Sentences with phrase «major film company»

The success of Heavenly Creatures made Jackson an attractive prospect to major film companies and Miramax signed him to a «first - look» deal.

That's why they pitched the idea for a CG movie to all of the major film companies, but we won't be seeing one anytime soon.

Not exact matches

Hasbro has two major films based on the company's own brands, Transformers: The Last Knight and My Little Pony.

The company works with major film studios to create original and marketing content ahead of movie releases.

While major production companies and distributors, à la Disney, typically get most of the credit for the success of Hollywood films, there are dozens of independently run startups like Rodeo that contribute in no small part to the success of projects, and without which these films would not look as glossy as they do.

Independent of Lucasfilm and its parent company, Disney, ILM provides visual effects services for films from all the major movie studios.

Hollywood has already attracted investment from China in its films and production companies but hadn't ceded control of any major producer.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

The company recently hired a major Hollywood executive to develop big films in - house.

The company announced they're releasing specials by high - profile comedians as they continue competing to beat out major TV and film competitors.

Donors affiliated with a major TV and film production company who never gave more than $ 250 to any city office donated thousands to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 — and are now dodging questions about the big - money contributions.

The named companies have been engaged in ventures ranging from a major solar - panel factory in Buffalo to a film hub in Syracuse to a dormitory in Albany to a power plant in Orange County.

On two major Cuomo projects in the Syracuse area - the Central New York film hub and the never - completed redevelopment of Kennedy Square — Howe was paid to simultaneously represent both the state and the private company angling for the state contract.

The film is being distributed by the Weinstein Company, owned by a Harvey Weinstein, a major backer of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

Already, such issues have driven major companies such as General Electric to opt for competing technologies, investing in thin - film solar cells made from cadmium telluride by PrimeStar.

As an assistant to director Robert Altman, Rudolph worked on such major Altman projects as The Long Goodbye (1973) and Nashville (1975), ultimately getting a chance to direct his own film for Altman's production company, Welcome to LA (1977).

Below are the films released by each individual distributor during 2015, ordered by average Metascore (beginning with the major studios as a group and then moving on to the smaller companies).

Nothing in this film is as daring as those choices — as played by Harrison Ford, Solo was a borderline antihero and the only major character in the original trilogy who had a dangerous edge, albeit one that Lucas and company immediately began sanding down — and as young Solo, Alden Ehrenriech doesn't convince as a cocky young pilot and smuggler who's been prematurely soured by a hard - knock life.

Both highly acclaimed films that got picked up by major companies (Sony Classics and Fox Searchlight, respectively), they are definitely films to watch out for...

But that film closed a whopping $ 10 million deal last month by Amazon Studios, a statement buy for that company after the scandalous exit of Roy Price, and the first major buy under the leadership of Jason Ropell.

In a major move for the production companies, and for super hero films in general, Sony Entertainment Pictures along with Disney and Marvel Studios have made a deal regarding a web making superhero.

Many major production companies including Disney and Warner Bros. turned down the film but it finally found distribution through the then - small New Line Cinema.

Among the four major dramas to center on working class Boston types at the end of 2010 and into 2011, I'd rank The Company Men alongside the Hilary Swank lawyer film Conviction, both a far cry from the appealing heights of The Fighter and Affleck's acclaimed hit The Town.

Gifted may be an independent film, but it still has the backing of a major studio in Fox Searchlight Pictures» parent company, so it's no surprise that the movie looks terrific on Blu - ray, its 2.40:1 picture and 5.1 DTS - HD master audio sound both meeting one's high expectations for the format in 2017.

Viacom's Paramount Pictures film studio released two major disappointments in the company's fiscal second quarter, including «Zoolander 2» with, from left, Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander, Owen Wilson as Hansel and Penelope Cruz as Valentina Valencia.

Disney's biennial — that's every two years — D23 Expo is back for its fourth installment at the Anaheim Convention Center, and once again they're holding two major presentations to highlight the company's upcoming feature film slate.

Written by one - time screenwriter John Pinkney, producer Anthony Ginnane - who also gave us the Aussie supernatural thriller «Patrick» a year earlier - recruited members of Crawford Productions, a company that played a major role in bringing many celebrated Australian film artists to the international film scene during the Seventies.

He would work in house at Warner Brothers until launching his own design company in 1962, allowing him to rapidly expand his portfolio to films from all the major studios.

The socially conscious film and television production company had its hand in three major winners: «Spotlight,» «Beasts of No Nation,» and «The Look of Silence.»

