WB is probably annoyed «Mad Max» made the cut as are a number of
other studios who thought they were in the mix such as Fox Searchlight with «Brooklyn» and The Weinstein Company with «Hateful Eight» (fans and critics will applaud at least).
Other studios who have worked with Oculus similarly expressed disappointment.
Even developer 2K Marin, the one
other studio who's been allowed to work on the franchise, was headed by ex-Irrational people like level designer Jordan Thomas - whose epic credits include Bioshock's Fort Frolic and The Cradle in Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Not exact matches
These
studios controlled the financial and technical resources necessary to create content and, as a result, had enormous leverage over distributors: the movie theaters, television channels, video sellers, and
other middlemen
who delivered entertainment to consumers.
The third thing
studios and
other companies are focusing on is being able to monitor carefully
who has access files and revoke that access instantly.
«Startup Live enables participants to know each
other, interact, and find partners to work with in the future,» explains Thanos Makris,
who is the co-founder of apps
studio iMellon and was a participant in last year's event.
Shannon: It's great to have the resources to reach out to
other studio owners
who know exactly what you are going through.
Other guests on the record include Jay - Z, Nas, Game, Jamie Foxx, Paul Wall, John Legend, Brandy — and an unlikely guest drummer on «Diamonds From Sierra Leone»: filmmaker Michel Gondry,
who just happened to visit the
studio on a day Brion had set up a drum kit (see «Kanye Previews New LP, Modestly Exclaims: «This Is Killing Everything Out There!»»).
The moguls
who ran Warner Brothers, MGM, 20th Century — Fox, RICO, Columbia and the
other studios wanted the code for one reason.
As I was sewing in the
studio this morning, it actually took me quite a while to realize that I had slowly, one at a time, come to share the room with 5
other souls (the 6th tucked downstairs for naptime)
who were each perfectly occupied in their own corner.
The midwives
who did go to college and
who now own the local birth center are very proud that one of them graduated «premed» and that the
other two majored in religious studies and the
other had a double major of
studio art and Asian studies.
Cable,
who assumed leadership of the Lib Dems yesterday after none of the party's
other MPs chose to challenge him, has been touring the TV and radio
studios today.
Spotting the former Conservative MP Esther McVey over on the
other side of the
studio, he remembered that he had called her «a stain on humanity»
who should be «lynched».
Others, like Gaby Basora,
who designs the Tucker clothing line in her
studio on West 37th Street, called for new incentives as well as tax credits to encourage businesses to remain in the borough.
All along, it was me
who had to let go of wanting to fit into the expectations of
others, and, luckily for me, I found a
studio that created such a warm and safe space for that shift to occur.
Anna (
who by the way just had a baby), is working harder than any
other person in the room, as revealed by all of our heart rate monitors that are displayed on a screen at the front of the
studio.
What I got out of this
studio that is hard to find in
others, is that they were able to guide me into finding
who I am as a yoga teacher, and how to embrace my individuality to set myself apart from the every day yoga instructor.
You're a regular participant in my
studio — and there are a few
other students
who could benefit from these props.
Getting it right where
other studios and franchises — they know
who they are — get it wrong, Marvel and Disney have another commercial leviathan here, although it will be interesting to see how it plays in certain overseas markets, where industry traditionalists say black - dominated fare sometimes underperforms.
Granted near - unfettered access to the notoriously insular
Studio Ghibli, director Mami Sunada follows the three men
who are the lifeblood of Ghibli — the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential «
other director» Isao Takahata — over the course of a year as the
studio rushes to complete two
There are Nashville residents, civic leaders, populist politicians and their frontmen, singing stars and managers, wannabes, reporters, fans, and
other drifters, hangers - on, and misfits,
who move through various locales including the Grand Ole Opry itself, the airport, the freeway, recording
studios, parking lots, motel and hospital rooms, private homes, and nightclubs.
But alas there's no such thing as a single - strand narrative in a modern universe - building epic, which has a
studio mandate to look backwards, forwards and sidewards at characters
who could be spun off into
other movies.
And it's a damn fine place to be if you can get there (perhaps Martin Scorsese is the only
other American filmmaker
who can make epics of this nature at the
studio level).
Rating: 7/10 — it's easy to forget that there are
other animation
studios in Japan beside Studio Ghibli (here it's Madhouse), but despite some obvious flaws, The Girl
Who Leapt Through Time is a positive reminder; engaging and unpretentious, it's a movie that treats its more serious themes with genuine integrity, while adding a lively sense of humour, all of which makes for an entertaining, if not entirely polished, viewing experience.
Marla, a bright - eyed aspiring starlet and devout young Baptist from Virginia, has been invited to join Hughes's de facto harem of
other starlets
who may or may not be cast in one of his big
studio projects.
Still, Black Panther is a substantial entry into that world and one that will hopefully open the eyes of
other studio heads
who are hesitant about straying away from the status quo in any genre.
UNTITLED DRESS UP GANG PROJECT Ordered straight to series; 13 episodes
STUDIO: Absolutely /
Studio T TEAM: Robb Boardman (w, d), Dave Kneebone (ep), Tim Heidecker (ep), Eric Wareheim (ep) LOGLINE: Set in a surreal version of Los Angeles, where Donny and Cory are roommates
who look out for each
other.
He was reportedly one of the more flamboyant characters of the industry with a fiery temperament, courting
other strong personalities like director Michael Winner and actors Shelley Winters and Charles Bronson,
who regarded him as akin to the old bosses of the
studio system.
They came for Kevin Feige, the unassuming man in a black baseball cap
who took Marvel Studios from an underdog endeavor with a roster of B - list characters to a cinematic empire that is the envy of every
other studio in town.
