Because this is a studio effort that knows what it's doing — a rare breed these days — it makes you wonder how many close - ups and long scenes are squandered in
other studio releases.
I know each film is its own thing, but still I feel like some of these are going to be muted by all
the other studios releasing their Oscar bait all at once.
Not exact matches
Publicity for the game, developed in the company's Montreal
studio and six
other worldwide outposts, has started rolling with the
release of a new game trailer.
One
studio decides to
release a vigilante film and two
others follow with their own takes on the same theme.
With Inside Out opening in theaters today,
other animation
studios have
released previews for their upcoming
releases, hoping to snag some of the audience for what looks to be another Pixar hit.
However, despite
releasing more films than any
other major
studio, Lionsgate earned the bulk of that money from just one title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which has collected over $ 850 million to date.
The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival began with another Netflix controversy, as the upstart
studio pulled its films (including Alfonso Cuarón's Roma and Orson Welles» recently completed final feature, The
Other Side of the Wind) from the competition in response to Cannes banning any film that does not get a theatrical
release in France.
They were also better than those of any
other major
studio, leaving Disney the only one of the seven majors to receive a grade higher than a C. Interestingly, Disney's three Marvel - related films (including Big Hero 6, which is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) were not just the
studio's highest - grossing
releases, but were also the highest - scoring Disney films with critics.
Even including the
studio's few misfires (The Fifth Estate, Delivery Man, The Lone Ranger), Disney grossed on average more than $ 170 million per
release in the U.S. alone; no
other studio averaged over $ 100 million per film.
Despite
releasing better films than any
other major
studio, Paramount languished in seventh place in global market share for the second consecutive year, trailing upstart Lionsgate.
By comparison, IFC is the only
other distributor with as many high - scoring films last year, but that
studio released over twice as many titles as Sony Classics.
Episodes of Chelsea will be
released three times a week (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays), with pre-recorded segments out in the world,
other bits recorded in front of a
studio audience and goodness knows what else.
The newly
released footage, featuring Sutherland and
other members of the English voice cast, was presented to press at a Metal Gear Solid 5 event held at Kojima Productions» new Los Angeles
studio earlier this month.
For instance, after the 2012 Aurora theater massacre during the midnight showing of Warner Bros» The Dark Knight Rises (where my cousin was murdered along with 11
others), the same
studio was readying to
release the period mob film Gangster Squad.
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The Hollywood Reporter said last month that, as they have in the past with «Crazy Heart» and «Hitchcock,» the
studio might try the so - called «sneak attack» with one of their slate, and «Belle» seems like a much more natural fit for that than the
studio's
other potential: Jude Law crime comedy «Dom Hemingway» (also at TIFF, but not obviously Oscar material unless it's transcendently good) and Wes Anderson «s «Grand Budapest Hotel» (which we're assuming will be held for Cannes, or at least a «Moonrise Kingdom «- style summer
release).
Another luxury rarely afforded Mill Creek
releases (and missing from many
other studios» sitcom DVDs too): the Blu - ray includes English SDH subtitles.
Liongate's 2017 Blu - ray
release comes less than 48 hours after the movie's win for Best Picture (as well as two
other Oscars), and though it's great timing, I wonder if the
studio should have waited a bit.
Other Collector's Edition Exclusives are: The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life (Grauman's Chinese Theatre Souvenir Premiere Program on August 15, 1939), Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
Studio News (the IntraCorporate House Organ / Newspaper for the week beginning Monday, August 14, 1939 specifically celebrating the
release of The Wizard of Oz), Photoplay Studies - Rare Secondary Education Scholastic In Honor of The Wizard of Oz (magazine, volume V, number 12: circa August 1939), the
studio's invitation to The Grauman's Premiere (that included tickets to the original opening night, plus a newly designed commemorative ticket), and Deluxe Collector's Portfolio (reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome Publicity Art, with nine portraits and on - set photographs).
Underrated Wanderlust After missing its original
release date in 2011, David Wain's Wanderlust was pushed into the dumping ground of late February, where it was left to rot alongside
other misbegotten
studio projects.
The film is due to be
released on February 23 in North America and China, but its
studio, Paramount, has sold all
other international distribution rights to Netflix, which will premiere the film abroad just seventeen days after its North American
release.
Some of the
other facts included the manner in which Hitch financed Psycho (mortgaged the house) when no
studio would give him the financing for a mere horror film, and the lack of support from Paramount in
releasing it (to two theaters, with little to no marketing — that was dreamt up by Hitch).
While Hawke's
other filmmaking endeavors (Chelsea Walls, The Hottest Scene) has been similarly produced outside of the big
studios and with muted commercial prospects, he has retained star power on the opposite side of the camera with performances in big wide
release films, from Training Day to Daybreakers to The Purge.
