Sentences with phrase «of movie studios in»

Freethy grew up in the shadows of movie studios in Southern California and considered screenwriting but never seriously set out to be a writer.

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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 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).

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.

Napster co-founder Sean Parker's proposal to sell first - run movies to home viewers at $ 50 a pop has stirred up various corners of Hollywood, with big movie studios and theater chains up in arms over the Screening Room idea while multiple major filmmakers have landed on opposing sides of the argument.

The movie studio filed for bankruptcy in the wake of sexual harassment claims against co-founder Harvey Weinstein, and its assets went up for sale.

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.

(So even before a movie opens, the studio might be over a third - of - a-billion in the hole.)

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.

Amazon, meanwhile, is refashioning its TV and movie production in the wake of studio chief Roy Price's departure this year, and signing Murphy could help the company develop programs that catch on more with viewers.

But the business models of most VCs resemble those of Hollywood movie studios, wherein a thousand projects get optioned in the hope of lucking into a single blockbuster.

Since its American launch a few months ago, the program has upset studios, who are wary of giving Movie Pass so much control and access to its industry in fear that the disruption might cannibalize profits.

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.

Arthur van Hoff, co-founder and CTO of Jaunt, recently said at Fortune's Global Forum that Hollywood movie studios are especially interested in investing in VR.

Following Dauman's exit in August, Viacom announced that it would hold on to Paramount, and Bakish has been adamant that the movie studio is an «integral» part of Viacom's future success.

During the last years, there has been a trend in which airlines and movie studios are teaming up together to launch movie - themed liveries as part of global marketing campaigns.

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.

Netflix has also been trying to rely less and less on the cheap back - catalogue content from TV networks and movie studios, and more on its own in - house content, including TV shows like House of Cards and Orange Is The New Black.

Not only is «Blockers» one of the few women - directed movies coming from a major studios this year, but it's sex - positive message about consent and societal pressures around people losing their virginity make it an incredible feat in the midst of the #MeToo and Time's Up movement.

(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 top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theatres Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theatre locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Rentrak with studio estimates and actuals where available:

In an announcement unprecedented by the head of a major conglomerate, the chairman of Viacom, Sumner Redstone, publicly ripped into the star, who at the time was one of the most profitable at Viacom's movie studio, Paramount Pictures.

The bottom line is that Apple's ambitions in the content industries seem to be hampered in part by a lack of a consistent vision about what the company wants to do and why, combined with a culture clash between existing movie studios and TV networks about who is the most important player in the relationship, and who gets to control the terms.

To compete, other studios could also merge — giving us essentially a movie version of the NBA's super-team syndrome — or they could amp up efforts to infiltrate streaming, leaving their movie studios as an output for major blockbusters that audiences still want to watch in theaters.

But the reality in Hollywood is that with the Disney - Fox deal the era of the «big six» movie studios of Disney, Fox, Universal, Warner Bros., Sony, and Paramount is over — now it's time to adapt.

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.

However, the rest of the Getty scenes in the movie are clearly of Plummer, which Scott could pull off as they are mostly scenes shot in one exterior location or interiors, which could all have been filmed on studio sets.

According to the LA Times, one of the sticking points in the discussions between Dauman and the Redstones is whether Viacom will decide to sell a stake in its Paramount movie studio.

And whereas in the past eccentric billionaires looking for new ways to part with their money would usually fall prey to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, leading movie studios to become uniquely proficient in separating the wealthy from their cash, now they are falling victim to a not - so - new allure: influence.

In fact, Rob Norman, chief digital officer at GroupM, the world's largest media buyer, says that he doesn't know of any instances of movie studios — among the biggest spenders for both YouTube and TV advertising — pulling campaigns in the wake of the dustuIn fact, Rob Norman, chief digital officer at GroupM, the world's largest media buyer, says that he doesn't know of any instances of movie studios — among the biggest spenders for both YouTube and TV advertising — pulling campaigns in the wake of the dustuin the wake of the dustup.