Now, McQueen has a film with a respectable R rating, lots of A-list stars, and a major production company in Brad Pitt's Plan B. Throw in a surprising inclusion at TIFF as well as an October 18 release date, and McQueen could be looking at a long - lasting level of exposure — perhaps through February.

Legendary recently went into business with a Chinese company that bought a major stake in the studio, which allows them a lot more access into both the Chinese exhibitor market along with incentives / tax breaks the government gives to films made by Chinese studios in the country.

At a news conference earlier this year for «Behind the Candelabra,» Soderbergh and company expressed their gratitude to HBO for picking up the film when major studios balked at funding it, reportedly because the gay content was too much to handle.

Since Infinity War arrived, the major studios have released just two movies: Warner Bros.» Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party, which made $ 18.5 million in its opening weekend, the lowest total for a McCarthy vehicle since she became a movie star; and the $ 16.5 million - earning Breaking In, a Gabrielle Union thriller from Universal and Will Packer Productions, the company that has delivered two textbook counterprograms, Girls Trip and the Ride Along films.

Scripted by leading lady Sylvia Chung — who co-stars with Chow Yun - Fat as the secretly entangled, openly warring bosses of a major import - export company — To's film has much more to say about workplace politics, commercial culture and the roots of the financial crash than its gaudy, giddy exterior might suggest.

There were also some slight rewrites (the Orcs are far more aggressive in this film than in Tolkien's novel) and some major rewrites, such as when the company of dwarves gets separated in a plot twist that was very much unexpected.

Though early sales got off to a slow start, the dam burst over the weekend and a few major sales were made for at least three high profile and highly regarded films: Gavin Wiesen's Homework was bought by Fox Searchlight, Drake Doremus» Like Crazy was bought by Paramount, and Jesse Peretz's My Idiot Brother was bought by The Weinstein Company.

Where so many bigger companies have ignored major art - house releases (or even older Hollywood releases) for careful, meticulous restoration, Criterion has always dived head first and taken their job very seriously, packaging astounding A / V transfers with truly revelatory extras and consistently thought - provoking critical essays on each of their films.

J.J. Abrams and Primetime Emmy Award winner Bryan Burk will produce under the banner of their company Bad Robot Productions, which is a major player in film and television productions.

Despite the fact that he's first seen in the company of a six - foot - plus transvestite, for once Downey's character is not the most eccentric character in a major Hollywood film.

Wattpad has done everything it can to promote and encourage writers onto the mainstream publishing scene including founding Wattpad Studios which helps aspiring authors connect with television and film companies and «Sourcebooks» to forge major publishing deals and establish print editions of their eBooks.

Since As We Travel was founded, we have traveled and blogged from over 45 countries, worked in conjunction with major travel companies like InterRail, partnered with tourism boards like VisitScotland, VisitBerlin, Innsbruck Tourism, filmed HD travel videos in over 33 countries, and have become one of the top ranked travel blogs in the industry.

You'll be fine with movies and TV shows from major companies, but be careful with your stash of gory horror films from indie studios.

With the company's first product placement in a major Hollywood film, AOC has become the official monitor partner of «The Martian», the highly - anticipated sci - fi adventure from master director Ridley Scott, in cinemas globally starting September 30.

Also on display: the work Shonibare did for the Fourth Plinth in London; «The Big Three», a group of sculptures representing the managers of the three major American car companies; the film «Un Ballo in Maschera»; the first group of collages made by Shonibare; and «Cannonball Heaven», an installation produced especially for this show.

When selecting films for the Arthouse label, founder and partner David Koh notes the company's devotion to «high - quality theatrical movies about major subjects with worldwide appeal having to deal with art and culture and music subjects.»

For the next 11 years he worked as an advertising account executive, becoming involved in a number of film campaigns for major movie companies.

If the extremely promising low cost thin - film technology that is entering high - volume production this year by companies like Nanosolar (100 million in venture capital from the likes of Sergey Brin) pans out, then solar could quickly become a major factor in energy production.

Among other initiatives, the memo notes that several of the participating companies are planning to finance a major film to counteract the influence of Al Gore's «An Inconvenient Truth.»

His clients include major film and television studios, national and global entertainment and sports companies, production and post-production companies, television and radio stations, magazines and other publications, computer technology companies, online content and software providers, and talent, as well as insurers and manufacturers.

The company has managed to rally support from a number of major Hollywood film studios — Paramount and Lionsgate are the major holdouts — and the end result is Movies Anywhere, a new service that promises glorious cross-platform support for (almost) all the digital movies that you've ever purchased.