After playing at both Telluride and Toronto, and with the New York Film Festival and a handful of
others still coming up, the
studio has now
released both the American trailer and poster.
Another difference between Warner's combo packs and those from
other studios is that the DVD included in the Warner set is not identical to the one
released separately.
While some major
studios have gone defunct (such as RKO) and
others are no longer the powerhouses that they once were (such as MGM), there remain six major Hollywood
studios that continue to
release the vast majority of movies at your local multiplex.
The weekend's
other new nationwide
release, STX Entertainment's «A Bad Moms Christmas,» opened with $ 17 million over the weekend and $ 21.6 million since opening Wednesday, according to
studio estimates Sunday.
The film is from the acclaimed A24
studio, which also
released Lady Bird and Moonlight among
other critically lauded films.
From any
other director, it'd be a one - and - done
release for its
studio on each medium.
I think it's evident that the
studio knew that there was no way it could compete with the
other films
released around that time.
A few
other studios have shifted 2017
releases in response.
Ellison's
studio is obviously trying to upend the idea that an awards - focused, adult - oriented drama can't be given a wide
release the same as any
other studio tentpole.
Briefly: After the big news this week that Star Wars: Episode VIII was being pushed back from May to December 2017, all of the
other studios have to check and make sure none of their
releases are threatened.
So despite the presence of Wilson — seemingly the default star every
studio project that can't attract a heavy hitter — and despite the suicide
release date against The
Other Guys, another guys - guy flick with a much bigger profile, it's a bit curious that this isn't getting more of a push.
Other studios are
releasing great films that happen to be animated.
Though the
studio opened the film in just five theaters and conservatively expanded to a peak of 200, Wilderpeople, with a practically non-existent marketing budget, caught on in America, grossing nearly $ 5 million here and nearly five times as much as any of The Orchard's
other releases.
This week, the big
studios release their fare on Wednesday, so you can pick from a dark, funny, probing look at race and grief; Denzel Washington proving, once again why he's one of the best in the game; a return to form for Pixar; and another variation on A Christmas Carol, this time starring Dickens himself, not to mention the
other movies already in theaters.
«The Mechanic» was the only
other new
release from the we - desperately - need - a-hit
studio CBS Films.
Just look at Team Ninja's effort on Metroid — or many of the
other cases where a publisher uses an external
studio to make a franchise game), Positive (highlighting the alternative to buying exclusivity that Nintendo is using to secure exclusive titles and improving the
release schedule) and all - out - fanboy (geeking over all possible combinations that spring to mind)
However, in a new interview, he teases that the film will also be different from any of the
others the
studio has
released.
But Disney actually moved away from this strategy after
others didn't perform as well, with Reuters writer Ronald Grover reporting that the
studio decided not to go forward with a planned 3 - D
release of «The Little Mermaid,» and calling the 3 - D
releases of «Beauty and the Beast» and «Monsters, Inc.» «disappointing.»
However, this year, more than any
other, instead of simply putting - up all or most of their films up «For Your Consideration», the majority of
studios have entered only a handful of their 2016
releases for the competition, ignoring many worthy efforts.
The original film which was
released in 2003 surprised critics and audiences alike but
studios oddly enough never tried to make
other films like it.
Despite near - universal acclaim from critics (92 % Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes both by Top Critics and All Critics) and an A + CinemaScore from moviegoers, Queen of Katwe failed to find an audience in its fall theatrical run, grossing just under $ 9 million domestically and just over $ 1 million from the few
other territories in which Disney or another
studio released it.
While Just Add Water intended to
release the game on the Xbox 360 (as well as
other platforms), reports have flooded the internet that Microsoft has been unwilling to work with the
studio to get the game on Xbox Live Arcade, or to
release through the Games on Demand program.
The
studio hyped up the Wii U version of the game several times until 2015 when it was
released on
other platforms, but was outright canceled for Wii U. Had Slightly Mad actually honored their initial promise, that would have been a pretty big deal.
BY STAFF As the «outbreak» of Overture Films»
release of The Crazies draws closer, the
studio is gearing up for an exciting launch of a comic book series inspired by the film along with various
other multimedia content including a motion comic book series, Facebook «tower defense» game and more.
Jungle Book currently ranks 4th among all 2016
releases both domestically and worldwide, trailing only three
other Disney
releases worldwide (Captain America: Civil War, Finding Dory, and Zootopia) in this remarkable banner year for the
studio.
This kind of comedy is more expected of any
other studio than the one that distributes Disney and Pixar animation, but I welcome the variety and Disney must appreciate the financial success that has eluded several of their riskier recent
releases.
«THQ Nordic is convinced that the development
studios of Deep Silver as part of THQ Nordic will successfully deliver at least four ongoing AAA game projects including Metro Exodus as well as the next Volition Studio AAA
release and the next Dambuster Studio AAA
release, together with a number of
other game development and publishing titles.»