Sentences with phrase «life as a remake»

It started life as a remake of a UK show, but this US take on The Office quickly became its own beast — particularly when it came to character development.

Not exact matches

Not only was Glover cast as Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han Solo «Star Wars» film, but he'll also voice of Simba, the rambunctious lion cub who becames the leader of the pride, in Disney's live - action remake of «The Lion King.»
The live action Beauty and the Beast has been the top - grossing movie of the year so far, which is a good sign for the company's other live - action remakes in development such as The Lion King and Mulan.
Only as a sensitive conscience on these matters is aroused can we hope for much in the way of either social salvation or the individual remaking of life.
The March for Life, billed as the world's largest anti-abortion event, is remaking itself in deeper ways as well, says Monahan.
As we all have been made well aware, Emma Watson is taking on the role of Belle in the new live - action remake of Beauty and the Beast.
These scientist, and doctors, can not remake skin, bone, eyes, brains, oval eggs, sperm, none of the sort, so they have no real answer to create a life other than how procreation works, where again what, and how is the very first man, or woman, animal, other creatures, either in the sea, or creeping on this earth was originally created from, as where did they first come from?
The former believe that the most important consideration is to nourish a new consciousness — values, attitudes, goals, commitments, and life styles which will gradually remake society as the new vision takes hold of crucial segments of the population.
But that answer is not a program for redeeming the world of nature as well as the human soul, so that they can then live in harmony to create the kingdom of God on earth as it is, but a spiritual liberation of those men and women who believe in Jesus as the prerequisite of a total remaking of the cosmos by God's Spirit and in God's own time.
The Beauty and the Beast line was announced in honor of the tale as old as time's live - action remake, while the Snow White cocottes will commemorate the 80th birthday of Disney's first princess.
But from these scraps, we are slowly piecing together an image of this real - life King Kong -LRB-... or — as portrayed in this year's remake of The Jungle Book — King Louie), how it lived and why it eventually vanished from the face of the planet.
Deep inside, there is a strong, good, loving version of you, and keeping that image in your thoughts can help you as you remake your life.
The first question that confronts one when examining Luke and Acts is whether they were written by the same person, as A 2016 interview with Mr Porter notes that Welsh actor Luke Evans, who plays Gaston in the new live - action remake of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, was single.
Gordon Green wrote and shot the film, titled Prince Avalanche, in Austin last month prior to getting started on his remake of Dario Argento's Suspiria, and it's described as following «two men whose lives intersect while working on a road striping crew together.»
The Phantom Empire has been credited with inspiring not only Republic Pictures» similar Undersea Kingdom (1936) but also Universal's superior Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials and was remade as part of the short - lived 1979 television series Cliffhangers.
By the time the nigh endless climax rolls around, Fright Night has certainly established itself as just another in a long line of needless horror remakes - with the movie's failure especially disappointing given the strength of Farrell's engaging performance (and it's also worth noting that David Tennant does manage to inject some life into the proceedings with his small role as a Vegas vampire hunter).
Harris» feature films for 2004 include the live - action remake Thunderbirds and the thriller Trauma, starring Colin Firth.Though her star was steadily rising in Hollywood, it wasn't until 2006 that Harris would really make a splash on stateside screens; and after supporting roles in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Harris took to the high seas for her role as Tia Dalma in the eagerly anticipated summer sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Now, 65 years later, as part of The Mouse House's current trend of remaking / reimagining classics from the vault (which will continue over the next few years with new versions of «The Jungle Book», «Pete's Dragon» and «Beauty and the Beast»), veteran director Kenneth Branagh brings to life the latest live - action interpretation of the glass slipper story.
The Lion King is just the latest Disney classic to get a live - action revamp, as both The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast have already proven successful remakes.
The American remake of the French Canadian film Starbuck features Vince Vaughn as affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier.
As with many cartoon to live action remakes, all the names sound silly.
I usually try to review remakes (or prequels or sequels, for that matter) on their own merit as standalone films, but it's impossible for me to do so with Disney's live - action remake of its 1991 animated take on Beauty and the Beast.
The live - action remake of the 1991 animated classic, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the fairytale couple, enchanted movie - goers upon its...
