Sentences with phrase «of film studios»

Miyamoto's most interesting comments came at the end after a question comparing the difficulties for video game publishers to those of film studios in the «50s and «60s.

While the story smacks more of the kind of film studios churn out rather than a fresh and honest look at the life of a geisha, nevertheless, director Rob Marshall (Chicago) effectively brings the tale to life, concentrating more on the factors that made it an appealing book — the exotic locales, customs, and descriptions of the period.

Marvel Movies is the monster of the film studios at the moment, creating a tapestry of movies like none we have ever seen before.

Peerless in his ability to merge artistic and financial instincts, Geffen has been an agent, a manager, a record - industry mogul, a movie and Broadway producer, and a co-founder of a film studio.

A sci - fi space jam that features some of the most unusual applications for a guitar solo ever seen, The Artful Escape was picked up by Annapurna Pictures as part of the film studio's initial foray into games — and as far as upstart indie offerings go, this one's a hell of a light show.

Ari is now the head of a film studio and wants Vince (Grenier) to star in his film, but the actor (like many) is looking to make his directorial debut.

One of the most spectacular flops in history, the film effectively ended the careers of Joe Eszterhas and Arthur Hiller, and it also marked the end of its film studio, Cinergi Pictures.

There's no mistaking that Disney got its start by the art of animation, yet live - action films have been part of the film studio's classic repertoire, as well.

Summer blockbusters don't just line the pockets of film studio executives and actors working on a percentage of the gross, it looks like they help resellers of licensed games too.

Her unmanned camera panning indiscriminately through the backlots of a film studio, pulling in and out of focus, swinging side to side, is an interesting idea (although of course the viewpoint never settles on anything the human eye could find interesting)- until you learn that it is spelling out the letters of the word Cinematography.

Imagine how much more successful the salesperson would be if they knew in advance what films made the most money for the studio, which were the biggest losers, the target audience they wanted to reach and what kind of films the studio was looking for.

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

The murder of 28 people in the 2012 shooting at a Newton, Conn. elementary school also prompted multiple movie studios to cancel premiere screenings of violent action films.

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

YouTube hasn't just been a place to upload amateur videos for some time now — currently the platform boasts a fleet of wildly profitable multi-channel networks that could very well become the film studios of the future.

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

Nintendo is nearing a deal with production studio Illumination Entertainment on an animated film set in the world of Super Mario Brothers, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday that cited anonymous sources.

Since launching Raleigh Construction Company (now Raleigh Enterprises) in 1955, he has acquired, developed and managed more than 11 million square feet of real estate across the globe, reimagining dormant plots of land and run - down commercial buildings as resort hotels, residential apartments, office towers, shopping centers and film studios.

On Monday, New Form Digital, the studio formed by Discovery, Academy Award - winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) and Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer, announced that it was partnering up with a collection of YouTube stars to fund and develop 14 short films, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Following a trail blazed by brands like Intel, it's redefining its offering from being a technical curiosity for movie studios to being the mark of films that matter, and a feature that consumers will demand.

So, the studio's biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.

He made and uploaded his first, the 68 - minute Enfin l'Automne (Fall, Finally) to YouTube last year, largely just to see if he could do it, and he's now on the verge of signing a deal with a Hollywood studio to do a proper film.

The proposed merger would give AT&T control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets.

In the same way that a film studio can help a person with an incredible screenplay navigate the logistics of making a movie, a startup studio assists domain experts who might have a solid concept but aren't as strong on the coding side.

Private - equity firm Lantern Capital is the winning bidder for substantially all the assets of The Weinstein Company, the TV and film studio that filed for bankruptcy after co-founder Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault, The Weinstein Company said on Tuesday.

None of the upcoming movies listed over the next two years will have women behind the director's chair and, as Casey Cipriani and Melissa Silverstein of IndieWire have noted, no woman has directed a live - action film for the studio since 2010.

Of course, some of the nominated films are still in theaters, and winning a big haul at the Academy Awards is known to result in a bump at movie theaters, which is all the more reason for studios to pull out all the stops in their awards - season marketing effortOf course, some of the nominated films are still in theaters, and winning a big haul at the Academy Awards is known to result in a bump at movie theaters, which is all the more reason for studios to pull out all the stops in their awards - season marketing effortof the nominated films are still in theaters, and winning a big haul at the Academy Awards is known to result in a bump at movie theaters, which is all the more reason for studios to pull out all the stops in their awards - season marketing efforts.

QINGDAO, China, April 28 (Reuters)- Wang Jianlin, the billionaire boss of China's Dalian Wanda Group, said on Saturday he will turn the northern port city of Qingdao into a global film production hub as he launched a sprawling studio complex in a ceremony attended by hundreds.

While the studios command 80 % of Canada's roughly billion - dollar theatrical market, the remaining 20 % includes all Canadian films, plus some of the most successful recent independent releases, from The Hunger Games to The King's Speech.

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

The Time Warner deal gives AT&T control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets.

Paramount Pictures» former CEO says that two of her greatest film triumphs were previously passed on by several studios.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

It's a path that includes the relatively low overhead of shooting a film entirely via a mobile device and an app (the studio said Sickhouse «s budget was similar to that of a typical indie film) while potentially tapping into various social networking platforms» massive built - in audiences of users.

The 40 - year - old entertainer said in a court filing late Tuesday that the stacks of cash in the photos are actually prop money, which is specially made for the studio lighting used in filming music videos and photo shoots.

After the acquisition, DreamWorks Animation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movie studio.

Schilowitz gave me a tour of the studios, pointing to where scenes from Spider - Man had been filmed.

(Avnet said the studio created a real website to build a mythology for the film's titular «Sickhouse,» a fictional home they gave a frightening backstory, while encouraging the movie's stars to casually drop mentions of the fake legend in the days leading up to the Snapchat release.)

The attack shut down most of the studio's network for more than a week and hackers have released sensitive data over the Internet, including employee salaries and Social Security numbers along with high - quality digital versions of several unreleased films.

Of course, movie studios aren't keen to see this happen, and will include anti-piracy measures with the films to try and prevent it.

Fox is one of just two of the «Big Six» film studios that can actually boast of improving on last summer's receipts.

Wang also criticized the current emphasis by U.S. studios on sequels and remakes of films that previously played well in China.

Jacobson acts as the conduit between the storytellers and the studio, managing costs and editorial concerns and advocating on behalf of what she thinks the film needs.

Savvy marketing, followed by strong word of mouth: The studio was smart and pushed the film with recording - industry tie - ins and social media; a «Straight Outta» meme, featuring stars like Beyonce, took over the web.

While the libraries of every film are up for grabs, the studio has retained the rights to remake certain properties in the mix.

Jack Horner, a spokesman for Warner Bros., the studio releasing the film, said in a statement that the company, a unit of Time Warner Co, «denounces any violent, anti-Muslim rhetoric, including that which has been attributed to viewers» of the film.

DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind beloved family movies like «Shrek» and «Kung - Fu Panda» that is headed by CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, will become part of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, specifically the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development.

On Thursday, Deadline cited a Hollywood consultant who suggested that the studio needs to screen The Birth of a Nation for as many viewers as possible so that the public can judge the film based on its content more than its creator.

Given that Parker is the star and primary creator of the movie, it would be virtually impossible for the studio to promote the film without his involvement.

The indie studio expects the coming - of - age drama to be the highest - grossing film in its history.