I'm grateful he was able to bring in Christopher Plummer on short notice, that the
studio went along with the decision, that the
other cast members made themselves available to reshoot key scenes, and that Ridley Scott is a maverick bad - ass
who attempted to spin some good out of a hideous situation.
RUN
STUDIO: Entertainment One / DryWrite / Wigwam Films TEAM: Phoebe Waller - Bridge (w, ep), Vicky Jones (ep), Emily Leo (ep) LOGLINE: Revolves around ex-lovers
who made a pact 15 years ago that if they ever needed to escape life, they could send each
other a simple text message — «RUN» — and impulsively disappear together.
FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (multi-camera) PICKED UP TO SERIES (MIDSEASON)
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox TV TEAM: Dana Klein (w, ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), James Burrows (d) LOGLINE: Revolves around a group of thirtysomething friends
who each think the
other has it better.
We were emerging at the tail end of the»80s, which was the worst period for cinema in American history because the movie - brat generation [meaning Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, William Friedkin, and Martin Scorsese, among
others — the bearded, libertine directors
who were reared on Hollywood's golden age] for the most part self - destructed in the late»70s, and for a decade, the
studios took the movie business back.
(2013) dir Mami Sunada w / Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, John Lassiter, Hideaki Anno, Toshio Suzuki [118 min; DCP; in Japanese with English subtitles] Granted unprecedented access to the notoriously insular
Studio Ghibli, director Mami Sunada follows the three men
who are the lifeblood of Ghibli — the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential «
other director» Isao Takahata — over the course of a year as the
studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES and Takahata's THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA.
The
studio won a heated bidding war with several
other studios for this thriller about an American family
who are in the middle of an Asian coup.
This
studio houses some former LucasArts Singapore staff
who previously worked on, among
other things, the ambitious canceled Star Wars 1313.
And at the end, Baird Whitlock delivers a monologue for the film - within - a-film that encapsulates Mannix's role at the
studio as the man
who makes
other people's sins go away.
He must deal with
other needy actors
who are causing the
studio issues with their own problems.
The
studio backed out, though, and the only
other one
who would bite with a budget of $ 70 million wanted Rodriguez to shoot the R - rated film in Germany, which he refused to do, effectively killing the remake plans.
Starting off with a promo for
other installments of the Walt Disney Treasures (1:20), Disc 1 then presents an introduction from Leonard Maltin (1:25),
who stands at the Disney
studio lot in Burbank, CA.
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (formerly UNTITLED RICHARD LaGRAVENESE) PASSED ON
STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Richard LaGravenese (w, ep), Erwin Stoff (ep), Ilene Staple (ep), Wren Arthur (ep), Steve Buscemi (ep), Stanley Tucci (ep), Taylor Hackford (d) LOGLINE: Revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful New York socialites
who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each
other through their manipulation of
others.
Writer McQuarrie meanwhile has been on the
other end of the spectrum, writing The Way of the Gun as in - your - face as possible, a two - fingered gesture toward the major
studios who wouldn't allow him creative control.
A MILLION LITTLE THINGS Picked up to series
STUDIO: ABC Studios / Kapital Entertainment TEAM: DJ Nash (w, ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), James Griffiths (d, ep) LOGLINE: Dramedy about a group of friends
who, for different reasons and in different ways, are all stuck in their lives, but when one of them dies unexpectedly, it's just the wake - up call the
others need to finally start living.
Along the way Kwan introduces a fascinating array of relatively unknown figures (I'm especially intrigued by Maxu Weibang, a «uniquely perverse» horror specialist
who worked in the Shanghai
studios in the 30s) and also provides absorbing commentary by and about, among
others, Hong Kong action director Chang Cheh and his disciple John Woo; Hong Kong directors Wong Kar - wai and Allen Fong; Taiwanese directors Hou Hsiao - hsien, Edward Yang, Ang Lee, and Tsai Ming - liang (most of them speaking about their fathers or children and how these relationships inflect their films); older mainland directors such as Xie Jin; and actor Leslie Cheung (critiquing some of his own pictures).
But as the Academy looks to reverse the tide of racial myopia, there remain plenty of
other diverse options, from Mira Nair's lovely Queen of Katwe, a surprise runner - up for TIFF's People's Choice prize, to Denzel Washington's Fences, which will at the very least be a showcase piece for the actor - director, and especially for Viola Davis,
who will be a top Best Actress contender (assuming they don't relegate her to the Supporting category, which is always possible as
studios piece together the likeliest winning strategy).
Granted unfettered access to the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli, director Mami Sunada follows the three men
who are the lifeblood of one of the world's most celebrated animation
studios — the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential «
other director» Isao Takahata, as they rush to complete production of Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (Toronto International Film Festival 2014 official selection).
Variety's sources say the
studio —
who had no comment on the story — «has already started meeting with
other directors and should have a replacement for Liman lined up shortly.»
It's a time when one could wander a
studio lot, open the door to any given soundstage, and discover some sort of wonder: a cowboy as adept with a six - string as he is with six - shooter, a giant pool where mermaids perform a water ballet to the music of a live orchestra, a tavern where sailors about to ship out sing in lament of the absence of dames at sea and dance with each
other (since — wink — they're going to have to get used to that situation — wink again), or a lavish bacchanal hosted by a Roman centurion
who's on the verge of accepting a new kind of faith.
«Professional learning is very important and I think one of the things that's helped us is flipping the classroom so we've done a lot of work in that area, developed a teacher film
studio, recruited a digital coach
who's very skilled in it and doing continuous work in teacher learning communities of three people to support each
other, to learn how to film those lessons that are the lower order skills of remembering and understanding to allow more time in class with the teacher to do the higher order skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
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