Synopsis: A remake of the 1951 sci - fi classic of the same name, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL follows astrobiologist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) as she is unceremoniously plucked from her everyday life with her stepson (Jaden Smith), and whisked away to consult the government on a top - secret matter.
With a live - action remake around the corner for Disney, it's interesting to look at 2014's Beauty and the Beast, directed by Brotherhood of the Wolf and Silent Hill director Christophe Gans, as a litmus test for the continued relevance of the tale.
Director, co-writer and co-producer Kim Jee - woon is one of the country's best filmmakers (of the gangster picture A Bittersweet Life and the outstanding horror film A Tale of Two Sisters, sloppily remade here as The Uninvited) and brings his double - barreled love of Italian - made spaghetti Westerns to the fray.
With Disney still on their way to world domination, a surprise was left for those waking up this morning as the full cast of the live action Lion King remake was revealed.
The 3D remake will serve as a re-imagining of the original story which followed a team of scientists who are shrunk to atomic size and sent on a miniature submarine inside the body of a scientist to save his life.
That it was a remake (of Lina Wertmüller's squirm - inducing Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August) was strike one; that it starred Madonna, a lousy film actress considered box - office poison, strike two; that Ritchie is married to Madonna, marking Swept Away as the kind of vanity project that power couples make to spend more time together than their private life allows, strike three.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (PG for violence, mild crude humor and brief profanity) Live - action remake of the Mickey Mouse segment of Fantasia updated as a latter - day tale, set in Manhattan, where a magician (Nicolas Cage) enlists the assistance of a college student (Jay Baruchel) to do battle with his evil archenemy (Alfred Molina).
She stars alongside Dan Stevens as a fearsome CGI Beast in the live - action remake of the animated film
Somewhat surprisingly, though, the screenwriters lined up for their first picture are the guys behind the script for Joe Johnston's upcoming Captain America as well as the first two Narnia movies; yet perhaps less surprisingly for This Life collaborators, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely also wrote The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and collaborated with Cameron Crowe on a proposed, yet stalled, remake of the Ernst Lubitsch masterpiece Trouble in Paradise.
As director Len Wiseman preps his Summer 2012 remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger / Paul Verhoeven film set to star Colin Farrell in the lead, the next big step is bringing those women to life.
As an astounding Shakespearean director and actor, he is also proven to make bigger budget films work for him and tell interesting narratives for characters we didn't think we'd care about i.e. Thor and his live - action remake of Cinderella for Disney.
After their postmodern live - action remakes of «Alice in Wonderland» and «Sleeping Beauty» (as «Maleficent»), Disney has taken a much more traditional approach to the diamond in the crown, «Cinderella».
A remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's 1990s thriller, the film (which also marks director Luis Prieto's English - language debut) watches as a drug lord's life implodes, a process with which filmgoers are quite familiar.
As revealed in the Game Boy Advance remake, Bazzas can live in both fresh and salt water.
In this remake of the 1962 Masaki Kobayashi movie known as «Harakiri» in America, but «Seppuku» in Japan, Takashi Miike considers the value of one life or «Ichimei.»
Director Rupert Sanders delivers the live action remake as a visually rich feast, bringing a welcome upgrade to both character and storytelling.
Glover, who will appear as Lando Calrissian in Solo, is set to star as Simba in Favreau's live - action remake of the 1994 animated film.
In this new remake, producer Guillermo del Toro guides first - time feature filmmaker Troy Nixey as he brings yet another haunted house to life.
As for genre fans, that itch could be scratched by remake «We Are What We Are ``; live - action «Wreck - It Ralph «- ish «Virtually Heroes ``; found - footage sequel «S - VHS ``; Dermot Mulroney in «The Rambler ``; and / or Leslie Bibb and Rob Corddry in horror - comedy «Hell Baby.»
Disney continues their new tale as old as time, remaking their animated classics in live action, with Beauty and the Beast.
It comes as little surprise that Disney is pulling out all the stops for its upcoming live - action remake of classic musical Beauty and the Beast; it's a tale as old as time.
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It seems most of the world took up the invitation to «be our guest» this weekend as Disney's latest live - action remake, Beauty and the Beast, has shattered box office records across the globe to rule the charts.
We truly live in the era of reboots and remakes, as classic gangster flick Scarface will soon be revamped for modern audiences, if all goes according to plan.
With all the hype surrounding Disney's live - action remake of «Beauty and the Beast,» it should come as no surprise that the film's advance ticket sales are blowing up.
The Casino Royale and Penny Dreadful star joins Will Smith as actor tipped to appear in Disney's live - action remake
Perhaps because my expectations were lowered by past Disney live - action remakes or because the 1991 cartoon isn't among my favorites, but this effects - heavy version exceeded my expectations and stands as one of 2017's most enjoyable films thus far.
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