Sentences with phrase «movie as a movie starring»

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On a visit to the DreamWorks studio, which produced animated films such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, Mr Obama said Hollywood was a «bright spot» in the US economy and that movies such as Star Wars were a tool for American diplomacy around the world.

Up next: He's set to star in the movie Slice as a pizza - delivery driver / werewolf.

As she once told the New York Post, «I'd rather be smart than a movie star.»

However, the upcoming «The LEGO Batman Movie,» starring Will Arnett as the Caped Crusader, could be the Batman movie we need rightMovie,» starring Will Arnett as the Caped Crusader, could be the Batman movie we need rightmovie we need right now.

Some of today's biggest movies, such as «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» have premiered here.

But others point to an overreliance on movie tie - ins and a lack of novelty: Star Wars toys didn't sell as well as expected, perhaps because kids see them as a tired formula.

Kevin Smith jumps headfirst into B - movie filmmaking with his latest that stars his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, and Johnny Depp's daughter, Lily - Rose Depp, as two Canadians who find themselves fighting miniature Nazis made out of bratwursts.

AT - ATs were featured in the classic «Star Wars» movie «The Empire Strikes Back» as well as the newer film «Rogue One.»

Portman, star of the movie «Jackie,» appeared from a cloud of smoke as late first lady Jackie Kennedy.

The building is a National Historic Landmark and moonlights as a Hollywood set — the movie «Chattahoochee» starring Gary Oldman filmed in one of its abandoned rooms.

For example, consider the original 1977 Star Wars movie (also known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope).

She has starred in hit movies such as The Wedding Planner, made a highly successful run as a judge on American Idol, and had several hit albums.

Considered a classic Christmas movie, «It's A Wonderful Life,» stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who dreams of being more than he is and believes he has no purpose in life.

A few other pieces compared entrepreneurship to the movie making business with titles like «How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»&rmovie making business with titles like «How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»&rMovie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»»

Directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed) and starring Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up) as the Black Panther, the movie is the first standalone film for the classic Marvel Comics character after Boseman previously appeared as the Black Panther in 2016's Marvel film, Captain America: Civil War.

The company has done well with several of its movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled in about $ 3.5 billion since the original movie in 2001).

There's also star appeal, as movie and television stars regularly cross over to Broadway.

Rockwell's career has been a roller - coaster ride because of Hollywood's trouble placing him as either a movie star or a character actor over the years.

Still, the inclusion of dramatic actors such as Cruise and Kidman on the overpaid list does lend credence to the fact that paying an actor large amounts of money to star in a movie is pretty risky, if not foolish.

Zuckerberg and his cohort have taken to employing tactics normally used by high - profile celebrities and movie stars, such as «purchasing houses through trusts or corporate entities so that the owners» names are not on public deeds,» in an effort to keep their identities secret while they construct megamansions throughout the Bay Area and Palo Alto in California.

As a result, Nevada has become a haven for celebrities, movie stars and other highly visible individuals (such as big company CEOs) who seek anonymity when conducting their business and investment activitieAs a result, Nevada has become a haven for celebrities, movie stars and other highly visible individuals (such as big company CEOs) who seek anonymity when conducting their business and investment activitieas big company CEOs) who seek anonymity when conducting their business and investment activities.

His strange downfall and subsequent rebirth as one of the most bankable movie stars all began with an innocent act of love.

In between those films he agreed to star in pal Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy «Tropic Thunder» as the overweight, bigger - than - life movie exec Les Grossman.

In 1982, Steven Spielberg was already the star director of such blockbuster fare as «Jaws» and «Raiders of the Lost Ark.» But when «E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial» was unleashed upon the masses that summer, he became a bona fide cultural phenomenon, the rare director who can get mainstream movie fans into theaters simply because his name is on the poster.

Mike Myers appeared on «The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon» Wednesday night, as his Dr. Evil character from the «Austin Powers» movies, to take some jabs at Trump.

With Disney pushing the annual release of Star Wars movies, Star Wars toys are likely to remain popular as the franchise has long been a hit with kids as well as fans of the originals.