It's always a risk writing about a deal before it is official: CNBC reported a month ago that Disney was in talks to acquire many of 21st Century Fox's assets, including its eponymous movie studio, TV production company, cable channels, and international assets (but not the Fox broadcast network, Fox News, FS1 — Fox's sports channel — and Fox Business).

Beyond that, Disney has made a $ 52.4 billion bid for a collection of 21st Century Fox's assets, including its movie and TV studios, FX and National Geographic channels, and its 61 % stake in U.K. - based TV and Internet provider Sky.

What you might have missed: Revenue for Disney's studio entertainment segment dipped 2 % in the quarter, to $ 1.9 billion, because of lower box - office numbers in what was a down year overall for movie - ticket sales.

«If Time Warner doesn't have the distribution might behind it that AT&T offers,» Downes said,» (the studio will) be able to do less original programming, fewer deals with the sports leagues, and the movie studio, which is already under tremendous pressure, is going to be more conservative» in terms of doing deals.

In February, Amy Pascal, the longtime head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, lost her job as chairman of the movie studio after a hacking attack late last year, which the U.S. government blamed on North Korea, led to the disclosure of a series of embarrassing emails.

This would only add to Walt Disney Co.'s scale and breadth, and it would also put the company in control of two of the «Big Six» domestic movie studios.

The enterprise value of the Fox assets up for sale, which includes the movie studio, some cable channels and a stake in Sky, could be more than $ 60 billion, according to CNBC.

You can now add Pinocchio to a list (that also includes Mulan, Cinderella, Dumbo, The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast) of classic animated movies that the studio is — or will soon — turn into live - action features.

In a nation in which Jews constitute barely 2 percent of the population, they account for close to half its billionaires, for the leadership of all three major television networks and many movie studios, for the ownership of the nation's largest chain of newspapers, and for considerable percentages of university facultieIn a nation in which Jews constitute barely 2 percent of the population, they account for close to half its billionaires, for the leadership of all three major television networks and many movie studios, for the ownership of the nation's largest chain of newspapers, and for considerable percentages of university facultiein which Jews constitute barely 2 percent of the population, they account for close to half its billionaires, for the leadership of all three major television networks and many movie studios, for the ownership of the nation's largest chain of newspapers, and for considerable percentages of university faculties.

There are lessons on personal growth here, but it's still a goofy studio comedy, albeit one with wacky, convoluted set pieces (some of them mirror actual games — one of the best scenes in the movie is a mansion - wide bout of «hot - potato» with a Faberge egg).

Those who were lucky enough to be pulled or pushed, a year or so ago, to the Beatles» first movie, A Hard Day's Night, will recall the enchanting scene in which the four of them escape from the prison - like television studio, where worldly men are trying to get them to perform properly, and flee to an open field for a few surrealistic moments of jumping, dancing, abandon.

How is it that a group of people whose enemies have repeatedly tried to exterminate them (and still desire to do so today), who represent a mere.2 % of the world's population, account for 22 % of all individual Nobel prize recipients since 1901, 30 % of the Forbes 100 list, and control every major movie studio in Hollywood?

Moviegoers are finally about to get a break from all of the big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.

They would render «decisions promptly and furnish information expeditiously» so as to avoid delays on the building of the Film Hub project, a movie production studio in Dewitt, the contract says.

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Nanjing University have developed an «ultra-thin» sound diffuser that is 10 times thinner than the widely used diffusers found in recording studios, concert venues and movie theaters to reduce echoes and improve the quality of sound.

A. All Karma Yogi's get housing (trailer or tent accommodation) 3 meals per day, daily guided meditation or yoga class, use of yoga studio for personal practice, weekly entertainment (movie night), use of infra - red sauna, and the opportunity to live and work in a very unique way.

Writer Harling Ross went on to conjure up the image of «a mom in a Nancy Meyers movie or an eccentric ceramicist exiting her beach house studio or Blythe Danner on a solo bird - watching expedition in 1997.»

Developing long term alliances and being able to work cross-functionally with divisions of the movie studio probably connects all the way back to growing up in a large family.

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As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.