Sentences with phrase «producer on films like»

Not exact matches

I find it fascinating when writers and directors and even producers of films about real people in the Bible read into what the people were like and how they fill in the gaps of the dialog, some I like, others I disagree with, but it allows me to put flesh and blood on their bones.

I, on the other hand, went into the BBC newsroom the other day to find teams of young producers laughing at archive film reports from 17 years ago of a young political correspondent looking nothing like he does now.

From there she tells how she came to be the producer for many of his films, what it was like working on Seven, which she notes was distributed by Roger Corman, Andy's penchant for casting playmates, what it was like working with William Smith and quite a bit more.

During this recent interview to discuss the TV version of Zombieland, co-creators and executive producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick talked about the journey from TV series to movie and now back to TV pilot, what it's been like to work with Amazon, what motivated the decision to have the same characters from the movie on the TV show, how they envision it as a road show, how much gore they can have, what Kirk Ward (who was originally cast as Tallahassee before being replaced by Woody Harrelson) brings to this version of the character, what led them to the 30 - minute format, whether they could have any surprise cameos (Bill Murray made a very memorable one in the film), what will determine whether the pilot is successful enough to go to series, and when they might know if they're picked up.

At the film's press day, actor Paul Giamatti, who's also an executive producer on the movie, talked about what drew him to John Dies at the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a film like Sideways would even get made today.

I think the best part of being an actor is that to me it feels like I've been in the best film school for the last twenty years because not only do I see the director work on set, I see how the producers work, I see how the DPs work, I see how the gaffers work, I see how the costume department works, I see how the production office works.

For someone who performs so many roles on this film [writer, director, producer, composer, editor, production designer, art director, costume designer, etc.], it seems like the screenwriting aspect gets talked about the least.

As a producer, she has made four films with her «creative life partner» Zach Clark and has worked on a dozen other projects with filmmakers like Onur Tukel and Theresa Bennet.

Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit Ride Along and the Think Like a Man series, bring their signature style to the film that is based on a story by Hart.

I can picture him assembling them like plastic figurines on a giant play - set of Manhattan island, as he describes his story to the producers of the film.

Basically, Spielberg saw the original West End play on the recommendation of his long - trusted producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall (who snapped up the film rights), liked what he saw and used his endless clout and resources to make the movie as he saw fit.

He's an executive producer on «Another Period» and has been exploring more dramatic roles with films like «Brad's Status.»

We may have had certain expectations of what «The Lone Ranger» might look like, what tone it might strike, based on the fact that it reunites the star (Depp), producer (Bruckheimer) and director (Gore Verbinski) of the enormously successful «Pirates of the Caribbean» films.

EXTRAS: In addition to an audio commentary by director Andrew Stanton, co-director Angus MacLane and producer Lindsey Collins, there's a series of featurettes on topics like crafting the story and animating Hank the octopus, some deleted scenes, the short film «Piper» and more.

Elizabeth Karlsen, one of the producers on Todd Haynes» «Carol,» told Variety that the awards season felt like a roller - coaster ride this week, following the Producers Guild of America's decision to leave the film out of its nominations list on Tuesday; now the pic's team were on a high again with its very strong showing in the BAproducers on Todd Haynes» «Carol,» told Variety that the awards season felt like a roller - coaster ride this week, following the Producers Guild of America's decision to leave the film out of its nominations list on Tuesday; now the pic's team were on a high again with its very strong showing in the BAProducers Guild of America's decision to leave the film out of its nominations list on Tuesday; now the pic's team were on a high again with its very strong showing in the BAFTA race.

I don't like when people rag on the film industry, but it's tough to defend its imagination when this idea gets approved with a $ 110 million budget and Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis as producers.

It's produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, who served as associate producer on Toy Story 3 and Monsters Univ., with music by Canadian composer Mychael Danna, of scores for films like Life of Pi, Fracture and Monsoon Wedding.

The film has a script by LEGALLY BLONDE scribes Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith but could this all be bravado on the part of the producer (and would Steep in particular even touch anything like this)?

What You Need To Know: The directorial debut of Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter / producer behind not - so - good films like «Batman & Robin,» «The Da Vinci Code» and «I Am Legend,» normally you might see a Goldsman project on our least anticipated list.

