Sentences with phrase «making video game films»

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Since «Step by Step» (1991), Jason has provided voices for numerous animated television shows and computer games, appeared in a straight - to - video film, been the voice of Kovu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)(V), the voice of Haku in the American dub of Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001), starred in two TV films, and has made guest appearances on some of the most popular American sitcoms out there.

Here's why not: When you make something, whether a highbrow literary novel or a shoot - em - up video game or a film comedy, you should try to do as good a job as possible.

I think the main reason that many people were really skeptical about the film was probably due to how a superhero film probably wouldn't do as well as it could or wouldn't be as serious as it could be since it takes place in the 40s during WWII and sine Captain america, was more of a piece for its time when it was made, so people felt that the Nazi shtick would probably get old after a while, especially since it had been done in so many films and video games prior.

The biggest problem with the film is that the marketing for it makes the viewer believe that the classic video game characters will play a key role in the film while they honestly have minor cameos.

Phil Ring and Jonathan Smith from TT games talk about playing with huge licensed film franchises in the video game sphere, as well as making dark themes and death safe...

The DVD has a short feature on the making of the film, which was created with off - the - shelf software as a sort of low - rent counterpart to the computer animation applied in fellow nominees «Shrek» and «Monsters, Inc.» The disc also has two music videos, a dozen promotional TV spots, seven games playable on computer DVD - ROM drives and full - screen and widescreen versions of the film.

Jackson and Blomkamp spent several years trying to put together a film version of the Microsoft video game Halo (Blomkamp actually made three digital shorts to promote a 2007 game release).

This sequel is more religious thriller than superhero film, though the directing duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (whose other credits include Gamer and the maligned Jonah Hex screenplay) make it look like a car commercial, with their jerky handheld digital video, odd angles, and hollow showiness.

Assassin's Creed December 21st I'm hoping history can be made here and the first film adapted from a video game that's actually good will be Assassin's Creed.

The way they make it seem, it sure looks like a fun and problem - free place to work (free food, nap - pods, and fun team - building games and exercise classes galore), so one can only imagine the spike in applications the company will receive during this film's initial release in theaters and on video.

Continuing to put together a cast that suggests they don't realize they're making a movie based on a video game about historical parkour fanatics — and could thus stand to maybe coast a little bit — the producers of Assassin's Creed have announced that Brendan Gleeson and Jeremy Irons have signed on to appear in the film.

It's not that making a film out of a video game is impossible, but it is very, very hard to do well.

Hollywood hasn't found a way to make films and video games gel.

Much of the scenery and action / adventure elements that make the video game series standout are prevalent throughout the film, and it makes it feel like a video game in a good way.

While I wouldn't mind playing with some of these side characters and superfluous plotlines in a video game, as an adaptation of a beloved work that has enchanted many millions of readers, young and old, I'm left longing for a different kind of fan film — the inevitable one in which someone edits out all of the stuff not from the writings of Tolkien — and makes it the movie it always should have been from inception.

The original script by «Mortal Kombat» creator John Tobias and the first movie's producer, Lawrence Kasanoff (along with Joshua Wexler), was ditched in favor of a barebones one by b - movie horror scribe Brent V. Friedman and TV writer Bryce Zabel, who mostly ignore the video game's style in order to make the film a standalone horror - action fantasy.

The other point the film makes is that the creators live in an almost video game world with the completion of the game being their «final boss.»

The popular film franchise, Hotel Transylvania will be making its video game debut later this Summer on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

British TV commercial and video game director Rupert Sanders makes a solid feature - film debut at the helm of this rip - snorting new version, which restores some of the fable's pre-Disney grit and gristle and strips decades of candy coating off its grown - up edge.

Justin Kurzel «s (Macbeth) film is a gloomy and moody video game adaptation that doesn't make a man reliving an ancestor's memories, as he fights in 15th Century Spain, as entertaining as it sounds.

I've never played any incarnation of the «World of Warcraft» video game, and the film version doesn't make me want to start.

It is the highest accolade given by Bafta to someone who has made an exceptional contribution to film, television, or video games.

But in its interpretation of Episode VII and the developer's execution on making scenes from the film fit into a video game, it far surpasses its predecessors and will define what LEGO games can be in the future.

We already shared a video of the cast of Demolition talking about working with director Jean - Marc Vallée and one of Vallée and Jake Gyllenhaal discussing their experience making the film, but now it's time to switch gears for a round of our movie version of the game «Would You Rather.»

Baker also touched on series creator Hideo Kojima: «I don't know what's going on at Konami, but I love Kojima, and I love him as a dude, I respect him as a game maker, as really one of the first cinematic game makers that we had, someone that really understood in a very Sergio Leone spaghetti western way of making film in a game, and for giving us one of the greatest video game characters ever in the multiple iterations of Snake.»

