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STX boasts one key asset: ex-Universal president Adam Fogelson, who knows how to market and release awards movies.
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So it proved that awards aren't just for that stretch of movies released during the final two weeks of every year.
Cannes organizers announced a rule last year that movies could not compete for awards without a French theatrical release, though they could still screen at the festival.
«The Golden Globes, they got that, now the next step is Oscar nominations,» Bock said, adding that only theatrically released movies are eligible for Hollywood's biggest award.
The beloved production based on the novel by Victor Hugo received the Tony Award in 1987 and gained an even more wide - spread audience with the release of the 2012 movie with Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and other huge names.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is nominated for a best Visual Effects Oscar, and perhaps as part of their campaign for the award, Industrial Light and Magic (they produce all the special effects for Star Wars) has released some YouTube clips of how they were able to computerize some of the movie's most impressive set pieces, including that opening space battle with the bombing run.
Ms. Lansing was Chair of the Motion Picture Group of Paramount Pictures from 1992 to 2005, where she oversaw the release of more than 200 films including Academy Award winners Forrest Gump, Braveheart, and highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
Note that most other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).
It's the one metaphor The Rider's writer and director, Chloé Zhao, allows herself in her second movie, which debuted at last year's Cannes Film Festival before getting a surprise slew of nominations at this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards, prior to its stateside release.
The 16th annual Critics» Choice Movie Awards, honoring the finest in cinematic achievement among 2010 film releases, announced its nominees on Monday, December 13, 2010.
We started with one of this year's Razzie firsts, THE EMOJI MOVIE being the first animated film to vie for the worst picture award before moving on to the industry's love - hate relationship with Rotten Tomatoes; Adam Sandler's opinion of his fans; how Wilson has dealt with a steady diet of bad films for the last 38 years; the odd timing of FIFTY SHADES FREED's release; and who the Razzies consider to be fair game.
The Toronto International Film Festival has become the showcase for ambitious autumn releases by studios hoping for Academy Awards, or at least for good reviews of movies that adults can enjoy without resorting to their child within.
The movie was easily one of 1997's top - grossing releases; it also pulled in several nominations through awards season.
Good filmmaking can happen anywhere and anytime, even during the new - release graveyard of January, when devoted movie buffs are supposed to be catching up with all the award contenders they missed over the holidays.
The annual trend is that movie studios release what they deem their cream of the crop, or best films towards the end of the year for award considerations because the most recent films are the ones that stick in the mind of voters.
This week's home video releases include a computer - animated kids» flick, a horror movie with a fishy twist and an award - winning drama that ranked among the best theatrical releases of 2010.
With award season quickly approaching and film critics releasing their top 10 movies of 2011, Dark Horizon has also released the top 10 most pirated movies of the year.
Usually, the Academy Awards are filled to the brim with movies that only came out in December and still haven't had a nationwide release, but this year's ceremony has quite a few nominees that you can catch from your couch right now.
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This is a textbook MTV movie, although it wasn't produced by them or recognized by their Movie Awards (whose Breakthrough Male Performance nomination for Hartnett went to his debut in the Williamson - produced late summer release Halloween movie, although it wasn't produced by them or recognized by their Movie Awards (whose Breakthrough Male Performance nomination for Hartnett went to his debut in the Williamson - produced late summer release Halloween Movie Awards (whose Breakthrough Male Performance nomination for Hartnett went to his debut in the Williamson - produced late summer release Halloween H20).
This is news to nobody who stays abrest of upcoming movie releases, least of all Disney, who anticipated this at the project's independent inception and thus scheduled a pre-Christmas opening to maximize impact in both the awards season and year - end best - of lists.
Sacha Gervasi was a surprise nominee for the Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award at this year's Independent Spirit Awards, and now it looks like the movie will finally be getting a proper U.S. theatrical release.
Reportedly they spent $ 20 million in getting her services, which was also very risky considering the subject matter is not one that lends itself to being a blockbuster, and the fact that they are releasing it at a slow period for movies as at a time when it will probably not be in the hunt for the Academy Awards at the end of the year, there was so little going for it that it's astonishing at just how good it really is.
Idris wasn't nominated for the Academy Award more because the Academy didn't see the Netflix release as a real «movie.»
This TV spot first aired during the MTV Movie Awards last night, and it's a good sell, but I hope we see a bit more as they build up to the release in June.
STX Entertainment platforms the movie on Christmas Day, with a wider release planned for January to capitalize on hoped - for awards action.
