Not exact matches
If major US
studios think they can churn
out substandard films, using product - placement to cover the cost
of scatter -
shot television advertising as a route to box office success, then they, like the Spartans themselves, are doomed.
While we haven't heard a whole lot about Promised Land so far, the fact that the
studios are going
out of their way to ensure it has a
shot at the big awards suggests they have a lot
of faith in this film.
There's a
shot of Robert De Niro's anti-hero, Rupert Pupkin, practicing his stand - up routine in front
of a mural
of mirthful faces, canned
studio - laughter drowning
out his words.
In an ironic twist, and perhaps some may think
of this as poetic justice, the
studio decided to cut
out a Rebecca Romijn - Stamos (X-Men) nude scene and some
shots of excessive violence and gore.
Violence: A movie
studio films various scenes for pictures including: a western with a
shoot -
out where one
of the actors is gunned down on screen, an underwater extravaganza where an actress is swallowed by a whale, and a Roman epic that depicts centurions beating slaves.
We break down those nine big deals and handicap how they'll pan
out — or at least what
studios will need to do to give them the best
shot of succeeding.
What is making the headlines today is ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, you are all aware
of the sexual accusation around Kevin Spacey, Ridley Scott decided to reshoot all the scenes
of Spacey with another actor, Christopher Plummer who was the first choice
of the director but the
studio executives wanted a bigger name, Plummer should
shoot his scenes in the comming weeks, it looks like they want to keep the december release date, and Michelle and Mark Whalberg are expected to do some reshoots, i don't think michelle began working on Venom yet, it's crazy but i think Ridley is right to cut
out Spacey
of his film.
At the beginning, when Belle (Emma Watson) walks
out of her house and wanders through the village singing «Belle,» that lovely lyrical meet - the - day ode that mingles optimism with a yearning for something more, the
shots and beats are all in place, the spirit is there, you can see within 15 seconds that Emma Watson has the perfect perky soulfulness to bring your dream
of Belle to life — and still, the number feels like something
out of one
of those overly bustling big - screen musicals from the late»60s that helped to bury the
studio system.
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.
on a subject
of directors that need another
shot: john mctiernan, hopefully when he gets
out from prison, will be able to do another movie... btw verhoeven got fed up in states so he went back to holland, he wrote and published a book about jesus and i think he would love to make a movie about it, but do nt think that any
studio would put money in it...
Built as either a
shot to attain a loftier reputation or as penance for afflicting four goddamned «Shrek» movies upon the populace (perhaps both), Dreamworks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 finds the red - headed stepchild
studio attempting to go full Pixar and widen the emotional scope
of what has been, to date, probably their strongest effort, but also biting off more than it can chew, turning
out a finished product that implies a creative team that knows the music, but nonetheless struggles to nail the rhythm.
Lloyd ventures that the island is a character and points
out that a lot
of the film was
shot in a
studio.
First he's gimped - up to satisfy the didacticism
of the time (with the trucking industry presenting limited opportunity for a moral, the movie settles on putting the fear
of God in us over falling asleep at the wheel), then his role is reduced to reaction
shots: When Paul finally takes the stand in the courtroom climax, all Bogart manages to squeeze
out is «Wull yeah, but...» This is Raft's show, despite the film's
studio - sanctioned absorption into the Bogey canon, though Bogart would have his revenge by stealing the lead in High Sierra — and in theory, every one
of his Midas - touched career opportunities subsequent to High Sierra —
out from under him.
The game is the first offering that Shiver Games — a relatively new
studio, as far as I've researched — has put
out, and it's therefore a little hard to define what kind
of genre they were
shooting for.
Mommy's Best Games (Weapon
of Choice,
Shoot 1UP) uploaded this first trailer for Explosionade, its sidescrolling run - and - gun title releasing on Xbox Live Indie Games next Monday — it was supposed to come
out last Saturday, but the
studio delayed it slightly to fix a crash bug, rebalance gameplay, and attend to other issues.
Image Courtesy
of Crave Online What Midway Games was hoping would start a high - price bidding war between companies turned
out to be their only
shot at purchase when Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment's late - May bid
of $ 33 Million turned
out to be the
studio's only offer.
Check
out tons
of amazing
studio shots and the artist at work after the jump.
Spanning a broad gamut
of themes and applied constructs, the show includes such as early works as
shots taken in Nadar's 19th century Parisian
studio,
of the mime artist Charles Deburau posing as Pierrot the clown (an example
of a performance played
out purely for the camera); through the theatrical and conceptual work
of Carolee Schneemann and Paul McCarthy; nuanced developments
of self - identity in the work
of Marcel Duchamp, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol; and onto the hyper - contemporary world
of selfies and social - media disseminated flotsam.
She explains: «I decided to take the dancers
out of their comfort zone so instead
of shooting in the photo
studio, I used New York as the background — creating a unique contrast between the beauty
of the dancers and the electric streets.
If I could just figure
out a way to move to one
of the
studios where they
shoot these lovely scenes... it would be perfect.
If you don't happen to have an all white room at your house, for less than the price
of a photographer, you can rent
out a photo
studio and either talk a friend into snapping some photos or do what we did and
shoot yourselves with a timer and tri-pod (sure did make for some funny candid moments).