With «The Fate of the Furious» hitting theaters on Friday, and looking to make box - office dollars as over-the-top as its stunts, here we look back on the incredible career of «The Rock» from a failed football run and WWE to bona fide movie star:

The movie — which stars Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, and Adam Driver — follows Jesuit priests in 17th - century Japan as they face violence and persecution.

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern and starring Ashton Kutcher as Jobs, the movie will be released August 16.

The assets include A&E and Star TV networks, as well as its regional sports operation, movie studios, and stakes in Sky and Hulu, and others.

I think few of us will ever be directly involved with a marketing blitz as big as releasing a Star Wars movie and its related merchandise, but we can watch what the professionals in charge of those events do, and learn some valuable lessons.

It was later revealed that the two went for research purposes, as Gosling was tapped to star in del Toro's movie adaptation of the Disneyland ride The Haunted Mansion, which happens to be Gosling's favorite.

The movie, which stars @ellefanning in the title role, features Booth as a Romantic poet.

Developers were planning numerous new level packs, including one based on this fall's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story movie, as well as a new line of 12 - inch figures.

«Much like the final films in series like «The Dark Knight,» «Star Wars» and «Harry Potter,» this is billed as the payoff movie that fans have been waiting for,» he added.

The Infinity 3.0 team ran into similar challenges with Star Wars, according to one source, juggling priorities to make levels and characters for Star Wars Rebels, a popular animated series even as the game's developers wanted to focus more on the movies, particularly the then - upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Pretty impressive, especially since this doesn't even include the Lucasfilm Star Wars movies (the third trilogy of Episodes 7, 8, and 9 plus spinoff movies) which I am looking forward to as both an investor and Star Wars fan.

The 1983 movie starred Jennifer Beals as a welder by...

Following Thor: Ragnarok in 2017, we'll get a slate of brand new heroes, including Black Panther (starring Get On Up «s Chadwick Boseman as Marvel's first black superhero), along with Captain Marvel (which will be Marvel's first female - starring film) and an Inhumans movie in 2018.

The pair famously pooled money from mowing lawns as children to buy a Super 8 video camera, and proceeded to remake movies they saw on TV with neighborhood children in the starring roles.

Casting rumors have abounded for JJ Abrams» new Star Wars movie since, as many celebrities have noted, just about everyone in Hollywood has been auditioning for a part.

In Mystery Men, a movie from a few years back, William H. Macy, Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria starred as a trio of lesser superheroes with fairly unimpressive superpowers.

These are all strong candidates, but while watching the movie The Words, starring Bradley Cooper as wanna - be-writer Rory, I think I found the answer.

Farmiga, who starred opposite George Clooney in the hit movie «Up in the Air,» told CNN that she began panicking during preproduction, as the magnitude of the undertaking - simultaneously directing and playing the lead role, lots of child actors, and 25 scenes that included music - became clear.

The movie «Exodus,» directed by Ridley Scott and starring Christian Bale as Moses, is scheduled for December.

James Franco directs and stars as the self - unaware Tommy, playing him just about perfectly when compared side by side to scenes from The Room (which this new movie does for a few minutes during the end credits).

The movies are a spinoff of the Harry Potter novels and films, and stars Eddie Redmayne as a man named Newt Scamander, who unleashes all types of magical mischief into the world, 70 years before the story of Harry Potter begins.

Iconic filmmaker and current RELEVANT cover star Martin Scorsese has always been interested in movies that tease out spiritual themes, but his fascination with Christianity has rarely been as front...

He could easily spend the next few years starring in blockbuster remakes and sequels (like the upcoming Aladdin and Bad Boys movies), and and casually maintain his status as a global movie superstar.

In the first three months of this year alone: Son of Man, which casts a black man as Christ and sets his life in modern South Africa, got positive reviews at Sundance; the makers of Color of the Cross, which also casts a black man as Christ, established a website with trailers for their work - in - progress; and New Line Cinema announced that Oscar nominees Keisha Castle - Hughes (Whale Rider) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) will star as the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth in a new movie about the Nativity, to be released in time for Christmas.