Sentences with phrase «rewrites on films like»

Not exact matches

They discuss how much or how little the on - screen film credits can reflect the work a screenwriter actually does on a project, the complicated system of arbitration, and what it's like to both rewrite someone else's work and be rewritten yourself.

The new film, which like the first was scripted by John Hodge, is loosely based on Irvine Welsh's 2002 novel Porno, and has finally arrived after eight years of rewrites and the seemingly arduous process of reuniting its original cast (which involved smoothing over Boyle and McGregor's decade - long estrangement.

As such, the effects workload wouldn't have been any higher than the average blockbuster — of course there would be heavy CGI elements, but probably far less than something like, say, Disney's other forthcoming tentpoles «John Carter» and «Oz: The Great and Powerful» — and the fantastical elements, at least in Elliot and Rossio's draft (Justin Haythe has since come on board to rewrite) aren't massively prominent, the film being more of a straight action Western.

Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others), who adapted the screenplay (based on the French film Anthony Zimmer) with Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes (or maybe he just did the last rewrites in a long - gestating development process), makes Venice look like the most gorgeous city on Earth and shoots Jolie with the same admiring, idealizing perspective, but has no facility for light comedy, romantic sizzle or breathtaking action.

Come to think of it, there's no reason why this film is set in the 1980s — everyone looks like they could be from the»90s or 2001, for that matter — except to give Carey a chance to cover and / or sample the R&B hits of the era (most prominently, Cherrelle's «I Didn't Mean to Turn You On»), which, in the film's storyline, are original hits by Billie — hence giving Miss Mariah a history - rewriting ego boost.