industry in economic development plans, Noble said he hopes the sector would produce local jobs, rather than just periodically inject of money into the city's economy.

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

It does not refer to the size of the production or the budget, but to the poster for the film, in which the letters BEN - HUR are formed into a mountain - sized block of stone: see bit.ly / ben - hur.

Every year the ASCB chooses two or three proposals from those submitted by member labs across the world and awards each of them a $ 1,000 unrestricted production grant to turn its research into a short film.

I think the fact that they put so much love and attention into the details of each and every shoot and do not cut corners in making these basically full blown film productions is what has drawn the top trainers in the world to want to work with them.

There Ought to be Clowns is a very carefully thought out theatrical journal, with top notch reviews and a deeper look into both TV and film as well as on stage productions.

Voice work in the television series Teacher's Pet followed soon thereafter, and though the series would quickly be canceled, a feature - film version was quickly put into production due to the series» loyal fan base.

The joint audio commentary by Anderson, co-writer and star Jason Schwartzman, and co-writer Roman Coppola is more contrived and rambling, but does provide some interesting insight into the writing process and production of the film.

One of the pleasures of «Hallows — Part 2» is to see how the film's production team has expanded on relatively brief passages in the book and turned them into satisfying visual splendors.

This comparison becomes all the more inevitable by the involvement of Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films (Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets) before transitioning into a production role on Prisoner of Azkaban.

But the film embraces cultural specificity in a way that no other Pixar production has before, combining the studio's customary emotional directness with a deep dive into a great nation's art, music, history, and customs.

It's funny how a «small» Spielberg film can feature an all - star cast led by Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, much less leap into production on May 30 and be ready for audiences to see it by the beginning of November.

When it comes to aesthetic and production value, this film is a triumph, almost a masterpiece, at least for its time, remaining, to this day, a marvel whose style and technical proficiency compliment entertainment value and immerse you into a distinguished world and story.

In almost every facet of production, from wardrobe and costume design to the film's score, Coogler's Black Panther takes that thread of power and spins it into a diaspora's fantasy.

Only nine months passed from the time that Spielberg read Liz Hannah's first draft of the script, to the time that he integrated John Williams» score into the final cut of the film, but «The Post» doesn't feel so urgent because it was rushed into production — it was rushed into production because it feels so urgent.

Steven Spielberg's film is a paean to the essential role of a free press, one the director felt he had to make in 2017 (he first read Liz Hannah's original script earlier this year and rushed it into production).

But the filmmaker has such a consummate understanding of storytelling and technique that he knows when to drill down into a moment for greater emotional truths and when to condense what must have been excruciating volumes of information — both in terms of the Papers themselves, and the journalistic processes of vetting, creating and production of a daily newspaper — to communicate the essential details that keep the film on track.

The features start out with a wonderful feature commentary from Coogler and production designer Hannah Beachler which goes into not only the look and action of the film, but also a lot of the themes and motivations of the characters.

The film is not without its flaws, but it sports a terrific production design that integrates magically into the story — as well as another top - notch performance by Anthony LaPaglia.

From the finished product, I'm uncertain how much time and effort really went into making the film, and what the real impetus was, other than perhaps an exploration into independent productions.

Already, the film's almost - straight - to - DVD production history has passed into legend.

Before this film went into production, it had gained interest from a couple of notable players in the film industry.

Before Marvel became a production studio powerhouse, a solo Black Widow film almost went into production over at Lionsgate.

The Suicide Squad sequel is believed to be the next DC project to go into production after Shazam, and could begin filming this year once Will Smith finishes up with the sci - fi action thriller Gemini Man...

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has been trying for years to get his feature film debut You Are Here into production.

When he collected those awards last February, Iñárritu was already well into production on his follow - up film,

I don't know if Kong: Skull Island will do well enough at the box office to justify its $ 185 - million - plus production budget on top of a dedicated park attraction, but what I do know is that I went into the film pretty skeptical... and came out feeling like the Summer 2017 film season had just kicked off three months early.

... Another comic book movie reboot is gearing up to go into production this year in Spawn, and creator and director Todd McFarlane has been chatting about how the title character will communicate in the film, as well as speaking about its hard R - rated tone: «It's funny in Hollywood, if you say you want to do an R - rated movie, they go like «Oh like Deadpooland like Logan?»

There have been far more misses than hits from the Netflix production line since it rumbled into life in 2015, and the shelf - life for films seems to be shortening as more and more projects vie for space.

«The Deathly Hallows, Part 1: Behind the Story Featurettes» is an 80 minutes feature that is split into fourteen mini featurettes focusing on the film's production and nine of these are new to the film.