Sentences with phrase «of being in a movie»

Merritt seems to loathe the very idea of being in a movie.

The self - confessed Marvel fan spoke of how his mother revealed his dream of being in the movie two years ago — long before he landed the role.

Not exact matches

Often billed as China's answer to YouTube, Youku is actually closer to Netflix; it's a streaming video site that relies on a vast library of licensed movies and television to draw in a growing audience hungry for the best western and Asian content.

If this were an old Disney movie made while Walt was at the controls, this would be the moment in the story when a little bit of magic would appear — perhaps in the form of a fairy godmother or some pixie dust — to make things right.

Despite record years in terms of total gross, the number of actual tickets sold by movie theaters has been plateauing for years.

YouTube stars — those crazy kids with millions of subscribers — are increasingly transitioning from online celebrity to real world fame, from appearing in subway ads, to getting movie deals to designing their own clothing lines.

And as if that wasn't enough, Hulu — which is owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS), 21st Century Fox (FOX), and Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal — took another swipe at its larger rival on Wednesday with the announcement that it will start offering a commercial - free version of its Hulu Plus premium streaming service, a service that will soon include a bolstered roster of movies, thanks to the Epix deal, in addition to Hulu's wide range of original and network television programming.

Until the 1950s, the bulk of popcorn was bought in movie theaters and other venues outside the home.

Now translated into English, Liu Cixin's The Three - Body Problem won the 2015 Hugo Award for best science - fiction novel and is in the process of being made into a Hollywood movie.

Any chilling effect on diplomatic relations could also affect the Chinese market's strict and complicated regulatory system, which limits the number of foreign - made movies that are released in the country each year.

China is the largest movie market outside of the U.S., and it could even outpace the U.S. in the relatively near future despite much slower growth in 2016.

«Seeing that movie theater with its beautiful architecture in the middle of town and it's not open, it's just strange.»

It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

«I am about 40 pages in, my dream is for james franco to play me in the movie» «it is gonna be epic» «it's all gonna be in there» «it is a story of love, a story of invention» «you will laugh, you will cry...» «you're gonna love it» «it's really funny!»

Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsOf course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof money despite toxic reviews).

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner admitted the decline in demand for dinosaur sales was a bit of a headwind in 2016, after the movie gave that company a boost last year.

Cuban is, of course, referring to the upcoming release of the movie based on the TV series of the same name, in which Cuban has made appearances.

«Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice» is the No. 1 movie in the US, having opened with a huge $ 166.1 million.

Best known as the world center of movie - making, LA is also a center for shipping (its port and adjacent Long Beach make up the fifth busiest port in the world).

As a result, the industry has even seems to be gradually warming to the idea of premium streaming options, where studios release movies for customers to stream at home while they're still showing in theaters.

Other cities on this list have only recently been washed in colors, thanks to social art projects and surprising film promotions (you have the Smurfs 3D movie to thank for the striking blue city of Júzcar, Spain).

Others, like Avatar director James Cameron and Interstellar «s Christopher Nolan, have argued that the startup threatens the health of the movie industry, which turned in a record year in 2015 in terms of overall box office gross.

Movie goers who prefer to see a show after dinner are OK paying the full price in exchange for maintaining control of their schedule.

One of my favorite shots in the movie is when Alita cries.

National Amusements is a vehicle that was originally created by Sumner Redstone's father Michael, to hold ownership of the family's chain of movie theaters in the 1960s.

«Winter Soldier» is a pretty good movie, but Alexander Pierce, played by Robert Redford, is so forgettable that I forgot Redford (one of the most iconic actors of all time) was even in the movie.

In 2011, while the rest of the movie crew was busy with setting up the day's shoot, 29 - year - old Emellie O'Brien was busy digging through the garbage.

BKEG was acquired in 2003 by New Wave Entertainment, a producer of marketing solutions and trailers for the movie industry that's owned by Paul Apel, who started as an editor at the company and worked his way up to owner and CEO, a spot he's had for 23 years.

The series was pitched to him in Los Angeles by superstar science - fiction writer J. Michael Straczynski and Andy and Lana Wachowski, the directors of The Matrix series of movies.

He was the leader of the Dark Elves and the central villain in the second «Thor» movie.

If those viewers had each paid the national average movie - ticket price of about $ 9, that would've been a $ 99 million debut at the box office — roughly what Universal Pictures» «The Fate of the Furious» did in April.

«Black Panther» was praised back in February for having one of the best villains in the universe (and in movie history).

At a press conference for the movie in Italy, Dewan said of her then - boyfriend, «Channing is a very sweet, loving, funny, giving, caring, compassionate [person].»

But the narrative already has the makings of a feel - good Hollywood movie — so it should come as no surprise that a feature film dramatizing Ma's rags - to - riches rise is already in the works.

But the size of the market we're pursuing — data centers, autonomous driving, video games and virtual reality, industrial design — our technology is being used by almost every car company, movie... so almost every data center in the world will be accelerated by GPUs.

Corman is also credited with discovering Jack Nicholson, who appeared in many of the filmmaker's productions before becoming one of the biggest movie stars in history.

But that doesn't mean that all of these MCU villains are bad: they're just forgettable, even in some of the best movies to date including «Iron Man 3,» «Ant - Man,» and «Captain America: Civil War.»

Among spreading other conspiracy theories, Jones has said tragedies like the mass shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., and Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., both in 2012, were hoaxes, propagated by opponents of the Second Amendment.

Searching for Morgan Freeman, for example, will turn up a list of the actor's movies that are on Netflix, Crackle and Popcornflix, the three channels included in the search function to start with.

But many fans are disappointed that Phasma didn't get much of a story arc in either movie.

And where there previously was no drive - in movie theater area named Risky Reels, there now is (in the upper right corner of the map).

«My phone rang and it was [Age of Ultron director] Joss Whedon and he said, «Do you want to play the Vision in the next «Avengers» movie?»»

This is probably the part of military training that people who've never gone through military training think of — the part they've seen in the movies where sadistic drill instructors put you through hell.

As the computer began processing the data, the lights in the room were turned off so that the audience would be awed by the blinking Ping - Pong balls, a spectacle that became a staple of movies and TV shows.

Late this year, Imax announced two big movie releases in China: Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, promising a «thrilling story of heroism, friendship and betrayal, which has never before been depicted on film,» and John Woo's The Crossing, a two - part historical epic about the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

The movie had more problems than just its casting — like choosing to introduce the mutant in someone else's standalone movie and nearly ruining «Deadpool» forever — but that doesn't excuse the bad interpretation of a beloved hero who was much more clever in the comics.

Turney is a former Rooster Teeth host and cosplayer, while Free continues to be a regular member of the Rooster Teeth crew (having appeared in both «Lazer Team» movies and other projects).

The memory may have faded, but movie studios can still feel the sharp barb left behind by 2014's release of «The Interview,» the James Franco and Seth Rogen - starring slapstick comedy that saw the duo assassinate Kim Jong - un; hundreds of Sony's e-mails were leaked by hackers in the aftermath, causing their own controversies, while even the brief threat of all - out war seemed to hang strangely in the air.

The LEGO Batman Movie wasn't all that innovative in terms of superhero cinema, but it was set in a digitally derived LEGO universe.

One of the investors, China Media Capital (CMC), is a huge player in the nation's incredibly complex domestic movie business.