Look deep into the movie listings this January, past the big name awards fodder, the PT Andersons and the Rob Marshalls, the biopics and social problem films, and you'll find, in limited release, the latest picture from one of the most influential and important directors of the past 40 years, Tsui Hark, whose name remains so unknown in the US he's as likely to be identified by his personal name as his family name (for the record: he is Mr. Tsui, not Mr. Hark; pronounced «Choy — Hok»).
In honor of the movie's home video release (and before this weekend's Academy Awards, where it's nominated for Best Animated Feature), I spoke with Molina about the power of the film's music, how physically visiting a place like Monte Alban actually translates into a movie's screenplay, and much more.
There are certain arbitrary rules that seem to define awards season: Movies released early in the year will be ignored; Horror never gets nominated; First time directors don't have a chance; Stories about racism should be told through a white gaze.
It's a low - key relationship dramedy / road movie starring the ripe - for - a-late-career-renaissance Bruce Dern (who'd be the most obvious likely beneficiary from the film's award season release date), and «SNL «alum Will Forte, that promises at least a modicum of the kind of off - kilter wry observations about masculinity and aging that have marked out Payne's best previous work.
The distributor promptly set Birth of a Nation for a fall release, right at the start of awards - movie season, and now it's getting a head start on the marketing by dropping the very first promo.
Even though it was released back in May, the movie has been nudging its way further into the year - end awards conversation.
Press release: Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today issued regulations for how movies and achievements eligible for the 84th Academy Awards may be marketed to Academy members.
The Grammy Award - winning rapper curated the 14 - song collection, which is available on February 9 — one week before the release of the movie to theaters on February 16.
The 2014 Summer Movie Season is now over - and we have awards for the best, worst, most disturbing and downright WTF films released May - August.
Studios release movies in January as counterprogramming to the expanding awards bait and widely - seen big commercial Christmas Week openings.
Though its summer release date is pretty ballsy for a movie that would have benefited from an early fall awards push, the studio's confidence in «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl» is not only encouraging, but suggests that the rave reviews coming out of Park City wasn't just the usual film festival hyperbole.
Unlike some movies in the award season conversation like The Shape of Water, Call Me by Your Name, and The Post, Dafoe's film, The Florida Project, has actually been released, nationally, in theaters and to general acclaim.
On this week's episode of GeekScholars Movie News, the hosts are proud to release the first installment of the 2013 GeekScholars Movie News Awards!
On monday were announced the nominations for the Golden Globes Awards and i was really surprised to see Michelle, Ridley Scott and Christopher Plummer being nominated, i am really happy for them, last week Ridley Scott showed the movie to members of the HFPA who vote for the Golden Globes, it paid off, this is Michelle's 5th Nomination, i don't know if she will receive a nomination for the Oscars but i'm glad for the movie, don't forget the movie will be released on December 25.
«I went to a lot of pubs,» said Weaver, speaking on the day she won a best - supporting - actress nod for the movie, which today goes into wider release to capitalize on its awards - season success (eight Oscar nods, a Golden Globe win for Jennifer Lawrence).
The Purple Rose of Cairo earned Allen an Academy Award nomination for Original Screenplay, a category that was recognizing him almost as frequently as he was releasing a movie on his still - upheld one - film - a-year schedule.
Not only does it make more sense for the movie to be released during awards season, but Warner's sudden change of heart (having already started the marketing blitz last year) has raised some concerns about the film's quality.
As the year comes to a close and moviegoers start thinking of awards, there is no clear favorite for the Best Picture Oscar, but a general acknowledgement that 2013 has seen several first - rate films, from major studio releases (Gravity) to small independent movies (Nebraska).
Though it may seem a little early to be releasing a movie with this kind of awards potential, there's so much competition at the end of the year that separating itself from the pack will likely increase its chances.
It had a fancy Venice festival premiere lined up and an awards - ready fall release date and... well, «The Campaign» isn't quite like that movie.
Most avid movie fans I know spend January seeing the year - end releases that are being talked up for awards.
The shortlist for the 2017 Golden Raspberry Awards (aka the Razzies), given to the worst movies of the year, has been released.
To help plan your movie - going schedule, we've put together release dates and trailers of key awards contenders for you:
Right now we're in a bit of a dead zone for theatrical release, s with most movies released this month being neither good enough for a summer blockbuster release or hopeful enough for a debut during awards season.