Sitting with the creative team behind new indie «The One I Love,» genial actor - producer - writer - director - cool - guy Mark Duplass says of his breakthrough film, «My first movie [«The Puffy Chair»] was shot on VHS - C with a dead pixel in the middle of it, and it looked and sounded like shit, but it went to Sundance because of the spirit.

Solid performances from the likes of Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Evan Bird and Olivia Williams help to keep Maps afloat, as does Cronenberg's knack for dark excess, but it's too little too late in a film that is as fundamentally confused about its identity as an aspiring Hollywood starlet on her knees at some producer's house and is, in many instances, just about as desperate.

Inspired by songs written by MGM producer Arthur Freed at the beginning the sound era, Singin» in the Rain takes that seismic shift in film history for its setting, focusing on heartthrob screen couple Don Lockwood (Kelly) and Lina Lamont (the hilarious Jean Hagen) as the transition into sound — problem being that Lamont's voice, like many actual silent screen stars, doesn't fit her onscreen persona.

With the rise of digital filmmaking, which allows producers and financiers to be more directly involved in the creative process, did you feel more independent in the past working on a studio film like «Barcelona» (for Warner Brothers) as compared to «Love & Friendship»?

As a producer, he's throwing his weight around on upcoming films like «Ten Year,» «21 Jump Street» and «Magic Mike,» but he's continuing to seek out opportunities to grow as an actor.

I understand that people looking at making films based on the likes of Suicide Squad, Booster Gold, Deathstroke and even Team 7 have been told that they have to partner or work with Goyer as producer.

These special effects are merely the epitome of Stargate's second - hand wonder; part of the film's value as a curiosity piece is its New York street - merchant vibe: like peddlers of the Rolux watch or Parda handbag, Emmerich and co - producer / co-writer Dean Devlin are selling us an approximation of a blockbuster by a licensed hitmaker, and we excuse them the same way we allow for the smudgy print of carbon copies or the colour bleed on VHS dubs.

Blu - ray Highlight: There's some really good supplemental material on the disc — like audio commentaries with the movie's producers, consultants and composer Cliff Martinez, as well as demonstrations on film processing, editing and dialogue editing — but Soderberg and writer Stephen Gaghan's commentary track is jam - packed with so much great information about making the movie that you'll definitely want to start there.

Perhaps that's why Blumhouse's namesake producer has taken ownership of the film on posters and in advertising, heralding the latest release from the person responsible for Happy Death Day and Get Out, but the only favorable byproduct of conjuring this throughline in moviegoers» minds is making the former qualitatively look like the latter in comparison to how awful Truth or Dare actually is.

Wilder was a longtime collaborator with Mel Brooks, working together on films like «Blazing Saddles,» «Young Frankenstein,» and «The Producers,» the last of which earned Wilder a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as the antsy accountant Leo Bloom.

They don't pretend it's a silent film, mind you, but rather build a series of visual gags on a basic premise — Peter Sellers as an accident - prone East Indian actor accidentally invited to dinner party by an A-list Hollywood producer — and then let the comedy bits sequences evolve, build on one another, and guide the story, like a feature version of a Chaplin short.

And Comar — making his directing debut here after many years as a producer and co-screenwriter of films like Of Gods and Men and My King — gives his film a cautious prestige - movie sheen that belies the roiling passions that Reinhardt consistently expressed on his guitar even with his two disabled fingers.

Feige went to film school at USC and one of his first jobs was as an assistant to producer Lauren Shuler Donner on movies like Volcano and You've Got Mail.

Producer Wyck Godfrey says the Gears of War film will follow the events of Emergence Day and the ensuing 48 hours, and that «it's more like Cloverfield or something like that» instead of «people just in battle», focusing on the survival aspect of E-Day.

- Miyamoto has been considering an animated movie for many years - he says creating games and movies aren't really that similar - interactive and passive media are very different, so if he wanted to make a movie, he'd like to have a movie expert work on it - while meeting with many movie directors and producers, he was introduced to Illumination by Universal Parks & Resorts - Meledandri revealed that he had read Miyamoto's interviews and said that the ways they create are similar - the two ended up having a mutual understanding, and eventually said that they should do something together - Meledandri is focused on making the film with a reasonable cost and deadline in order for it to be a success - Miyamoto has felt that if they couldn't make something interesting, then it would be better to quit - they've already had multiple meetings for the screenplay so the project has actually progressed very far