A number of bonus features from Spider - Man 2's original DVD are not included here: another Spidey Sense graphic subtitle trivia track, Train's «Ordinary» music video, four making - of webisodes, the 15 - minute «Interwoven: The Women of Spider - Man», «Enter the Web» (multi-angle B - roll from the filming of four sequences), a gallery of Alex Ross» paintings of scenes from the original film used in the opening credits, a trailer for and making - of featurette on Activision's Spider - Man 2 video game, and, least importantly, DVD - ROM content supposedly consisting of weblinks and an S - M 3 countdown which I couldn't even get to work (trying to use InterActual these days is a disaster).

The Fellowship award is the highest accolade given by Bafta to someone who has made an exceptional contribution to film, television, or video games.

All the highlights of the news from yesterday with stories on Director Shawn Levy and writers Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney exit film adaptation of video game Minecraft and HBO's standalone streaming service to make its debut in April 2015.

Tomb Raider probably won't go down as the film that finally broke the video game movie «curse», but it does show that video game adaptations can make for decent (if disposable) genre entertainment.

The Big Sick movie review: If a film can still be made where a person spreads the prayer mat and then dances around it playing video games, where Anupam Kher can play a Pakistani dad, where one can say that he doesn't know whether one believes or not in Allah, and where a mother can pack meat biryani for the road, all is well.

A literal translation of «The Godfather» or «The Bourne Identity» likely would have made for a poor film, but they, along with many others, were lucky to get filmmakers who picked up the material and ran with it, and that's what video games haven't yet had; at best, they get someone workmanlike like Mike Newell, at worst they get Paul W.S. Anderson.

It's a film about video games made by a director who was a huge formative influence on the medium, observing his own reflection in a funhouse mirror.

Rounding out the set is an eight - minute featurette on the locations of the film, as well as a mini making - of on the film's unofficial video game sequel, «Stranglehold.»

When: August 21st Why: Considering Hollywood's incessant failure with adapting video games for the big screen, it seems a little crazy that Fox would choose to make another «Hitman» film when the 2007 version starring Timothy Olyphant was such a massive flop.

Rupert Friend certainly looks the part of the titular assassin, and the action sequences appear to make good use of the R - rating, but with so many better video game properties begging to be made into films, did we really need another generic action flick based on one that didn't work the first time?

In fact, similar complaints have been historically made about most children's entertainment media during the peak periods of their popularity, including video games, comic books, radio, film, and novels.

It has made thousands of appearances in film, television, music and video games, and is the world's most - liked vehicle on Facebook.

Over the years, the Mustang has made thousands of appearances in film, television, music and video games, and it is the world's «most - liked» vehicle on Facebook.

$ 750,000 - A live full length feature film and documentary of the music, making - of, interviews with composers / designers, history of game music, etc. to be recorded during the upcoming Video Games Live Latin America tour taking place this fall.

As such, composing for film or television will often involve more dramatic ups and downs in the music to closely match the scene whereas in video games, the composer is usually composing music layers (ambient exploration music, combat music, tension music etc.) that will transition between one another,» he noted, adding, «Trailer music is unique in that the music needs to make a very immediate and direct impact on the audience in a short amount of time.

Back in the 1980s, when I was but a fresh faced boy of ten, there were three constants in life: Bedtime was always too early, the weekends were never long enough, and if a film was released at the cinema, there would inevitably be a video game made of it.

Looking to produce the «finest Rambo video game ever made», Reef Entertainment will be using original audio reels from the acclaimed film trilogy for its latest title.

Most viewed fan film based on a video game:» Revenge» — A Minecraft Parody of «DJ Got Us Fallin» in Love (Usher)-- Made Using Noteblocks».

For me adapting a video game is just like adapting a book or a play or any other... whenever you're adapting from another medium for film you try to take into account what you need to do to make it a movie.

Hotline Miami, like the films above, is a contemporary satire about media violence, and any video game that can make a cerebral statement that strongly will forever make it's mark on video game history.

Gyllenhaal and [Jessica] Chastain have been with the film project since its conception and have been persistent in making sure that it matches the tone of the video game, while also reaching audiences who appreciate the actors» own past work.

Some of the high - prestige indie games that made their way onto Xbox and PlayStation include Journey (a melancholy pilgrimage to a mountaintop in which you sometimes encounter other random players), Gone Home (players explore an empty house in Portland, Oregon, and un-lock its secrets through hidden journal entries), and What Remains of Edith Finch (a narrative adventure published by the video game arm of the film production company Annapurna Pictures).

The video game industry shares this quirk with the film industry, sometimes releasing two games with just enough similarity between them to make casual players pause for a moment to sort out exactly which one they're remembering.

Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson is too busy making better paying video game films to repeat his performance as Sarge from 2005's schlocky low - budget Doom movie from Universal Pictures, so this time around we'll get Nina Bergman in a shlocky low - budget Doom movie from Universal 1440 Entertainment.

Imaginati, a London - based studio, has made it their mission to raise the bar of storytelling and performance capture in video games and their first attempt is with the beloved Planet of the Apes license with Andy Serkis, who plays Caesar in the films, being involved in the making of Last Frontier.